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Intel's Project ACRN To Upstream More Code With Linux 5.12

Phoronix - Wed, 02/10/2021 - 21:43
Announced nearly three years ago by Intel was the ACRN reference hypervisor framework intended for IoT/embedded use-cases with real-time capabilities and safety-critical computing. More of the kernel bits to this "Big Little Hypervisor for IoT Development" are set to see mainline with the imminent Linux 5.12 kernel cycle...

Developers Continue New Push With LibreOffice In The Web Browser Via WebAssembly

Phoronix - Wed, 02/10/2021 - 20:31
While there has been LibreOffice Online as a collaborative, web-based version of LibreOffice making use of the HTML5 Canvas for its UI, there hasn't been much activity there recently outside of the Collabora Online commercial variant. But developers are working on a current port of LibreOffice to the web browser using WebAssembly...

Lenovo IdeaPad Improvements En Route To Linux 5.12

Phoronix - Wed, 02/10/2021 - 19:15
In addition to Linux 5.12 positioned to see Lenovo laptop "platform profile" support for controlling the power/thermal behavior of their newer ThinkPad and IdeaPad laptops, this next kernel version also has other improvements on the IdeaPad front...

Manage your budget on Linux with this open source finance tool

opensource.com - Wed, 02/10/2021 - 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. This article is about personal financial management.


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Configure multi-tenancy with Kubernetes namespaces

opensource.com - Wed, 02/10/2021 - 16:01

Most enterprises want a multi-tenancy platform to run their cloud-native applications because it helps manage resources, costs, and operational efficiency and control cloud waste.


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Linspire 10 Released - Claims Of "Most Meticulously Designed & Engineered FOSS Desktop"

Phoronix - Wed, 02/10/2021 - 16:00
Linspire 10 is out this week as the newest version of this Linux distribution formerly known as Lindows nearly two decades ago. While Linspire went dark for several years, under its current ownership by PC/OpenSystems they have been trying to reinvigorate the desktop distribution the past few years. Linspire 10 represents the latest work for the Ubuntu-based platform...

Draw Mandelbrot fractals with GIMP scripting

opensource.com - Wed, 02/10/2021 - 16:00

The GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) is my go-to solution for image editing. Its toolset is very powerful and convenient, except for doing fractals, which is one thing you cannot draw by hand easily. These are fascinating mathematical constructs that have the characteristic of being self-similar.


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Zink On Mesa 21.1-devel Now Achieves OpenGL 4.3 Over Vulkan

Phoronix - Wed, 02/10/2021 - 13:00
Going back to last summer there have been patches for getting OpenGL 4.6 with the Zink GL on Vulkan implementation but were considered experimental and not for immediate upstreaming. In the months since and especially after Mike Blumenkrantz was hired by Valve, the upstreaming effort kicked into higher gear. Now with Mesa 21.1, we are up to OpenGL 4.3...

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