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PHP 8.0 Officially Released With Many Language Additions, Better Performance

Phoronix - Fri, 11/27/2020 - 00:28
PHP 8.0 is out today as expected as a major update to this widely-used programming language for server-side programming and other purposes...

Unigine 2.13 Continues Enhancing Their OpenGL Engine While Still Porting To Vulkan

Phoronix - Thu, 11/26/2020 - 21:22
Unigine 2 remains one of the most visually stunning game and simulation engines out there. That's even with still using OpenGL (or Direct3D 11 also on Windows) while their Vulkan renderer remains in the works. Unigine 2.13 is out this week as their latest iteration of this visually incredible engine with first-rate Linux support...

OpenZFS 2.0-RC7 Brings Better ABI Handling, Reduced Latency For Non-Interactive I/O

Phoronix - Thu, 11/26/2020 - 19:52
OpenZFS 2.0 is getting quite close to release but isn't over the finish line yet and this week brings the seventh release candidate...

AMD Stages More Driver Updates For New GPUs With Linux 5.11

Phoronix - Thu, 11/26/2020 - 18:00
While the Radeon RX 6800 series is now shipping that was developed under the Sienna Cichlid codename, there are other fishy codenames remaining and are seeing more work for the Linux 5.11 kernel that will officially open development in December and then likely reaching stable in February...

Arcan 0.6 Display Server Adds Network Transparency, XWayland Client Isolation

Phoronix - Thu, 11/26/2020 - 16:18
For those with some extra time around the US Thanksgiving holiday, the Arcan display server/environment is out with a new release. This is the interesting project that's powered in part by a game engine, offers X11 and Wayland compatibility, ported to BSDs, and more recently has been exploring VR and other desktop innovations...

5 open source alternatives to GitHub

opensource.com - Thu, 11/26/2020 - 16:01

Git is a popular version-control system, primarily used for code but popular in other disciplines, too. It can run locally on your computer for personal use, it can run on a server for collaboration, and it can also run as a hosted service for widespread public participation. There are many hosted services out there, and one of the most popular brands is GitHub.


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Access free, high-quality images from HDRI Haven

opensource.com - Thu, 11/26/2020 - 16:00

The latest episode of The Open Source Creative Podcast is good for anyone interested in using HDRIs in their work (typically 3D art and VFX), but may also be of interest to folks with an interest in photography and the process of creating their own high dynamic range images. In this episode, Greg Zaal shares about HDRI Haven, a place where you can get free, high-quality 360-degree HDR images under a CC0 license.


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