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Analyze the Linux kernel with ftrace

opensource.com - Tue, 07/27/2021 - 15:00

An operating system's kernel is one of the most elusive pieces of software out there. It's always there running in the background from the time your system gets turned on. Every user achieves their computing work with the help of the kernel, yet they never interact with it directly. The interaction with the kernel occurs by making system calls or having those calls made on behalf of the user by various libraries or applications that they use daily.

Industrial Android/Linux mini PC ships with optional HDMI input, DTV tuner, 4G LTE modem - CNX Software

Google News - Tue, 07/27/2021 - 13:08

Industrial Android/Linux mini PC ships with optional HDMI input, DTV tuner, 4G LTE modem CNX Software

Industrial Android/Linux mini PC ships with optional HDMI input, DTV tuner, 4G LTE modem - CNX Software

Google News - Tue, 07/27/2021 - 13:08

Industrial Android/Linux mini PC ships with optional HDMI input, DTV tuner, 4G LTE modem CNX Software

Longer internships give Red Hat's Canadian interns more time to learn and grow

Red Hat News - Tue, 07/27/2021 - 12:00

Every summer for the past ten years, the Red Hat Toronto office has hosted approximately 9-12 interns for 16-month terms. During the last 15 months, I have been a software engineering intern working on WildFly Elytron, a security framework that ships with Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform. I hope to shed some light on the specifics of our internship program in Canada and perhaps steer you towards deciding whether a "red hat" would look good on you or someone you know!

Nanotale RPG Moves to Linux and Mac - Gameindustry.com - GameIndustry.com

Google News - Tue, 07/27/2021 - 09:57

Nanotale RPG Moves to Linux and Mac - Gameindustry.com GameIndustry.com

Google Continues Working On Suspend-Only Swap Spaces For Linux - Phoronix

Google News - Tue, 07/27/2021 - 08:30

Google Continues Working On Suspend-Only Swap Spaces For Linux Phoronix

Google Continues Working On Suspend-Only Swap Spaces For Linux

Phoronix - Tue, 07/27/2021 - 08:30

Google engineers and other parties are interested in being able to create swap spaces on Linux systems that would be reserved just for system suspend/hibernation purposes and not for generic swapping to disk...

Intel Accelerated: New Node Naming & Ambitious Roadmap

Phoronix - Tue, 07/27/2021 - 05:30

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger is back with another webcast following his update in March that focused on the new Intel Foundry Services, new US fabs, and more. Today's event is "Intel Accelerated" and offering an update on the company's IDM 2.0 process and packaging...

H.264 SVC / Temporal Encoding Wired Up For AMD's Linux Graphics Driver

Phoronix - Tue, 07/27/2021 - 04:42

For those making use of Radeon GPUs for H.264 encoding on Linux, the open-source Mesa driver stack for VCN hardware has just merged support for handling H.264 Scalable Video Coding (SVC) / temporal encoding...