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ADRIConf Remains The Primary GUI Control Panel For Managing Mesa OpenGL/Vulkan Drivers

Phoronix - Tue, 09/22/2020 - 20:37
While the Linux kernel graphics drivers and user-space OpenGL/Vulkan drivers expose a lot of options via sysfs on the kernel side and various environment variables and other tunables in user-space, when it comes to graphical control panels to manage these open-source graphics drivers on Linux there are several fragmented different options. For Mesa drivers, ADRIConf remains the leading option...

TURNIP Vulkan Driver Up And Running On Qualcomm's KGSL

Phoronix - Tue, 09/22/2020 - 19:16
The TURNIP driver that is associated with the Freedreno driver effort for providing an open-source Vulkan driver for Qualcomm Adreno graphics hardware can now run atop Qualcomm's KGSL kernel driver...

Krita 4.4 Beta Released With Multi-Threading For Fill Layers

Phoronix - Tue, 09/22/2020 - 18:50
The beta of the forthcoming Krita 4.4 is now available, which continues on as easily the leading open-source digital painting programs...

How to Fix ERROR 1130 (HY000): Host is not allowed to connect to this MySQL server

Tecmint - Tue, 09/22/2020 - 15:19

In this quick article, you will learn how to solve the “ERROR 1130 (HY000): Host x.x.x.x is not allowed to connect to this MySQL server” error in MySQL/MariaDB database deployment on a Linux system.

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Run Linux apps on your Chromebook

opensource.com - Tue, 09/22/2020 - 15:01

Chromebooks have been a game-changer for PreK-12 school systems, enabling them to purchase low-cost laptop computers for students, teachers, and administrators to use. While Chromebooks have always been powered by a Linux-based operating system (Chrome OS), until recently, there was no way to run most Linux apps on one.


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