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NVIDIA Proposes Mesa Patches To Support Alternative GBM Back-Ends

Phoronix - Tue, 03/30/2021 - 02:26
NVIDIA has proposed a merge request to Mesa that would lay the infrastructure for allowing alternative GBM (Generic Buffer Manager) back-ends to be loaded, such as for NVIDIA's proprietary driver should it presumably implement GBM in the future...

Linux Driver Published For FSP/3Y-Power Server PSUs

Phoronix - Mon, 03/29/2021 - 23:03
For those that happen to be running FSP/3Y-Power hot-swappable power supplies, a Linux driver is en route...

Intel's Clear Linux In 2021 Still Squeezing More Performance For Xeon Scalable

Phoronix - Mon, 03/29/2021 - 19:14
With Intel set to announce 3rd Gen Xeon Scalable "Ice Lake" CPUs next week, it's a good time for looking back to see how the Linux performance has evolved since the introduction of 2nd Gen Xeon Scalable "Cascade Lake" processors back in 2019. In this article is a look at the Xeon Platinum 8280 performance back at launch under both Ubuntu and Clear Linux compared to the current state of both distributions on the same hardware. There are also additional tests with those latest Linux images seeing how Ubuntu 21.04 is shaping up against Intel's own performance-optimized Clear Linux.

PHP's Git Server Compromised, Now Switching To GitHub

Phoronix - Mon, 03/29/2021 - 18:56
The PHP programming language's self-hosted Git server was compromised on Sunday and two malicious commits introduced...

Rapidly configure SD cards for your Raspberry Pi cluster

opensource.com - Mon, 03/29/2021 - 15:02

There are many reasons people want to create computer clusters using the Raspberry Pi, including that they have full control over their platform, they're able to use an inexpensive, highly usable platform, and get the opportunity to learn about cluster computing in general.


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