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OpenCL 3.0.7 Released With New Extensions

Phoronix - Mon, 04/26/2021 - 22:09
The Khronos Group used the International Workshop on OpenCL (IWOCL 2021) to release OpenCL 3.0.7 as the latest OpenCL 3 revision that brings with it some new extensions...

3 beloved USB drive Linux distros

opensource.com - Mon, 04/26/2021 - 21:45

There are few Linux users who don't remember the first time they discovered you could boot a computer and run Linux on it without ever actually installing it. Sure, many users are aware that you can boot a computer to an operating system installer, but with Linux it's different: there doesn't need to be an install at all! Your computer doesn't even need to have a hard drive in it. You can run Linux for months or even years off of a USB drive.


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GNU Linux-Libre 5.12 Released After More Driver Deblobbing, Dedicated To A Cat

Phoronix - Mon, 04/26/2021 - 21:18
Freshly re-based against yesterday's Linux 5.12 kernel, GNU Linux-Libre 5.12-gnu is now available as the latest version of this GNU cleansed kernel now carrying a codename of "Freedo Misses Tasha"...

Flatpak 1.11.1 Brings Changes For Steam, Better Support For Command Line Programs

Phoronix - Mon, 04/26/2021 - 20:48
Flatpak 1.11.1 is out this morning as the first development step towards the eventual Flatpak 1.12 stable release...

FWUPD 1.6 Released For Latest Linux Firmware Updating Capabilities

Phoronix - Mon, 04/26/2021 - 19:25
Version 1.6 of FWUPD is now available for firmware updating of motherboard BIOS and other device firmware under Linux...

Linux 5.13 Adding KCPUID For Helping To Bring-Up New x86 CPUs

Phoronix - Mon, 04/26/2021 - 19:07
The "x86/misc" pull request this morning for the newly-opened Linux 5.13 merge window adds the new KCPUID utility contributed by Intel...

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