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Microsoft Lands D3D12 Compute Support In Mesa 22.0

Phoronix - Tue, 01/11/2022 - 18:08
Following Microsoft working on shader storage buffer object support for their Gallium3D D3D12 back-end within Mesa, they've been working on OpenGL compute and OpenGL ES 3.1 support for this controversial component to allow OpenGL/GLES/OpenCL to work atop Windows' Direct3D 12 drivers such as for Windows Subsystem for Linux...

Linux 5.17 Adds Sensor Monitoring Support To Many More ASUS Motherboards

Phoronix - Tue, 01/11/2022 - 17:00
The Linux 5.17 hardware monitoring "HWMON" subsystem updates include the new NZXT driver, new drivers to greatly expand sensor coverage on modern ASUS desktop motherboards, temperature monitoring for next-gen AMD Zen processors, and more...

8 surprising things I learned about Python in 2021

opensource.com - Tue, 01/11/2022 - 16:01

Python has long been one of the most popular programming languages, but that doesn't mean there's nothing new to learn. This list of Opensource.com's most-read articles about Python is an excellent place to start. 

  • Widespread adoption of machine learning is here, and its applications are still growing. See how machine learning, using Naïve Bayes classifiers and implemented with Python, can solve real-life problems.


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Run containers on Linux without sudo in Podman

opensource.com - Tue, 01/11/2022 - 16:00

Containers are an important part of modern computing, and as the infrastructure around containers evolves, new and better tools have started to surface. It used to be that you could run containers with just LXC, and then Docker gained popularity, and things started getting more complex. Eventually, we got the container management system we all deserved with Podman, a daemonless container engine that makes containers and pods easy to build, run, and manage.


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Duplicity – Create Encrypted Incremental Backups in Linux

Tecmint - Tue, 01/11/2022 - 14:22
The post Duplicity – Create Encrypted Incremental Backups in Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Experience shows that you can never be too paranoid about system backups. When it comes to protecting and preserving precious data, it is best to go the extra mile and make sure you can

The post Duplicity – Create Encrypted Incremental Backups in Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

Red Hat and Temenos enable process automation for digital banking

Red Hat News - Tue, 01/11/2022 - 13:00

Today, banking software company and Red Hat partner, Temenos, announced the integration of Red Hat Process Automation Manager into the Temenos Infinity digital banking platform.

Firefox 96 Yields Less Load On The Main Thread, WebP Encoder For Canvas

Phoronix - Tue, 01/11/2022 - 13:00
Firefox 96.0 is officially shipping today as the first update of 2022 for this open-source web browser...

Btrfs Seeing Nice Performance Improvements For Linux 5.17

Phoronix - Tue, 01/11/2022 - 07:45
With the Btrfs file-system popularity ticking back up, that seems to be helping upstream enthusiasm and development efforts as with Linux 5.17 there is yet more exciting work...

Intel Announces New Leader Of Client Computing Group

Phoronix - Tue, 01/11/2022 - 05:36
Intel announced new leadership changes today as 2022 gets started for what is expected to be an eventful year at the company with Sapphire Rapids, Raptor Lake, and Intel Arc graphics ahead...

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