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NVIDIA Releases 470.57.02 Linux Driver, DLSS SDK Adds Official Linux Support

Phoronix - Mon, 07/19/2021 - 22:48
In addition to showcasing NVIDIA RTX support on Arm, NVIDIA also used this first day of GDC week to release their 470.57.02 stable Linux driver as well as official DLSS SDK support for Linux...

The Importance Of Thermald On Linux For Modern Intel Tiger Lake Laptops

Phoronix - Mon, 07/19/2021 - 22:00
Most Linux distributions including the likes of Ubuntu and Fedora have been shipping Intel's Thermald daemon the past few years as it's important to achieving good thermal/power behavior on modern Intel SoCs. For those curious about its impact, here are some benchmarks carried out with Intel Thermald or not when using an Intel Core i7 1185G7 Tiger Lake notebook.

NVIDIA Talks Up RTX Capabilities On Arm - Showcased Using Arch Linux

Phoronix - Mon, 07/19/2021 - 21:20
NVIDIA announced from the Game Developers Conference this week that they have been working to bring RTX ray-tracing support with their graphics cards to also work on Arm hardware running Linux...

Devuan 4.0 Alpha Builds Updated For Debian 11 Stripped Of systemd

Phoronix - Mon, 07/19/2021 - 20:00
Back in April Devuan 4.0 alpha builds began for this Debian fork/downstream that aims for init system freedom by allowing Debian GNU/Linux to work without a dependence on systemd. Devuan 4.0 is tracking upstream Debian 11 quite closely with its changes...

Fedora 35 Approved For Third-Party Repo Changes, More Optimal Encryption Default

Phoronix - Mon, 07/19/2021 - 18:00
The Fedora Engineering and Steering Committee (FESCo) has unanimously approved a large number of new Fedora 35 this week...

Meson 0.59 Build System Adds First Class Cython, Wine Resource Compiler Support

Phoronix - Mon, 07/19/2021 - 16:00
The open-source Meson build system that continues to be increasingly used by open-source projects and other software is out with version 0.59, which continues tacking on more features...

Linux package managers: dnf vs apt

opensource.com - Mon, 07/19/2021 - 15:01

There are many ways to get applications onto a Linux system. Some, like Flatpak and containers, are new. Others, like DEB and RPM, are classic formats that have withstood the test of time.


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Run Python applications in virtual environments

opensource.com - Mon, 07/19/2021 - 15:00

If you use Python, you probably install a lot of Python applications. Some are tools you just want to try out. Others are tried and true applications you use every day, so you install them on every computer you use. In either situation, it can be useful to run your Python applications in virtual environments to keep them and their dependencies separate from one another to avoid versioning conflicts and to keep them from the rest of your system to improve security.

This is where pipx comes into the picture.


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