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Intel "Protected Xe Path" Code Updated For Hardware-Protected GPU Sessions

Phoronix - Mon, 02/08/2021 - 20:28
Intel PXP -- Protected Xe Path -- is a means of hardware-protected sessions for graphics clients on Gen12 / Xe Graphics. The support code for enabling PXP with their open-source Linux driver stack was updated this past week...

The State of Apache OpenOffice As Of Early 2021

Phoronix - Mon, 02/08/2021 - 19:14
It's rare to hear of OpenOffice usage these days compared to LibreOffice, but the open-source office suite is still going ahead under its volunteer work at the Apache Software Foundation. This past weekend at FOSDEM 2021 was a status update on Apache OpenOffice...

AMDVLK 2021.Q1.3 Brings Performance Tuning For War Thunder

Phoronix - Mon, 02/08/2021 - 19:02
AMDVLK 2021.Q1.3 is out this morning as the latest snapshot of the official open-source AMD Radeon Vulkan driver for Linux systems that is derived from their shared platform driver sources...

Sailfish OS 4.0.1 No Longer Support The Jolla Phone But Has Many Other Improvements

Phoronix - Mon, 02/08/2021 - 16:40
Jolla's Sailfish OS 4.0.1 was released this past week to early access subscribers as a major milestone for Sailfish OS 4...

How to set up custom sensors in Home Assistant

opensource.com - Mon, 02/08/2021 - 16:02

In the last article in this series about home automation, I started digging into Home Assistant. I set up a Zigbee integration with a Sonoff Zigbee Bridge and installed a few add-ons, including Node-RED, File Editor, Mosquitto broker, and Samba. I wrapped up by walking through Node-RED's configuration, which I will use heavily later on in this series.


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3 open source tools that make Linux the ideal workstation

opensource.com - Mon, 02/08/2021 - 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. Today, I'll share with you why Linux is a great choice for your workday.


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Why choose Plausible for an open source alternative to Google Analytics

opensource.com - Mon, 02/08/2021 - 16:01

Taking on the might of Google Analytics may seem like a big challenge. In fact, you could say it doesn't sound plausible… But that's exactly what Plausible.io has done with great success, signing up thousands of new users since 2018.

Plausible's co-founders Uku Taht and Marko Saric recently appeared on The Craft of Open Source podcast to talk about the project and how they:


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Top 7 Apps to Install for Your Nextcloud Instance

Tecmint - Mon, 02/08/2021 - 13:32

When it comes to open-source cloud storage software for Linux, there is a huge number of available options. ownCloud, Seafile, and Pydio are just a few of them. However, if you pay a lot

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Freedreno's MSM DRM Driver Adds More Adreno Support, Speedbin Capability For Linux 5.12

Phoronix - Mon, 02/08/2021 - 13:00
The MSM Direct Rendering Manager driver originally developed as part of the Freedreno effort for open-source Qualcomm Adreno graphics on Linux while now supported by the likes of Google and Qualcomm's Code Aurora engineers has some notable changes in store for the next Linux kernel cycle...

Linux 5.11-rc7 Arrives - Time For The Weekly Celebration Testing The New Kernel

Phoronix - Mon, 02/08/2021 - 06:52
For those looking for something more interesting than the Super Bowl today, the seventh weekly release candidate of Linux 5.11 is now available for testing...

GNU/Linux - Hackaday

Google News - Mon, 02/08/2021 - 05:10
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