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Intel Graphics Compiler 1.0.7683 Ships With Many Changes

Phoronix - Mon, 06/21/2021 - 17:44
Last week Intel shipped a big update to their open-source Intel Graphics Compiler "IGC" that is used currently by their Windows driver, their Linux compute stack, and potentially their Linux graphics drivers moving ahead...

Vulkan 1.2.182 Released With Some Prominent Extensions Added

Phoronix - Mon, 06/21/2021 - 17:20
Vulkan 1.2.182 is out and on top of various documentation fixes/clarifications, there are a few new extensions added with this revision...

Replace man pages with Tealdeer on Linux

opensource.com - Mon, 06/21/2021 - 15:02

Man pages were my go-to resource when I started exploring Linux. Certainly, man is the most frequently used command when a beginner starts getting familiar with the world of the command line. But man pages, with their extensive lists of options and arguments, can be hard to decipher, which makes it difficult to understand whatever you wanted to know. If you want an easier solution with example-based output, I think tldr is the best option.


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Why I love programming on FreeDOS with GW-BASIC

opensource.com - Mon, 06/21/2021 - 15:01

When I was growing up, it seemed every "personal computer" from the TRS-80 to the Commodore to the Apple let you write your own programs in the Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code (BASIC) programming language. Our family had a clone of the Apple II called the Franklin ACE 1000, which—as a clone—also ran AppleSoft BASIC. I took to AppleSoft BASIC right away and read books and magazines to teach myself about BASIC programming.


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Why transparency is critical to your open source project's security

opensource.com - Mon, 06/21/2021 - 15:00

The Biden Administration's recent executive order on cybersecurity aims to improve security assurance and the use of best practices. Transparency and project health are two factors that help to support security across the entire software industry—especially now.


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LFCA: Learn the Basic Concepts of Using Containers – Part 22

Tecmint - Mon, 06/21/2021 - 13:57
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Over time, as demand for rapid testing and deployment of applications grew coupled with faster business cycles, organizations were compelled to innovate in order to keep up with the fast-paced business environment. The quest

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Unvanquished 0.52.1 Brings Rendering Fixes, Flatpak For This Promising Open-Source Game

Phoronix - Mon, 06/21/2021 - 12:00
Following last month's Unvanquished 0.52 beta for this open-source game that has long been in development, Sunday marked the release of Unvanquished 0.52.1...

Linux 5.13-rc7 Released Following A Very Calm Week

Phoronix - Mon, 06/21/2021 - 06:51
Linus Torvalds is celebrating Father's Day by releasing Linux 5.13-rc7. Kernel maintainers and testers managed to keep him happy the father of Linux happy this week by keeping to a small change set for this late-stage release candidate...

AMD Continues Working To Mainline Their PTDMA Driver For Linux

Phoronix - Mon, 06/21/2021 - 03:25
Published all the way back in September 2019 was a Linux driver for supporting the Pass-Through DMA controller for EPYC processors. The PTDMA hardware allows for high bandwidth memory-to-memory and I/O copy operations. Now mid-way through 2021 that AMD PTDMA Linux driver remains in the works and is up to its tenth driver revision while waiting to see if it's now ready for mainline or further changes are still deemed necessary...

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