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Linux 5.14 GPU Driver Updates Come In Heavy With ~300k New Lines Of Code

Phoronix - Thu, 07/01/2021 - 17:52
The Direct Rendering Manager (kernel graphics/display driver) updates for Linux 5.14 are putting on the pounds with nearly 300k lines of new code added (312,187 insertions, 22,367 deletions). The big increase is driven by new AMD Radeon graphics support added, a new Microsoft driver added, and other changes...

How I build my personal website using containers with a Makefile

opensource.com - Thu, 07/01/2021 - 15:01

The make utility and its related Makefile have been used to build software for a long time. The Makefile defines a set of commands to run, and the make utility runs them. It is similar to a Dockerfile or Containerfile—a set of commands used to build container images.


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Try Dolibarr, an open source customer relationship management platform

opensource.com - Thu, 07/01/2021 - 15:00

No matter what industry you work in, a key aspect of sustaining your business is keeping your customers. In the customer-relations domain, we call this customer retention.


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Deepin 20 – A Beautifully Crafted Linux Distribution

Tecmint - Thu, 07/01/2021 - 12:41
The post Deepin 20 – A Beautifully Crafted Linux Distribution first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Deepin OS is a revolutionary distribution. OK. I’ll stop right there; maybe that was giving a little too much credit. But I’ve got to be honest with you, nothing quite easily blows me away

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Intel Crocus, Linux 5.13, Other Vendor Happenings Made For An Exciting June

Phoronix - Thu, 07/01/2021 - 08:30
During this past month on Phoronix were 242 original Linux/open-source/hardware related news articles written by your's truly and another 18 featured Linux hardware reviews / featured benchmark articles. This month also marked Phoronix.com turning seventeen years old for delivering Linux hardware reviews and news...

CentOS Hyperscale Workstation Sees Experimental OS Builds, More Changes Coming

Phoronix - Thu, 07/01/2021 - 03:16
One of the exciting initiatives taking place recently within the CentOS camp has been the CentOS Hyperscale special interest group that is backed by engineers from Twitter and Facebook along with other organizations. They've been making more progress on offering their hyperscaler-focused packages/updates and even onto publishing a CentOS Hyperscale Workstation operating system image for testing...

Linux Prepares For AMD Servers With Aldebaran GPU Nodes Sporting HBM2

Phoronix - Thu, 07/01/2021 - 02:45
The latest public code patches on the mailing list today are preparing for newer AMD heterogeneous servers that will have Aldebaran GPU nodes connected via xGMI links to the CPU(s) and the GPU dies in turn having HBM2 memory...

NVIDIA 470 EOL Drivers For Kepler Still Obliterating Open-Source Alternative

Phoronix - Thu, 07/01/2021 - 02:00
With the recent NVIDIA 470 series Linux driver beta this R470 branch is the point at which NVIDIA is ending its GeForce 600/700 series "Kepler" support. The 470 driver series will be maintained as a long-lived driver that will continue to see security updates and Linux kernel / X.Org Server compatibility updates for another three years. If this end-of-life status has you thinking about trying out the open-source "Nouveau" Linux driver with Kepler, here are some current benchmarks.

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