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CPU Cluster Scheduler Continues To Be Worked On For Linux With Promising Results

Phoronix - Wed, 04/21/2021 - 17:55
HiSilicon engineers continue working on a cluster scheduler that could help the performance of certain x86 and ARM platforms on Linux...

GRVK 0.4 Released For Running AMD's Mantle API Over Vulkan

Phoronix - Wed, 04/21/2021 - 17:24
While AMD's Mantle graphics API development has been suspended for more than a half-decade already with the Vulkan API successfully taking off, the open-source GRVK project continues to let Mantle unofficially live on by re-implementing its interfaces over Vulkan...

Optimize your Python code with C

opensource.com - Wed, 04/21/2021 - 15:01

Cython is a compiler for the Python programming language meant to optimize performance and form an extended Cython programming language. As an extension of Python, Cython is also a superset of the Python language, and it supports calling C functions and declaring C types on variables and class attributes. This makes it easy to wrap external C libraries, embed C into existing applications, or write C extensions for Python in syntax as easy as Python itself.


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How to take your open source project to the next level

opensource.com - Wed, 04/21/2021 - 15:00

Open sourcing the code to your software as a service (SaaS) is not sufficient to make it actually be open source. Does that sound contradictory to you? Let me explain.

Most services that espouse "open source" do so by simply throwing the code over the wall. It's better than nothing but really misses the point that powers open source: enabling users to make a change to the software they're using.

Some other popular services powered by Open Source software, do include the tools used to operate/deploy their service. Pause for applause.


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GraalVM 21.1 Released With Experimental Java 16 Support, Many Performance Improvements

Phoronix - Wed, 04/21/2021 - 12:00
Succeeding January's release of GraalVM 21.0 is now GraalVM 21.1 with many performance improvements and other new features...

Firefox 89 Beta Released With UI Changes

Phoronix - Wed, 04/21/2021 - 08:21
With Firefox 88 released yesterday, the Firefox 89 beta is now available for testing. Notable this time around is refining of the web browser's user interface...

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