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Updated Linux Kernel Patches Posted For Bringing Up The Apple M1 SoC

Phoronix - Mon, 02/15/2021 - 21:06
Earlier this month Hector Martin and the Asahi Linux developers posted their initial Linux kernel patches for bringing up the Apple M1 ARM SoC platform for the mainline kernel with devices like the 2020 Mac Mini / MacBook Pro / MacBook Air devices. The second iteration of those Apple M1 Linux patches have now been posted...

Vulkan 1.2.170 Released With VK_KHR_synchronization2

Phoronix - Mon, 02/15/2021 - 20:15
Heading out of Valentine's weekend, there is a new Vulkan specification update with a notable new extension...

AMD Ryzen 5000 Temperature Monitoring Support Sent In For Linux 5.12

Phoronix - Mon, 02/15/2021 - 19:10
Due to an unfortunate misalignment of the Ryzen 5000 series launch and the Linux kernel cycles, CPU temperature monitoring for Ryzen 5000 (Zen 3) desktop CPUs isn't landing until now with the Linux 5.12 kernel cycle...

The Dark Mod 2.09 Released With New OpenGL Rendering Backend

Phoronix - Mon, 02/15/2021 - 18:42
The Dark Mod that began as a total conversion mod for Doom 3 but evolved into a standalone game making use of the open-source id Tech 4 game engine is out with a big update. This is one of the few open-source games making use of the public id Tech 4 code-base and with today's v2.09 update is a large rewrite to its graphics back-end...

Learn Difference Between $$ and $BASHPID in Bash

Tecmint - Mon, 02/15/2021 - 16:06

Recently I was working on a shell script and I saw a significant difference in how bash special variable $ and BASHPID behaves. Every process running in Linux will be assigned with a process

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Why everyone should try using Linux

opensource.com - Mon, 02/15/2021 - 16:02

In 2021, there are more reasons why people love Linux than ever before. In this series, I'll share 21 different reasons to use Linux. Let's explore why anyone can try Linux.


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Protect your Home Assistant with these backups

opensource.com - Mon, 02/15/2021 - 16:01

In the last two articles in this series on home automation with Home Assistant (HA), I walked through setting up a few integrations with a Zigbee Bridge and some custom ESP8266 devices that I use for automation.


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A practical guide to JavaScript closures

opensource.com - Mon, 02/15/2021 - 16:00

In 4 reasons why JavaScript is so popular, I touched on a few advanced JavaScript concepts. In this article, I will dive into one of them: closures.


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