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Google Is Successfully Using The Open-Source Qualcomm GL/VLK Drivers On Chromebooks

Phoronix - Thu, 09/16/2021 - 15:00
It's been known that Google has been using the open-source "MSM" DRM/KMS driver on Qualcomm-powered devices that originally started out as a reverse-engineered driver project separate from the company. Now it's also been confirmed how Google is successfully using the open-source Mesa Freedreno OpenGL and TURNIP Vulkan drivers on Qualcomm-powered Chromebooks too...

Crunch numbers in Python with NumPy

opensource.com - Thu, 09/16/2021 - 15:00

NumPy, or Numerical Python, is a library that makes it easy to do statistical and set operations on linear series and matrices in Python. It is orders of magnitude faster than Python lists, which I covered in my notes on Python Data Types. NumPy is used quite frequently in data analysis and scientific calculations.


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15 Practical Examples of ‘echo’ command in Linux

Tecmint - Thu, 09/16/2021 - 14:56
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The echo command is one of the most commonly and widely used built-in commands for Linux bash and C shells, that typically used in a scripting language and batch files to display a line

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15 Basic ‘ls’ Command Examples in Linux

Tecmint - Thu, 09/16/2021 - 14:08
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ls command is one of the most frequently used commands in Linux. I believe the ls command is the first command you may use when you get into the command prompt of Linux Box.

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3 Ways to Find Out Which Process Listening on a Particular Port

Tecmint - Thu, 09/16/2021 - 13:00
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A port is a logical entity that represents an endpoint of communication and is associated with a given process or service in an operating system. In previous articles, we explained how to find out

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Early Patches Bring BPF To The Linux Scheduler

Phoronix - Thu, 09/16/2021 - 12:00
The latest area where BPF is looking to expand within the Linux kernel is its CFS scheduler...

Microsoft Adds An EGL Implementation To Mesa For Windows

Phoronix - Thu, 09/16/2021 - 06:14
While Microsoft has long had WGL as an API analogous to EGL for residing between OpenGL and the Windows interfaces, Microsoft has now wired up an EGL implementation for Mesa that works on Windows...

Reverse Engineering, Open-Source Driver Writing Continues For Apple's M1 GPU

Phoronix - Thu, 09/16/2021 - 02:11
Alyssa Rosenzweig spoke today at the virtual X.Org Developers Conference about the ongoing work for bringing up Linux display and graphics support on the Apple M1 graphics processor...

Radeon Pro Software for Enterprise 21.Q3 Released For Linux

Phoronix - Thu, 09/16/2021 - 01:32
AMD today released their quarterly update to the Radeon Pro Software for Enterprise graphics driver package, which includes an updated Linux build as well...

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