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Linux 5.8 To Better Deal With Critical Thermal Faults For Radeon GPUs

Phoronix - Wed, 05/20/2020 - 16:16
AMD on Tuesday sent in another batch of feature updates for Linux 5.8 with the cut-off for new material upon us with this next kernel cycle expected to begin in early June...

Teach kids Python by building an interactive game

opensource.com - Wed, 05/20/2020 - 15:02

Python has earned a reputation as a wonderful beginner programming language. But where does one begin?

One of my favorite ways to get people interested in programming is by writing games.

PursuedPyBear (ppb) is a game programming library optimized for teaching, and I recently used it to teach my children more about my favorite programming language.


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How to configure your router using VTY shell

opensource.com - Wed, 05/20/2020 - 15:01

Recently, I wrote an article explaining how we can implement Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) using the Quagga routing suite. There are multiple software suites that can be used instead of Quagga to implement different routing protocols. One such option is free range routing (FRR).


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Questions we should ask about COVID-19 contact-tracing apps

opensource.com - Wed, 05/20/2020 - 15:00

One of the cheering things about the pandemic crisis in which we find ourselves is the vast upswell of volunteering that we are seeing across the world. We are seeing this equally across the IT sector, and one of the areas where work is being done is in apps to help track COVID-19. Specifically, there is an interest in COVID-19 contact-tracing or -tracking apps for our mobile0 phones.


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Intel's Habana Labs Mainling Gaudi Accelerator Support In Linux 5.8

Phoronix - Wed, 05/20/2020 - 14:05
AI startup Habana Labs, which was recently acquired by Intel, will see its Gaudi accelerator supported by the upcoming Linux 5.8 kernel...

How to Install LEMP Stack with PhpMyAdmin in Ubuntu 20.04

Tecmint - Wed, 05/20/2020 - 13:35
For those of you who don’t know what LEMP is – this is a combination of software packages – Linux, Nginx (pronounced EngineX), MariaDB and PHP. You can use LEMP for both testing purposes...

Mainlining The Microsoft DirectX Kernel Driver For Linux Will Be An Uphill Battle

Phoronix - Wed, 05/20/2020 - 12:00
On Tuesday was the big announcement of Microsoft bringing Direct3D 12 to Linux/WSL2 in the context of allowing GUI applications and GPU compute within Windows Subsystem for Linux. This also means OpenCL/OpenGL/Vulkan support by ultimately converting it into D3D12 consumption by the host Windows system. While Microsoft was quick to post patches for their "dxgkrnl" kernel driver for this Direct3D implementation, it's already facing resistance and will be an uphill battle for it to be mainlined...

Microsoft And A KDE Project Spar Over "MAUI"

Phoronix - Wed, 05/20/2020 - 07:48
A few years ago it was GNOME developers frustrated with Microsoft over naming a project GVFS (later renamed to Virtual File System for Git) as it collided with their GVFS (GNOME Virtual File-System) while now there is a similar situation brewing between Microsoft and KDE camps...

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