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Android 11 Aiming For Release In Q3

Phoronix - Thu, 05/07/2020 - 03:31
Android 11 Developer Previews have been available since February in bringing new 5G APIs, updated Neural Network APIs, privacy and security improvements, HDMI low-latency mode support, and many other additions. Google is now preparing the transition to Android 11 betas and ultimately to have this next mobile operating system release ready to roar by Q3...

Google's Dart Language Reaches 2.8 Milestone With New Features

Phoronix - Wed, 05/06/2020 - 23:55
It's been a while since hearing much out of the Google-backed Dart programming language for designing UI-focused cross-platform applications and its ability to compile to JavaScript or native code. But out today is Dart 2.8 as the latest step forward for this language...

8-Way Spring 2020 Linux Distribution Performance Comparison With 240+ Benchmarks

Phoronix - Wed, 05/06/2020 - 20:47
Given the recent releases of Fedora 32, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Manjaro 20.0, and others, here is a fresh eight-way Linux distribution benchmark comparison.

Qt 5.15 Hits Release Candidate In Hopes Of Shipping Later This Month

Phoronix - Wed, 05/06/2020 - 19:25
Qt 5.15 is aiming to ship in approximately two weeks time while the first release candidate was issued today as one of the last opportunities for testing this forthcoming release...

Mesa's LLVMpipe Driver Adds 4x MSAA Support

Phoronix - Wed, 05/06/2020 - 19:05
David Airlie's "multi-sample support extravaganza" for the LLVMpipe software driver has been merged into Mesa 20.2-devel...

MediaGoblin 0.10 Released With Video Subtitles Support, Other Small Improvements

Phoronix - Wed, 05/06/2020 - 18:37
Last month the GNU MediaGoblin project announced they were still alive and have now managed to deliver a new release in the form of version 0.10...

Python Development Setup Using Visual Studio Code

Tecmint - Wed, 05/06/2020 - 15:52
First of all, what is an IDE and why do we need one? The integrated development environment is an application that provides the ability to write programs, test it, and debug it and a...

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