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How to Install Xubuntu Desktop on Ubuntu 20.04

Tecmint - Mon, 11/08/2021 - 12:00
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One of the wonderful things about the Linux operating system is its vast array of customization options. If you are using a system with a graphical user interface, you can tweak almost anything –

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Intel Core i9 12900K "Alder Lake" AVX-512 On Linux

Phoronix - Mon, 11/08/2021 - 03:40
While it was initially communicated by Intel that Alder Lake's Golden Cove P-Cores has AVX-512 "fused off", that has turned out not to be the case at least with the initial batch of processors and current BIOS/firmware configurations. If disabling the power-efficient Gracemont E-Cores, it's possible to enable AVX-512 and make use of it. Here are some initial AVX-512 benchmarks in such a configuration under Linux with the Core i9 12900K.

Arch Linux Installer Updated With Btrfs Subvolumes Support, Reworked Partitioning

Phoronix - Sun, 11/07/2021 - 22:40
Added to the Arch Linux ISOs earlier this year was Archinstall as an easy-to-use installer for Arch. In the months since its introduction the code continues to be improved upon and is preparing for its next feature release...

Rav1e 0.5 Brings More Speed-Ups For This Rust AV1 Encoder

Phoronix - Sun, 11/07/2021 - 21:31
Released this week was Rav1e 0.5 as the newest feature release for this Rust-written AV1 video encoder backed by Xiph.Org and self-proclaimed to be the world's "fastest and safest" AV1 encoder...

USB Additions For Linux 5.16 Include AMD Yellow Carp PM, Apple CD321X

Phoronix - Sun, 11/07/2021 - 19:16
The USB and Thunderbolt updates for the Linux 5.16 kernel have arrived. This time around the changes are on the smaller side but there are two additions worth mentioning...

Intel's Habana Labs Continues Improving Their AI Accelerator Driver Stack With Linux 5.16

Phoronix - Sun, 11/07/2021 - 18:10
The "char/misc" changes have landed in Linux 5.16 as the catch-all area for code not fitting more appropriately within another subsystem or being a portion of the kernel that's too small for submitting pull requests directly to Linus Torvalds. For Linux 5.16, the IIO code has moved from being part of the staging area also maintained by Greg Kroah-Hartman to now being under the char/misc umbrella. Additionally, another big item is the Intel Habana Labs driver updates...

10 eureka moments of coding in the community

opensource.com - Sun, 11/07/2021 - 16:00

If you've written code, you know it takes practice to get good at it. Whether it takes months or years, there's inevitably a moment of epiphany.

We wanted to hear about that time, so we asked our community to share about that time they sat down and wrote code that truly made them proud.


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