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Marvell ThunderX3 Machine Model Pending For The GCC Compiler

Phoronix - Fri, 04/24/2020 - 14:33
Last month Marvell announced the ThunderX3 server processors with up to 96 ARM cores per SoC and with 4-way SMT means up to 384 threads per socket. This 7nm Arm server processor also supports eight DDR4-3200 memory channels, 64 lanes of PCIe 4.0, and other advancements to provide more competitiveness in the Arm server space. Marvell is now working on getting the ThunderX3 software support ironed out, including for the GCC compiler...

How to Install Laravel PHP Framework with Nginx on CentOS 8

Tecmint - Fri, 04/24/2020 - 14:22
Laravel is an open-source, well-known, and modern PHP-based web framework with expressive, elegant, and easy to understand syntax which makes it easy to build large, robust web applications. Its key features include a simple,...

Mesa Trying Out Gitlab Milestones For Trying Better To Avoid Regressions

Phoronix - Fri, 04/24/2020 - 12:01
Due to unclear communication over patches queued for a given Mesa point release and ensuring all relevant patches are included, Mesa developers will begin making use of Gitlab's "milestones" functionality for tracking the work to be included in the next point release...

How To Install Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop

Tecmint - Fri, 04/24/2020 - 12:00
On Thursday, April 23rd, 2020, Canonical Ltd, the makers of Ubuntu Linux distribution officially released the long-awaited Ubuntu 20.04 version code-named “Focal Fossa”, it is an LTS (Long Term Support) version based on Linux...

Helping you get to Infrastructure-as-Code

Red Hat News - Fri, 04/24/2020 - 12:00

This is a guest post from Red Hat partner Arctiq.

Since you’re reading this post, you have likely heard of efforts towards automation, DevOps practices, and/or Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) directives. Looking beyond the buzzwords, the underlying core concepts of IaC can help with speed, risk reduction and advanced deployment capabilities in any organization’s technology journey. This post will elaborate on this and provide some insight from Arctiq's real-world experience.

LibreOffice 7.0 Finally Retiring Its Adobe Flash Export Support

Phoronix - Fri, 04/24/2020 - 07:25
Many likely didn't realize the functionality was still in place, but LibreOffice 7.0 will finally phase out its export support for Adobe Flash (SWF)...

Fedora 32 Cleared For Release Next Week

Phoronix - Fri, 04/24/2020 - 06:09
After it was delayed last week, Fedora 32 will now be released next week...

KDE Releases Its April 2020 Applications Bundle

Phoronix - Fri, 04/24/2020 - 04:01
KDE today released its April 2020 Apps Update, what formerly would have been known as KDE Applications 20.04...

WebGPU Support Begins Coming Together In Firefox Nightly Builds

Phoronix - Fri, 04/24/2020 - 02:02
The latest Firefox Nightly builds have the experimental WebGPU support working in early form. WebGPU is the W3C-backed web standard for modern graphics and compute that is based upon concepts from the likes of Vulkan and Direct3D 12...

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