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Vulkan Video Support Progressing For Open-Source Intel, AMD Radeon Hardware

Phoronix - Mon, 11/15/2021 - 18:28
The open-source Vulkan driver support for the video decode (and presumably after that, encode) extensions continues moving along for the Radeon "RADV" and Intel "ANV" Mesa drivers...

GCC Patches Pending For RISC-V's Scalar Cryptography Extension

Phoronix - Mon, 11/15/2021 - 18:07
Patches were recently sent out that implement support for RISC-V's Scalar Cryptography Extension within the GNU Compiler Collection...

Linux tips for using cron to schedule tasks

opensource.com - Mon, 11/15/2021 - 16:00

Making things happen on a regular and predictable schedule is important on computers. It's important because, as humans, we can sometimes be bad at remembering to do things reliably because we get distracted, have too much on our minds, or we're on holiday. Computers are really good at doing things on a schedule, but a human has to program the computer before the computer takes action.


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How to Install Zabbix on Rocky Linux and AlmaLinux

Tecmint - Mon, 11/15/2021 - 15:32
The post How to Install Zabbix on Rocky Linux and AlmaLinux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Proper monitoring is an essential ingredient for the effective management of your overall IT infrastructure. A robust real-time monitoring solution provides detailed visibility of your network and application performance. It helps to identify actual

The post How to Install Zabbix on Rocky Linux and AlmaLinux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

Stefanie Chiras to lead Red Hat global partner ecosystem

Red Hat News - Mon, 11/15/2021 - 13:00

Stefanie Chiras is transitioning to a new role as senior vice president of Partner Ecosystem Success and will lead Red Hat’s global partner ecosystem to help drive partner sales and innovation with Red Hat’s full product portfolio.

Linux 5.16-rc1 Released With Intel AMX, FUTEX2, Folios & A Lot More

Phoronix - Mon, 11/15/2021 - 06:30
Linus Torvalds has released Linux 5.16-rc1 in moving past the exciting merge window and onto bug fixing for this next version of the Linux kernel...

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