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X.Org vs. Wayland Browser Performance With Firefox + Chrome

Phoronix - Fri, 04/10/2020 - 19:00
Given the release of Firefox 75 with Wayland improvements and also Firefox 76 now being in beta with even more work on the Wayland front, here are some web browser benchmarks under Wayland and the X.Org Server session with GNOME Shell 3.36 on Ubuntu 20.04. Additionally, Google Chrome benchmarks on Wayland and X.Org were also carried out.

Intel Compute Runtime / IGC Shifts To LLVM Clang 10

Phoronix - Fri, 04/10/2020 - 18:32
The Intel Graphics Compiler (IGC) and now in turn the Intel Compute Runtime have updated their compiler stack against the newly released LLVM Clang 10.0...

UDisks 2.9 To Support LVM's Virtual Data Optimizer For Deduplication/Compression

Phoronix - Fri, 04/10/2020 - 16:03
The FreeDesktop.org UDisks project that provides a daemon and interface for querying and manipulating storage devices on Linux is approaching its long overdue version 2.9 update...

How I'm using AI to translate 'wash your hands' in 500 languages

opensource.com - Fri, 04/10/2020 - 15:02

You might not know, but there are currently 7,117 languages spoken in the world. Not dialects, but living languages! However, much of the world's digital media is available in only a couple dozen languages, and translation platforms like Google Translate only support around 100 languages. This reality means that there are billions of people around the world that are marginalized due to a lack of timely access to information.


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How Kubernetes saved my desktop application

opensource.com - Fri, 04/10/2020 - 15:01

Recently, fellow Opensource.com scribe James Farrell wrote a wonderful article entitled How Ansible brought peace to my home. In addition to the great article, I really liked the title, one of those unexpected phrases that I’m sure brought a smile to many faces.


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Get started with Bash programming

opensource.com - Fri, 04/10/2020 - 15:00

One of the original hopes for Unix was that it would empower everyday computer users to fine-tune their computers to match their unique working style. The expectations around computer customization have diminished over the decades, and many users consider their collection of apps and websites to be their "custom environment." One reason for that is that the components of many operating systems are not open, so their source code isn't available to normal users.


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XFS Has A Second Round Of Improvements For Linux 5.7

Phoronix - Fri, 04/10/2020 - 14:15
Last week the XFS file-system saw its first round of updates for the Linux 5.7 kernel cycle that included preparations for supporting online repair in the future as well as many underlying code improvements. A second round of code improvements were sent in on Thursday for this mature file-system...

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