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KWinFT Continues Working On WLROOTS Render, Library Split

Phoronix - Fri, 09/17/2021 - 17:55
KWinFT as a fork of KDE's KWin X11/Wayland compositor code continues making progress on driving fundamental display improvements and ironing out the Wayland support...

Multiple Games Are Now Working With RADV's Ray-Tracing Code

Phoronix - Fri, 09/17/2021 - 17:00
Not only is Intel progressing with its open-source ray-tracing driver support but the Mesa Radeon Vulkan driver "RADV" has been rounding out its RT code too and now has multiple games correctly rendering...

Organize your Magic: The Gathering decks with Magic Assistant

opensource.com - Fri, 09/17/2021 - 15:00

The world's first trading card game was Magic: The Gathering, first published in 1993.

It remains popular today because of its great flexibility. With more than 25,000 unique cards published over nearly three decades, there are enough cards for players to build hundreds of different decks for surprisingly unique gameplay experiences.


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Start using YAML now

opensource.com - Fri, 09/17/2021 - 15:00

YAML (YAML Ain't Markup Language) is a human-readable data serialization language. Its syntax is simple and human-readable. It does not contain quotation marks, opening and closing tags, or braces. It does not contain anything which might make it harder for humans to parse nesting rules. You can scan your YAML document and immediately know what's going on.

YAML features

YAML has some super features which make it superior to other serialization formats:


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Top 5 Open-Source eLearning Platforms for Linux

Tecmint - Fri, 09/17/2021 - 13:22
The post Top 5 Open-Source eLearning Platforms for Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

The world of education, like other sectors, has been undergoing the process of digital transformation for years. With the creation of e-learning platforms, education is now available to anyone who has access to the

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Intel's PSH ISHTP Driver Readied On Linux For Systems Wanting To Forego A Traditional EC

Phoronix - Fri, 09/17/2021 - 12:00
It looks like Intel's ISHTP_ECLITE driver will be ready for mainlining in Linux 5.16 as a driver for newer systems skipping out on a traditional embedded control (EC) and instead using this EC-like IP as part of their Programmable Service Engine subsystem...

X.Org Could Use More Help Improving & Addressing Its Security

Phoronix - Fri, 09/17/2021 - 04:10
Those reading Phoronix over the years likely know the X.Org Server has had an increasing number of vulnerabilities come to light in recent times and statements by security researchers like the security being even worse than it looks. Given the age of the X.Org/X11 codebase and many components being rather unmaintained these days, the security situation isn't that great combined with a lack of manpower. The security topic was under the spotlight today at the XDC2021 conference...

OpenZFS 2.1.1 Arrives As A Big Point Release

Phoronix - Fri, 09/17/2021 - 02:17
Following the big OpenZFS 2.1 release from July that brought Distributed SPARE RAID, a compatibility property for pools, and other new features, OpenZFS 2.1.1 is available today as a follow-up release for this open-source ZFS file-system implementation for Linux and FreeBSD systems...

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