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Intel Raptor Lake Audio Support Being Added To Linux 5.18

Phoronix - Mon, 02/14/2022 - 18:07
For Intel's Raptor Lake as the successor to Alder Lake that is due out later this year, Linux 5.17 begins bringing up support for it while with Linux 5.18 more enablement work is landing...

A guide to Kubernetes architecture

opensource.com - Mon, 02/14/2022 - 16:01

You use Kubernetes to orchestrate containers. It's an easy description to say, but understanding what that actually means and how you accomplish it is another matter entirely. If you're running or managing a Kubernetes cluster, then you know that Kubernetes consists of one computer that gets designated as the control plane, and lots of other computers that get designated as worker nodes. Each of these has a complex but robust stack making orchestration possible, and getting familiar with each component helps understand how it all works.


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How I configure Vim as my default editor on Linux

opensource.com - Mon, 02/14/2022 - 16:00

I have used Linux for about 25 years and Unix for a few years before that. During that time, I have developed preferences for some tools that I use daily. One of the most important tools I use is the Vim editor.


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Best PDF Editors to Edit PDF Documents in Linux

Tecmint - Mon, 02/14/2022 - 15:12
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The PDF file format is one of the most widely used document formats that is used to attach, transfer and download digital files thanks to its ease of use, portability, and ability to preserve

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Linux 5.17-rc4 Released As The "Superb Owl"

Phoronix - Mon, 02/14/2022 - 04:40
Linus Torvalds is out with his latest Sunday weekly test release of the maturing Linux 5.17 kernel...

GNOME Dynamic Triple Buffering Can 2x The Desktop Performance For Intel Graphics, Raspberry Pi

Phoronix - Mon, 02/14/2022 - 02:14
For a while now Daniel Van Vugt of Canonical has been working on GNOME triple buffering support that would be dynamically enabled when the GPU rendering performance is falling behind. It's looking like that dynamic triple buffering may be close to mainlining and is leading big speed-ups for Intel graphics and the Raspberry Pi Broadcom graphics too while the other drivers ultimately should benefit too if falling behind in their desktop rendering performance...

AMD Enabling FreeSync Video Mode By Default With Linux 5.18, Merging AMDKFD CRIU

Phoronix - Sun, 02/13/2022 - 20:28
On Friday AMD submitted their first big batch of feature changes to their AMDGPU kernel graphics driver to DRM-Next for queuing ahead of the Linux 5.18 merge window. Most notable with this big batch of AMDGPU feature changes is the FreeSync video mode being enabled by default...

F2FS File-System Adding Support For IDMAPPED Mounts

Phoronix - Sun, 02/13/2022 - 19:49
Linux 5.12 introduced support for IDMAPPED mounts with a variety of use-cases from containers to systemd-homed usage. The Flash-Friendly File-System (F2FS) is now the latest Linux file-system preparing to support the feature...

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