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One thought on “Classroom Surplus Becomes Linux Powerhouse” - Hackaday

Google News - Tue, 07/27/2021 - 19:00

One thought on “Classroom Surplus Becomes Linux Powerhouse” Hackaday

DMA-Fence Deadline Awareness Proposed To Help Ensure GPU Drivers Render On-Time

Phoronix - Tue, 07/27/2021 - 17:52

There is the phenomenon on Linux where when double-buffered rendering and missing vblanks can lead to the GPU running at a lower frequency when instead the opposite should happen so it will try to not miss vblanks in the first place. In the past there's been talks of "boost" support in the GPU drivers or also workarounds from user-space like dynamic triple buffering, but sent out this week is a new proposal around DMA-Fence deadline awareness as another means of addressing this problem...

RISC-V Developers Continue Working On KVM Support

Phoronix - Tue, 07/27/2021 - 17:30

Going on for more than one year now is the effort for supporting KVM virtualization with the RISC-V architecture, which is very much important for RISC-V processors to be able to eventually take lift in the server space. The KVM RISC-V enablement work is now up to its nineteenth revision but not yet clear if it's ready for mainlining...

Avoid this common open source scanning error

opensource.com - Tue, 07/27/2021 - 15:03

Pete Townshend, legendary guitar player for British rock band The Who, is well-known for playing suspended chords. Suspended chords add musical tension to a song. For those piano players reading this who (like me) love to play in the key of C, simply play a C major chord (the notes C, E, and G) and replace the E note with either an F or a D. You are now on your way to becoming a British rock star!1

Check used disk space on Linux with du

opensource.com - Tue, 07/27/2021 - 15:01

No matter how much storage space you have, there's always the possibility for it to fill up. On most personal devices, drives get filled up with photos and videos and music, but on servers, it's not unusual for space to diminish due to data in user accounts and log files. Whether you're in charge of managing a multi-user system or just your own laptop, you can check in on disk usage with the du command.

By default, du provides the amount of disk space used in your current directory, as well as the size of each subdirectory:

Everything you need to know about Linux Proton on the Steam Deck - Dot Esports

Google News - Tue, 07/27/2021 - 15:00

Everything you need to know about Linux Proton on the Steam Deck Dot Esports

Analyze the Linux kernel with ftrace

opensource.com - Tue, 07/27/2021 - 15:00

An operating system's kernel is one of the most elusive pieces of software out there. It's always there running in the background from the time your system gets turned on. Every user achieves their computing work with the help of the kernel, yet they never interact with it directly. The interaction with the kernel occurs by making system calls or having those calls made on behalf of the user by various libraries or applications that they use daily.

Industrial Android/Linux mini PC ships with optional HDMI input, DTV tuner, 4G LTE modem - CNX Software

Google News - Tue, 07/27/2021 - 13:08

Industrial Android/Linux mini PC ships with optional HDMI input, DTV tuner, 4G LTE modem CNX Software

Industrial Android/Linux mini PC ships with optional HDMI input, DTV tuner, 4G LTE modem - CNX Software

Google News - Tue, 07/27/2021 - 13:08

Industrial Android/Linux mini PC ships with optional HDMI input, DTV tuner, 4G LTE modem CNX Software

Longer internships give Red Hat's Canadian interns more time to learn and grow

Red Hat News - Tue, 07/27/2021 - 12:00

Every summer for the past ten years, the Red Hat Toronto office has hosted approximately 9-12 interns for 16-month terms. During the last 15 months, I have been a software engineering intern working on WildFly Elytron, a security framework that ships with Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform. I hope to shed some light on the specifics of our internship program in Canada and perhaps steer you towards deciding whether a "red hat" would look good on you or someone you know!

Nanotale RPG Moves to Linux and Mac - Gameindustry.com - GameIndustry.com

Google News - Tue, 07/27/2021 - 09:57

Nanotale RPG Moves to Linux and Mac - Gameindustry.com GameIndustry.com

Google Continues Working On Suspend-Only Swap Spaces For Linux - Phoronix

Google News - Tue, 07/27/2021 - 08:30

Google Continues Working On Suspend-Only Swap Spaces For Linux Phoronix

Google Continues Working On Suspend-Only Swap Spaces For Linux

Phoronix - Tue, 07/27/2021 - 08:30

Google engineers and other parties are interested in being able to create swap spaces on Linux systems that would be reserved just for system suspend/hibernation purposes and not for generic swapping to disk...

Intel Accelerated: New Node Naming & Ambitious Roadmap

Phoronix - Tue, 07/27/2021 - 05:30

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger is back with another webcast following his update in March that focused on the new Intel Foundry Services, new US fabs, and more. Today's event is "Intel Accelerated" and offering an update on the company's IDM 2.0 process and packaging...