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RadeonSI Lands Regression Fix For ~10x Higher CPU Usage For Some Games

Phoronix - Mon, 08/09/2021 - 19:17
Merged one month ago was RadeonSI enabling by default its optimization to replace uniforms with literals inside shaders. This uniform inlining helped with SPECViewPerf and other workloads but it turns out in the process sharply drove up CPU usage when running some games...

Mesa 21.0, Linux 5.11 Prepared For Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Updates

Phoronix - Mon, 08/09/2021 - 18:11
Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS is expected later this month as the next point release to the "Focal Fossa" long-term support cycle. With this update comes the hardware enablement stack from Ubuntu 21.04 which in turn means Linux 5.11 and Mesa 21.0 graphics support is available as package updates now...

Parsing command options in Lua

opensource.com - Mon, 08/09/2021 - 15:00

When you enter a command into your terminal, there are usually options, also called switches or flags, that you can use to modify how the command runs. This is a useful convention defined by the POSIX specification, so as a programmer, it's helpful to know how to detect and parse options.


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10 Practical Examples of Rsync Command in Linux

Tecmint - Mon, 08/09/2021 - 14:16
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Rsync (Remote Sync) is the most commonly used command for copying and synchronizing files and directories remotely as well as locally in Linux/Unix systems. With the help of the rsync command, you can copy

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Red Hat OpenShift helps customers meet demands faster

Red Hat News - Mon, 08/09/2021 - 12:00

As organizations think about IT modernization, they also have to consider the impact of new processes and technology on their partners, vendors, and customers. This month, we’ll highlight success stories from organizations in banking and telecommunications—dynamic industries that are facing rapidly changing customer demands. Let’s see how Banco Original and HKT built efficient, flexible IT foundations with Red Hat to better meet customer and market needs.

Synopsys Looks To Remove Oldest ARC CPU Support From The Linux Kernel

Phoronix - Mon, 08/09/2021 - 12:00
Synopsys is looking to phase out support for the oldest ARC processors found within the mainline Linux kernel...

Linux 5.14-rc5 Released - "Looking Perfectly Normal"

Phoronix - Mon, 08/09/2021 - 05:04
Linus Torvalds just released the fifth weekly release candidate of Linux 5.14 and he's happy with how it's shaping up a few weeks before release...

0 A.D. Alpha 25 Released For This Open-Source RTS Game

Phoronix - Sun, 08/08/2021 - 21:40
0 A.D. as the long in development real-time strategy game developed by Wildfire Games is out with its twenty-fifth alpha release...

Thunderbird 91 Is Flying Soon As First Major Mail Client Update In A Year

Phoronix - Sun, 08/08/2021 - 19:30
Thunderbird 91.0 is approaching release as an annual feature release to this open-source, cross-platform mail client and RSS reader. Given the current release is Thunderbird 78 from last July, there is a lot in store for this "2021" update...

Arm SMCCC TRNG Driver Queued Ahead Of Linux 5.15

Phoronix - Sun, 08/08/2021 - 18:43
The Linux kernel already supports making use of Arm's True Random Number Generator (TRNG) SMCCC interface within the random seed code while for the upcoming Linux 5.15 cycle an "arm_smccc_trng" driver is being added and will allow exposing the entropy to user-space...

Intel Has A Huge Batch Of New Graphics Driver Code For Linux 5.15

Phoronix - Sun, 08/08/2021 - 12:00
Intel engineers on Friday submitted a big batch of kernel graphics driver improvements to DRM-Next for queuing ahead of the Linux 5.15 merge window...

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