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Intel "Crocus" Gallium3D Now Part Of Mesa's Default Drivers To Build

Phoronix - Wed, 09/01/2021 - 21:15
Intel's i965 classic DRI driver is still the default within Mesa for i965 through Haswell generations of Intel integrated graphics, but the new "Crocus" Gallium3D driver has been added to the default driver build list so it's now at least building by default on x86/x86_64 systems and thus trivial after that to override...

Linux 5.15 Hardware Monitoring Is Big But Overdue For AMD

Phoronix - Wed, 09/01/2021 - 21:00
The Linux 5.15 hardware monitoring "HWMON" subsystem changes were sent out and now merged for this next kernel version. Particularly notable this cycle is AMD catching up on some of their sensors support...

RadeonSI Enables DCC Stores For RDNA2 APUs To Squeeze Out More Performance

Phoronix - Wed, 09/01/2021 - 19:56
RadeonSI Gallium3D as the official AMD OpenGL Linux driver has mirrored the unofficial RADV Vulkan driver in enabling DCC stores support for RDNA2 APUs in the name of greater performance...

Wayland Protocols 1.22 Released With DRM Object Leasing Support For VR HMDs

Phoronix - Wed, 09/01/2021 - 18:56
Designed with VR headsets in mind, Wayland-Protocols 1.22 was released today and adds the DRM leasing protocol to its staging area...

XFS & EROFS File-Systems Have Big Changes For Linux 5.15

Phoronix - Wed, 09/01/2021 - 18:07
In addition to Btrfs sporting new features with Linux 5.15, the XFS and EROFS file-systems also have some shiny new features and improvements for this next version of the Linux kernel...

Linux 5.15 Power Management Changes Merged

Phoronix - Wed, 09/01/2021 - 17:55
The ACPI and power management changes have landed for the Linux 5.15 merge window...

12 Tcpdump Commands – A Network Sniffer Tool

Tecmint - Wed, 09/01/2021 - 16:04
The post 12 Tcpdump Commands – A Network Sniffer Tool first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

In our previous article, we have seen 20 Netstat Commands (netstat now replaced by ss command) to monitor or manage a Linux network. This is our another ongoing series of packet sniffer tool called

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20 essential Linux commands for every user

opensource.com - Wed, 09/01/2021 - 15:02

Typing commands into a darkened terminal window may seem antiquated to some, but for many computer users, it's the most efficient, most accessible, and clearest way to accomplish nearly any task a computer is capable of performing. These days, thanks to all the projects that bring open source commands to non-open platforms like macOS and Windows, terminal commands are relevant to everybody, not just Linux and BSD users.


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Control your Raspberry Pi remotely with your smartphone

opensource.com - Wed, 09/01/2021 - 15:01

Wouldn't it be nice to control the general-purpose input/outputs (GPIOs) of the Raspberry Pi remotely with your smartphone? If you can answer the question in the affirmative, I would like to introduce you to a simple way to implement this. Writing this article, I have no specific application in mind, but I can think of combining it with lawn irrigation, any illumination, or a garage door opener.


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What are container runtimes?

opensource.com - Wed, 09/01/2021 - 15:00

In my examination of container images, I discussed container fundamentals, but now it's time to delve deeper into container runtimes so you can understand how container environments are built. The information in this article is in part extracted from the official documentation of the Open Container Initiative (OCI), the open standard for containers, so this information is relevant regardless of your container engine.


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How to Create eLearning Platform with Moodle and ONLYOFFICE

Tecmint - Wed, 09/01/2021 - 13:58
The post How to Create eLearning Platform with Moodle and ONLYOFFICE first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

The implementation of modern e-learning software in the educational process has ceased to be somewhat extraordinary. More and more teachers and students all over the world are using modern technology, which makes it possible

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