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Mesa Git Now Allows Building The Open-Source AMD RADV Vulkan Driver On Windows

Phoronix - Fri, 04/23/2021 - 20:44
You may recall last year was work that got started on being able to compile the open-source Radeon "RADV" Vulkan driver on Windows. Well, this Friday the merge request finally was honored for Mesa 21.2...

T2 SDE 21.4 Released With This Linux Distribution Supporting 15 CPU Architectures

Phoronix - Fri, 04/23/2021 - 18:56
The T2 Linux distribution, or "System Development Environment" (SDE) as it refers to itself, is up to version 21.4 and with it is now supporting fifteen different CPU architectures for this barebones Linux-based operating system...

Debian Installer 11 "Bullseye" RC1 Released

Phoronix - Fri, 04/23/2021 - 18:04
The installer for the forthcoming Debian 11.0 "Bullseye release is now up to its release candidate phase for testing...

OpenZFS 2.1-rc4 Delivers Another Round Of Fixes

Phoronix - Fri, 04/23/2021 - 17:46
It's looking like the OpenZFS 2.1 open-source ZFS file-system implementation for Linux and FreeBSD systems will soon be ready for release...

Digitally Sign Documents in Linux Using ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors

Tecmint - Fri, 04/23/2021 - 17:31
The post Digitally Sign Documents in Linux Using ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

One of the most reliable ways to protect your documents and their content from any alterations is using a digital signature. It is a mathematical technique used to validate the authenticity and integrity of

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How I use OBS Studio to record videos for my YouTube channel

opensource.com - Fri, 04/23/2021 - 15:01

I manage a YouTube channel for the FreeDOS Project, where I record "how-to" videos with FreeDOS running inside the QEMU PC emulator software. When I started the channel in August 2019, I didn't know anything about recording videos. But with Open Broadcaster Software, also called OBS Studio, I've found recording these videos to be pretty straightforward. Here's how you can do it, too.


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Sustainable economic development begins with open thinking

opensource.com - Fri, 04/23/2021 - 15:00

To be successful, open organizations must have specific purposes, address achievable goals, perform clear tasks, effectively evaluate the results of their work, and introduce countermeasures or revisions to their operations. Open organization principles serve vital functions throughout this process.


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