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DXGI Winsys Comes To Mesa For Better Performance Atop Direct3D 12

Phoronix - Wed, 11/18/2020 - 19:29
More improvements are coming to Mesa 21.0 following last week's merging of the Direct3D 12 Gallium3D driver that is being used by Microsoft for supporting OpenGL/OpenCL-on-Direct3D 12...

Mesa 21.0 Lands More Last Minute Fixes For Radeon RX 6000 "Big Navi" GPUs

Phoronix - Wed, 11/18/2020 - 19:00
For those trying to setup their Linux systems to be "Big Navi"-ready if purchasing one of the new graphics cards today, some more last minute fixes have landed within Mesa...

GraalVM 20.3 Released With Many Small Performance Optimizations

Phoronix - Wed, 11/18/2020 - 18:00
GraalVM continues its quest as the virtual machine not only supporting Java but also additional languages and execution modes with a focus on stellar performance and speedy startups. GraalVM CE 20.3 was released on Tuesday as the latest for this open-source package supporting Java, Node.js, an LLVM runtime, and more...

Fedora 34 To Proceed With An AArch64 KDE Plasma Desktop Spin

Phoronix - Wed, 11/18/2020 - 16:22
The Fedora Engineering and Steering Committee (FESCo) has approved the recent proposal for introducing a new spin that features the KDE Plasma desktop for 64-bit ARM (AArch64)...

Cloud control vs local control: What to choose for your home automation

opensource.com - Wed, 11/18/2020 - 16:02

There are a lot of factors to consider when investing in a home automation ecosystem. In my first article in this series, I explained why I picked Home Assistant, and in this article, I'll explain some of the foundational issues and technologies in home automation, which may influence how you approach and configure your Internet of Things (IoT) devices.


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Secure your containers with SELinux

opensource.com - Wed, 11/18/2020 - 16:01

When things aren't working correctly in your Linux environment, the easiest thing to do is disable Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux). Things suddenly begin to work, and you forget about it—but this is a common pitfall that means you've lost a very powerful security tool.


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Apply the Scientific Method to agile development

opensource.com - Wed, 11/18/2020 - 16:00

"The only way it’s all going to go according to plan is if you don’t learn anything." —Kent Beck

Experimentation is the foundation of the scientific method, which is a systematic means of exploring the world around us. But experimentation is not only reserved for the field of scientific research. It has a central place in the world of business too.


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How to Install Fedora 33 Server

Tecmint - Wed, 11/18/2020 - 15:04

Fedora 33 was released with a server edition, and in this tutorial, we shall go through the various steps of how to install the Fedora 33 server with screenshots. There are some crucial improvements

The post How to Install Fedora 33 Server first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

An update on Red Hat's conscious language efforts

Red Hat News - Wed, 11/18/2020 - 13:00

When Red Hat announced its intention to remove harmful language from our code and docs, we knew it would be a long term effort, so we thought it'd be useful to share a progress update.

Direct3D 12 Support For APITrace Pursued To Help VKD3D-Proton

Phoronix - Wed, 11/18/2020 - 13:00
Joshua Ashton, known for his work with Valve on D9VK and then DXVK for mapping Direct3D on top of Vulkan, is making more strides in their Direct3D 12 effort with VKD3D-Proton...

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