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AMD Sends Out Latest Patches For HMM-Based SVM Memory Manager

Phoronix - Tue, 03/23/2021 - 21:11
Published back in January was the initial work on a HMM-based SVM memory manager for the open-source Radeon compute stack. A second version of that work is now available as it continues working towards the mainline kernel...

Linux Kernel's Preliminary Rust Code Seeing 64-bit POWER Support

Phoronix - Tue, 03/23/2021 - 18:54
Excitement is building around initial support for the Rust language within the Linux kernel that arrived in Linux-Next and is now seeing more developer interest...

Ubuntu Figuring Out Whether To FSCK Its File-Systems At Boot

Phoronix - Tue, 03/23/2021 - 18:13
They are a bit late in doing so, but Ubuntu developers are working to figure out if it makes sense to run FSCK "file-system check" at boot time. It turns out Ubuntu Server and other Ubuntu installations making use of their Curtin installation component haven't enabled the functionality for FSCK at boot but now they are (re)visiting the matter...

Shells.com Continues Work On Supporting More Linux Distros For This "Cloud Desktop"

Phoronix - Tue, 03/23/2021 - 16:28
Shells.com is a "personal cloud computer" that makes it possible to have a remote secure desktop from the browser whether it be running on a smartphone, tablet, smart TV, or other device. They have been supporting a number of different Linux distributions while more continue to be on the way...

Mesa 21.1 Will Aim To Be Out By Mid-May

Phoronix - Tue, 03/23/2021 - 15:13
With Mesa 21.0 released earlier this month following a one month delay, the Mesa 21.1 release calendar has now been published for that next quarterly feature release...

Start programming in Deno, an alternative to Node.js

opensource.com - Tue, 03/23/2021 - 15:02

Deno is a simple, modern, and secure runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript. It is an open source project created by Ryan Dahl, who developed Node.js. In Try Deno as an alternative to Node.js, I introduced Deno's features and explained how to install and run it.

Here, I will help you quickly get started with Deno by explaining:


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3 new Java tools to try in 2021

opensource.com - Tue, 03/23/2021 - 15:02

Despite the popularity of Python, Go, and Node.js for implementing artificial intelligence and machine learning applications and serverless functions on Kubernetes, Java technologies still play a key role in developing enterprise applications.


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