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AMD SoC PMC Driver Slated To Come With Linux 5.11

Phoronix - Tue, 11/10/2020 - 16:00
In addition to the AMD Sensor Fusion Hub (SFH) driver coming with Linux 5.11 for improving Ryzen laptop support, the AMD SoC PMC driver is also under review for landing in this next kernel release...

Load balance network traffic with HAProxy

opensource.com - Tue, 11/10/2020 - 16:00

You don't have to work at a huge company to justify using a load balancer. You might be a hobbyist, self-hosting a website from a couple of Raspberry Pi computers. Perhaps you're the server administrator for a small business; maybe you do work for a huge company. Whatever your situation, you can benefit from using the HAProxy load balancer to manage your traffic.


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Zeit – A GUI Tool to Schedule Cron and At Jobs in Linux

Tecmint - Tue, 11/10/2020 - 14:40

Zeit is an open-source GUI tool for scheduling jobs via “crontab” and “at”. It is written in C++ and released under GPL-3.0 License. It is an easy to use tool that provides a simple

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Valve Is Working On Another Extension To Help In Direct3D-Over-Vulkan

Phoronix - Tue, 11/10/2020 - 13:02
Valve's open-source developers responsible for DXVK and VKD3D-Proton are working on a new Vulkan extension to help in their porting/layering effort of Direct3D on top of the Vulkan API...

Red Hat introduces intelligent sales tool to fuel growth for channel partners

Red Hat News - Tue, 11/10/2020 - 13:00

Red Hat Renewals Intelligence is a digital platform that places renewals data and insights directly in the hands of distributors and resellers. As part of Red Hat’s Partner Renewals Engagement Program (PREP), the Renewals Intelligence platform provides partners with daily-updated data on renewal performance and exclusive Red Hat sales insights. 

Mesa 21.0 Feature Development Opens For Release In Q1-2021

Phoronix - Tue, 11/10/2020 - 09:22
Mesa 20.3 was branched this evening in marking the end of feature development for this Q4-2020 Mesa3D release that should debut as stable in December. This also means that Mesa 21.0 is now open for development...

Optimized Compiler Builds Are Well Worth It For Intel Tiger Lake

Phoronix - Tue, 11/10/2020 - 01:50
Making use of "-march=tigerlake" for building optimized binaries catering to Intel's latest-generation processors is well worth it on the likes of GCC 11. Out of the new instruction set extensions on Tiger Lake is more uplift than we have seen out of recent Intel generations and comparing the different "-march=" targets shows significant performance benefits if you don't mind compiling your own software from source.

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