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Linux Picking Up A Driver For Checking If Thunderbolt/USB4 Ports Are Functional

Phoronix - Mon, 11/09/2020 - 13:09
Intel is contributing a new driver to the Linux kernel for determining whether Thunderbolt / USB4 ports are functional...

Linux 5.10-rc3 Released As A "Normal" RC3 Version

Phoronix - Mon, 11/09/2020 - 08:43
Linus Torvalds just released Linux 5.10-rc3 as the newest test release ahead of stable Linux 5.10 that will be minted in December...

Debian 11 "Bullseye" Freezes Coming Up, Debian 13 To Be Trixie

Phoronix - Mon, 11/09/2020 - 04:03
Debian developers are two months out from the transition and essentials freeze for Debian 11 "Bullseye" that in turn should debut as stable later in 2021...

OpenRazer 2.9 Released With Support For Handling More Razer Peripherals On Linux

Phoronix - Mon, 11/09/2020 - 01:09
Version 2.9 of OpenRazer is now available as the independently-developed solution for configuring and monitoring various Razer peripherals on Linux like not only their keyboards and mice but also headsets and other hardware...

Intel "coIOMMU" Can Help With Performance For VMs When Using Direct I/O Access

Phoronix - Sun, 11/08/2020 - 22:39
Currently when directly assigning I/O devices to virtual machines the guest memory needs to be statically pinned unless using a vIOMMU setup in which case it does not but there are performance implications there as well. Intel engineers though have been working on a virtual IOMMU implementation with DMA buffer tracking to overcome these limitations...

Intel Sends Out Linux Support For SGX Enclaves Support A 40th Time

Phoronix - Sun, 11/08/2020 - 19:26
Intel didn't manage to get their Software Guard Extensions (SGX) support merged for the current Linux 5.10 LTS kernel cycle and it's still up in the air if it will be pulled in the near-term for providing the mainline kernel with SGX enclaves support...

Open environments are where innovative ideas thrive

opensource.com - Sun, 11/08/2020 - 16:00

In the first article of this series, I examined the nature of the innovation process in great detail. I also discussed some sources of resistance to it.


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