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Eclipse OpenJ9 v0.21 Released With Many Fixes, Big Performance Improvements For AArch64

Phoronix - Tue, 07/21/2020 - 18:35
A new version of the Eclipse OpenJ9 JVM implementation was released last week with many fixes and other improvements over its prior release...

AMDVLK 2020.Q3.1 Vulkan Driver Brings More Performance Tuning

Phoronix - Tue, 07/21/2020 - 18:23
AMD has just issued their first new open-source AMDVLK Vulkan driver release in several weeks...

Latest Linux Patch Further Confirms Intel Alder Lake As A Hybrid Core Design

Phoronix - Tue, 07/21/2020 - 18:05
Jiving with all the recent rumors, the latest Linux kernel patch work further spells out clearly that Intel Alder Lake will feature a hybrid core design akin to Arm's big.LITTLE architecture...

Fedora Developers Brainstorming Options For Better Memory Testing

Phoronix - Tue, 07/21/2020 - 15:23
In looking beyond the massive Fedora 33 release in development, Fedora developers have begun discussing options for allowing better memory testing on their distribution for evaluating possible faulty RAM issues that otherwise often get mixed in with other software bugs and other sporadic behavior...

How to Install and Use Sublime Text Editor in Linux

Tecmint - Tue, 07/21/2020 - 15:18
When speaking about text editors and IDE’s there is always a never-ending debate among programmers which text editor/IDE is best. Well, the choice is always personal; I have seen people sticking with single editor/IDE

Manage network connections from the Linux command line with nmcli

opensource.com - Tue, 07/21/2020 - 15:02

The nmcli command lets you tap into the power of the NetworkManager tool directly from the Linux command line. It's an integral part of the NetworkManager package that makes use of an application programmer's interface (API) to access NetworkManager's functionality.


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State-of-the-art crypto goes post-quantum

opensource.com - Tue, 07/21/2020 - 15:01

Secrecy is one of the most important functions of computer science. Should electronic secrecy suddenly collapse into total transparency, we could not engage in electronic commerce, we would be unable to communicate privately, our past communications would be globally visible, and we would be critically impacted in myriad ways that would fundamentally change our ability to work and live. Consider the time we spend every day maintaining our secrecy with passwords, lock patterns, wireless fobs, and biometrics that restrict access to protect us and the ramifications of their failure.


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5 games for hosting your own Free RPG Day

opensource.com - Tue, 07/21/2020 - 15:00

Since 2007, game publishers and game stores have teamed up to provide free samples of RPG gameplay to the uninitiated. Last year, Free RPG Day was an official, multi-publisher, worldwide event that welcomed people who were either entirely new to tabletop roleplaying games, or who were just new to specific games, to get together with new friends and play new games.


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Linux 5.9 To Support DM-CRYPT On Zoned Block Devices

Phoronix - Tue, 07/21/2020 - 12:00
Along with Linux 5.9 set to add NVMe ZNS support for the spec surrounding placement of data within zones, more broadly this next kernel is positioned to bring dm-crypt support for zoned block devices...

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