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OpenCL 1.2 Support Merged For Mesa's Gallium3D Clover While OpenCL 3.0 Is Being Tackled

Phoronix - Thu, 10/08/2020 - 20:25
With this quarter's Mesa 20.3 the Gallium3D "Clover" state tracker providing OpenCL support finally can handle version 1.2!..

DMEMFS Is A Proposed Virtual File-System For Linux To Help Save Memory

Phoronix - Thu, 10/08/2020 - 19:00
Tencent developers have proposed "DMEMFS" as a virtual file-system with the intent of helping to save system memory on large servers such as in public cloud environments...

AMD Renoir On Linux Could Soon See Lower Power Consumption During Video Playback

Phoronix - Thu, 10/08/2020 - 16:30
It looks like for Linux 5.11 there could be lower power usage during video playback on DCN 2.1 hardware, namely AMD Renoir...

Top 5 open source alternatives to Google Analytics

opensource.com - Thu, 10/08/2020 - 15:03

If you have a website or run an online business, collecting data on where your visitors or customers come from, where they land on your site, and where they leave is vital. Why? That information can help you better target your products and services, and beef up the pages that are turning people away.

To gather that kind of information, you need a web analytics tool.


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Integrate your calendar with Ansible to avoid schedule conflicts

opensource.com - Thu, 10/08/2020 - 15:02

Is "anytime" a good time to execute your automation workflow? The answer is probably no, for different reasons.

If you want to avoid simultaneous changes to minimize the impact on critical business processes and reduce the risk of unintended service disruptions, then no one else should be attempting to make changes at the same time your automation is running.

In some scenarios, there could be an ongoing scheduled maintenance window. Or maybe there is a big event coming up, a critical business time, or a holiday—or maybe you prefer not to make changes on a Friday night.


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Protect your network with open source tools

opensource.com - Thu, 10/08/2020 - 15:00

System integrity is essential, especially when you're charged with safeguarding other people's personal details on your network. It's critical that system administrators are familiar with security tools, whether their purview is a home, a small business, or an organization with hundreds or thousands of employees.


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How to Install PostgreSQL and pgAdmin in RHEL 8

Tecmint - Thu, 10/08/2020 - 14:35

Pgadmin4 is an opensource web-based management tool for managing PostgreSQL databases. It’s a Python-based web-application developed using the flask framework at the backend and HTML5, CSS3, and Bootstrap on the frontend. Pgadmin4 is a

The post How to Install PostgreSQL and pgAdmin in RHEL 8 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

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