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GRVK is the open-source project implementing AMD's Mantle API on Vulkan. Mantle was the precursor to the Vulkan industry standard and while it's no longer in use by AMD, there still are some games out there that allow making use of it...

Remember when the Raspberry Pi was just a really tiny hobbyist Linux computer? Well, to the surprise of no one, the Pi's power and scope has escalated quickly. Have you got a new Raspberry Pi or an old one lying around needing something to do? If so, we have plenty of new project ideas, ranging from home automation to cross-platform coding, and even some new hardware to check out.

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Pi Day through time: From Steph Curry to Linux to Einstein – CNET – Bestgamingpro  Best gaming pro

Clang CFI Patches For The Linux Kernel Aim To Provide Better Security  Phoronix

Now that Clang LTO support was merged into Linux 5.12 for x86_64 and ARM64, Google engineers have sent out their patches enabling Clang Control-Flow Integrity (CFI) support for the Linux kernel...

Google engineer Yu Zhao sent out patches proposing a "multigenerational LRU" implementation for the Linux kernel's least recently used (LRU) handling for memory page replacement...

Google Proposes Multi-Generational LRU For Linux To Yield Much Better Performance  Phoronix

How Grep Got Its Name? The History Behind Grep's Creation  MUO - MakeUseOf

Security News in Review: Microsoft Exchange Server Hack “Doubling” Every Two Hours; Linux Foundation Creates New Software Signing Service  Security Boulevard

Understanding Linux File Timestamps: mtime, ctime, and atime  MUO - MakeUseOf

15-year-old Linux kernel bugs let attackers gain root privileges  BleepingComputer

If all goes well FreeBSD 13.0 will be officially released before the end of the month while out this weekend is the second release candidate for testing...

How to install Apache, MySQL and PHP on AlmaLinux 8 - Linux Shout  H2S Media

Per reader requests, several software-defined radio (SDR) benchmarks have been added alongside the 640+ other distinct workloads available for benchmarking via the Phoronix Test Suite and OpenBenchmarking.org...

One year into the pandemic the KDE developers remain as busy as ever advancing their free software desktop solution...

GRUB 2.06 was originally anticipated for release in 2020 but then the BootHole security vulnerability foiled those plans. This long awaited bootloader update though is near with GRUB 2.06-RC1 being issued on Friday and plans to formally release it in about one month's time...

The Raspberry Pi 400 promises to be a boon to the homeschool market. In addition to providing an easy-to-assemble workstation that comes loaded with free software, the Pi 400 also serves as a surprisingly effective videoconferencing platform. I ordered a Pi 400 from CanaKit late last year and was eager to explore this capability.

Easy setup

After unboxing my Pi 400, which came in this lovely package, the setup was quick and easy.

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Even if you haven't heard of a theremin, you're probably familiar with the eerie electronic sound it makes from watching TV shows and movies like the 1951 science fiction classic The Day the Earth Stood Still. Theremins have also appeared in popular music, although often in the form of a theremin variant.

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Binomial's Basis Universal GPU texture codec for highly-compressed textures is now even faster when ETC1S encoding to this intermediate format...

Linux Operating System Market 2021 Industry Overview, Global Size, Regional Analysis and Competitor Strategy by Key Compines – NeighborWebSJ  NeighborWebSJ