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Intel Compute Runtime 20.41.18123 Flips On OpenCL 3.0 For All Hardware Back To Broadwell

Phoronix - Fri, 10/16/2020 - 20:28
Intel issued a notable open-source Compute Runtime stack update today that provides OpenCL and oneAPI Level Zero support for the company's graphics processors from Xe/Gen12 graphics back through Gen8 Broadwell hardware...

AMD Delivers Many Fixes For Polaris GPUs On Linux - Finally Enables ZeroRPM Fan Mode

Phoronix - Fri, 10/16/2020 - 18:34
It seems AMD's Linux graphics driver team is firing with precision on all cylinders these days. Not only have they been working on timely support for the Radeon RX 6000 "RDNA 2" / "Big Navi" Linux driver support ahead of the official launch and have the initial code already upstreamed in Linux 5.9, but they've even been going back with a number of fixes for older graphics processors...

Many Networking Improvements Land In Linux 5.10

Phoronix - Fri, 10/16/2020 - 18:06
The big networking pull request has landed in Linux 5.10 Git...

Set up ZFS on Linux with yum

opensource.com - Fri, 10/16/2020 - 15:01

I am a Fedora Linux user who runs yum upgrade daily. While this habit enables me to run all the latest software (one of Fedora's four foundations is "first," and it lives up to that), it also highlights any incompatibilities between the ZFS storage platform and a new kernel.


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Is open source a development model, business model, or something else?

opensource.com - Fri, 10/16/2020 - 15:00

The term "open source" was coined in 1998 at a strategy session held by Open Source Initiative (OSI). The OSI maintains the Open Source Definition (OSD), which places mandates on the distribution terms of any software that claims to be open source. The OSI also maintains a curated list of official open source licenses that meet these guidelines.


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Zink OpenGL-On-Vulkan Now Nearly At ~69% Of Intel's Native OpenGL Driver

Phoronix - Fri, 10/16/2020 - 14:46
The Zink Gallium3D code for Mesa that is mapping OpenGL on top of the Vulkan API continues making great progress particularly with the near-daily work by developer Mike Blumenkrantz...

How to Resolve “Temporary failure in name resolution” Issue

Tecmint - Fri, 10/16/2020 - 13:00

Sometimes when you try to ping a website, update a system or perform any task that requires an active internet connection, you may get the error message ‘temporary failure in name resolution’ on your

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JACK2 Audio Server Rolls Out Better Windows + macOS Support

Phoronix - Fri, 10/16/2020 - 12:02
JACK2 1.9.15 released on Thursday as the newest version of this professional-minded sound server focused on real-time, low-latency connections...

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