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For years we have been eager to learn more about the long mentioned Vulkan Video API, which was supposed to come in H1-2020, but now has finally arrived with today's v1.2.175 update in provisional form. The new Vulkan Video extensions allow for GPU-accelerated video encode/decode. The initial public work is treated as a provisional specification and with limited codec coverage but will be expanded upon in time...

Global Linux Computer Market Research Report 2020-2026 – SoccerNurds  SoccerNurds

Last month Google engineers proposed multi-generational LRU for Linux to enhance the kernel performance and today the work has advanced to a second version...

Multigenerational LRU Code Updated For Enhancing Linux Kernel Performance  Phoronix

Vulkan 1.2.175 is now public as the latest Vulkan API specification and it's bringing with it many new extensions...

Vulkan 1.2.175 Published With Many New Extensions  Phoronix

AOMP 13.0 is out today as the first update to AMD's Radeon OpenMP offloading compiler since AOMP 11.0 last December...

Inspur Joins the Open Invention Network  StreetInsider.com

Linux Foundation launches blockchain-based platform for insurance  Cointelegraph

Linux Foundation launches blockchain-based platform for insurance  Cointelegraph

Inspur Joins the Open Invention Network - GlobeNewswire  GlobeNewswire

Linux Operating System Market 2021 – Suitable Circumstance – SoccerNurds  SoccerNurds

10 of the best ways to get help on Linux  Network World

Kaseya supports ongoing remote work and compliance requirements – PCR  PCR-online.biz

Back in February Slackware 15.0 went into alpha, nine years since Slackware 14.0 made its debut or even five years since Slackware 14.2. Now Slackware 15.0 is up to its beta phase...

3 Ways to Install Skype in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Linux Shout  H2S Media

Edge Impulse announces Raspberry Pi 4 embedded Linux support  Geeky Gadgets

A first look at Allwinner D1 Linux RISC-V SBC and Processor  CNX Software

Recently, I demonstrated how to implement full-drive encryption on Linux with LUKS and the cryptsetup command. While encrypting a whole drive is useful in many cases, there are reasons you might not want to encode an entire drive. For instance, you might require a drive to work across several platforms, some of which may not have Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS) integration.

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The success of open source projects is largely carried by the pillars of the community and group collaborations. Without putting a stake in the ground to achieve strategic initiatives, an open source project can lose focus. Open source strategic initiatives should aim at solving impactful problems through collaboration involving the project's stakeholders.

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