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AMD Has Some Last Minute Updates For The AMDGPU Driver In Linux 5.11

Phoronix - Thu, 12/10/2020 - 20:49
The Linux 5.11 merge window is expected to open next week and while AMD has already queued several rounds of updates into DRM-Next ahead of that period, some last minute items were submitted overnight for this next Linux kernel version and what will be the first major kernel release of 2021...

PowerPC 40x Support Slated For Removal From The Linux Kernel

Phoronix - Thu, 12/10/2020 - 19:27
Following the original, first-generation PowerPC CPU support being removed in the Linux 5.10 kernel, the original PowerPC 400 series is also looking like it will now be removed as well from the kernel...

Raspberry Pi Vulkan Driver Seeing Faster Blit Support Come Mesa 21.0

Phoronix - Thu, 12/10/2020 - 16:27
Raspberry Pi's V3DV Vulkan driver is on quite a streak lately. In addition to inclusion in Mesa 20.3, Vulkan 1.0 conformance, and Wayland support, more performance work is being pursued with those initial milestones reached...

Why Java developers love the jEdit text editor

opensource.com - Thu, 12/10/2020 - 16:01

Java is a powerful language. Maybe because it’s often seen as an "industrial-strength" tool, you might not expect it to be the foundation of a text editor. After all, text editing is almost too easy for such power. In fact, in most modern programming toolkits, the component accepting text entry is a pre-programmed widget. Using a Java toolkit, a simple text editor can be written in about 100 lines of code. So what can jEdit possibly offer to justify its existence?


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Set up a hyperconverged infrastructure with open source tools

opensource.com - Thu, 12/10/2020 - 16:00

A modern infrastructure's needs are ever-growing. As demand grows for scaling up applications, our existing servers and storage are no longer enough. This is the point when most businesses look at setting up a virtualized environment on-premises or turning to public cloud infrastructure. But the cost of setting up your own environment or running it on the public cloud can be daunting.

Fortunately, it is entirely possible to run a full-featured virtualization environment with completely open source products without burning a hole in your pocket.


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