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Ubuntu 21.04 To Turn On LTO Optimizations For Its Packages

Phoronix - Fri, 01/29/2021 - 21:00
On top of aiming to use Wayland by default, another high profile change being worked on for this spring's release of Ubuntu 21.04 is using link-time optimizations (LTO) for all 64-bit package builds...

Mesa 21.0 Gearing Up To Ship As Soon As Next Week For Latest Open-Source GPU Drivers

Phoronix - Fri, 01/29/2021 - 20:42
For those Linux gamers and other desktop users of the open-source OpenGL/Vulkan drivers with some extra time this weekend, Mesa 21.0-RC3 is now available for testing as what might be the last release candidate before officially releasing Mesa 21.0 as soon as next week...

Open-Source NVIDIA Changes Sent In For Linux 5.12

Phoronix - Fri, 01/29/2021 - 19:25
Following NVIDIA RTX 30 open-source mode-setting support in Linux 5.11, the batch of feature changes slated for the Linux 5.12 kernel have now been submitted to DRM-Next...

AMDVLK 2021.Q1.2 Brings More Radeon RX 6000 Series Optimizations

Phoronix - Fri, 01/29/2021 - 18:48
AMDVLK 2021.Q1.1 released near the beginning of the month with various "RDNA 2" optimizations while now AMDVLK 2021.Q1.2 is out in closing out the month and bringing more Big Navi optimizations...

Machine learning made easy with Python

opensource.com - Fri, 01/29/2021 - 16:02

Naïve Bayes is a classification technique that serves as the basis for implementing several classifier modeling algorithms. Naïve Bayes-based classifiers are considered some of the simplest, fastest, and easiest-to-use machine learning techniques, yet are still effective for real-world applications.


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Open source tools and tips for staying focused

opensource.com - Fri, 01/29/2021 - 16:01

In prior years, this annual series covered individual apps. This year, we are looking at all-in-one solutions in addition to strategies to help in 2021. Welcome to day 19 of 21 Days of Productivity in 2021.

Maintaining focus for a long period of time is difficult. And yet, we often find ourselves in situations where we have to work on a project for hours, or days, or even weeks at a time.


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XWayland 21.1 Planned For Release In Mid-March

Phoronix - Fri, 01/29/2021 - 16:00
Plans are moving forward for providing standalone XWayland packages that would ship the latest XWayland code for allowing X11 clients within Wayland environments, separate from X.Org Server releases as has been the bundling case to date...

4 open practices for a sustainable technology transition

opensource.com - Fri, 01/29/2021 - 16:00

A transformation to a sustainability-oriented economy will confront all subsequent generations with enormous challenges over many decades. Given the complexity of the changes required, global and open collaboration is essential.

Here are four reasons why a transition to sustainable technology should follow open practices:


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