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Combine new NoSQL logging and auditing features in Apache Cassandra

opensource.com - Wed, 08/19/2020 - 15:01

Apache Cassandra's upcoming 4.0 release includes new features to help organizations monitor user activity in the database. These features provide a robust set of enterprise-class audit capabilities that can help companies meet their Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), Payment Card Industry (PCI), and other regulatory and security requirements.


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Intel Compute Runtime 20.32.17625 Prepares For oneAPI Level Zero 1.0

Phoronix - Wed, 08/19/2020 - 14:47
Intel's open-source team responsible for their Compute Runtime on Tuesday released version 20.32.17625 for this HD/UHD/Iris/Xe Graphics compute stack providing OpenCL 2.x/3.0 and oneAPI Level Zero capabilities...

The Best Linux Distributions for KDE Plasma 5

Tecmint - Wed, 08/19/2020 - 13:37
Apart from GNOME, KDE Plasma is one of the powerful and dominant desktop environments that boasts a stunning appearance with polished icons and an amazing look-and-feel. KDE Plasma has evolved and is more crisp

Oracle Solaris 11.4 SRU24 Released With A Plethora Of Package Updates

Phoronix - Wed, 08/19/2020 - 12:02
Solaris 11.4 continues chugging along per the Oracle/Solaris maintenance terms but still with no signs of life beyond the 11.4 series with any radical changes. The twenty-fourth stable release update was issued on Tuesday for Oracle Solaris 11.4...

GRVK Allows AMD's Deprecated Mantle API To Run Atop Vulkan

Phoronix - Wed, 08/19/2020 - 06:18
There are just a handful of games like Battlefield 4, Thief, and others that can make use of AMD's long-deprecated Mantle graphics API as the predecessor to modern graphics APIs like Vulkan and Direct3D 12. Mantle never was brought to Linux given the emphasis quickly turned to Vulkan within The Khronos Group, but now with the open-source "GRVK" project it's being mapped on top of Vulkan...

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