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Linux 5.16 Features Include FUTEX2, Intel AMX, Folios, DG2/Alchemist, More Apple Silicon Support

Phoronix - Mon, 11/15/2021 - 22:10
Now that the Linux 5.16 merge window has ended with yesterday's Linux 5.16-rc1 release, here is my lengthy original overview of what I find most interesting out of this new kernel version. Linux 5.16 won't be out as stable until around the end of the calendar year or early next year, but it will sure make one nice Christmas gift with all of the shiny new features in tow.

Blender 3.0 Will Have AMD HIP-Based GPU Acceleration

Phoronix - Mon, 11/15/2021 - 22:00
With the big Blender 3.0 release due out near year's end there was the Cycles X rewrite that landed and unfortunately removed OpenCL support in the process. While that left AMD Radeon graphics without Blender GPU-accelerated support, in time for the v3.0 release there is now AMD HIP support in place...

Google Releases Chrome 96 With Back-Forward Cache Enabled For The Desktop

Phoronix - Mon, 11/15/2021 - 21:33
Google has released Chrome 96 a day early as the latest routine update to their cross-platform web browser...

Intel's Linux Graphics Driver To Allow Runtime Power Management Auto-Suspend By Default

Phoronix - Mon, 11/15/2021 - 18:55
Following a lot of improvements the past few years to the Intel Linux kernel graphics "i915" driver it looks like it's ready to enable run-time power management auto-suspend support by default...

Vulkan Video Support Progressing For Open-Source Intel, AMD Radeon Hardware

Phoronix - Mon, 11/15/2021 - 18:28
The open-source Vulkan driver support for the video decode (and presumably after that, encode) extensions continues moving along for the Radeon "RADV" and Intel "ANV" Mesa drivers...

GCC Patches Pending For RISC-V's Scalar Cryptography Extension

Phoronix - Mon, 11/15/2021 - 18:07
Patches were recently sent out that implement support for RISC-V's Scalar Cryptography Extension within the GNU Compiler Collection...

Linux tips for using cron to schedule tasks

opensource.com - Mon, 11/15/2021 - 16:00

Making things happen on a regular and predictable schedule is important on computers. It's important because, as humans, we can sometimes be bad at remembering to do things reliably because we get distracted, have too much on our minds, or we're on holiday. Computers are really good at doing things on a schedule, but a human has to program the computer before the computer takes action.


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How to Install Zabbix on Rocky Linux and AlmaLinux

Tecmint - Mon, 11/15/2021 - 15:32
The post How to Install Zabbix on Rocky Linux and AlmaLinux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Proper monitoring is an essential ingredient for the effective management of your overall IT infrastructure. A robust real-time monitoring solution provides detailed visibility of your network and application performance. It helps to identify actual

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