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RadeonSI Switches To Make Greater Wave64 Use On Navi

Phoronix - Wed, 07/01/2020 - 19:11
While RDNA/Navi brought Wave32 support, the open-source RadeonSI Gallium3D driver for Linux has decided to switch to make greater use now of Wave64 for more shaders...

"Project Springfield" Is Red Hat's Effort To Improve Linux File-Systems / Storage

Phoronix - Wed, 07/01/2020 - 15:18
Following recent talk of Fedora potentially switching to Btrfs and Red Hat's Storage Instatiation Daemon among other Linux storage areas pursued by Red Hat, it turns out "Project Springfield" is some effort being pursued by the enterprise Linux giant for improving in this area...

Install a Kubernetes load balancer on your Raspberry Pi homelab with MetalLB

opensource.com - Wed, 07/01/2020 - 15:02

Kubernetes is designed to integrate with major cloud providers' load balancers to provide public IP addresses and direct traffic into a cluster. Some professional network equipment manufacturers also offer controllers to integrate their physical load-balancing products into Kubernetes installations in private data centers. For an enthusiast running a Kubernetes cluster at home, however, neither of these solutions is very helpful.


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Back up your phone's storage with this Linux utility

opensource.com - Wed, 07/01/2020 - 15:01

One of the great failings of mobile devices is how difficult it can be to transfer data from your device to your computer. Mobile devices have a long history of this. Early mobiles, like Pilot and Handspring PDA devices, required special synchronization software (which you had to do religiously for fear of your device running out of batteries and losing all of your data forever). Old iPods required a platform-specific interface. Modern mobile devices default to sending your data to an online account so you can download it again on your computer.


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How to install Java on Mac

opensource.com - Wed, 07/01/2020 - 15:00

In late May, Java celebrated its 25th anniversary, and to commemorate the occasion, developers around the world used the hashtag #MovedByJava to share their achievements, memories, and insights with the programming language.


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How To Install Linux Mint 20 “Ulyana”

Tecmint - Wed, 07/01/2020 - 12:49
Linux Mint 20, code-named “Ulyana” is a long term support (LTS) release which will be supported until 2025. It comes in three desktop editions: Cinnamon, MATE, and Xfce. To learn more about Linux Mint...

Raspberry Pi Vulkan, WSL2, Renoir, Linux 5.8 + PHP8 Was Exciting For June

Phoronix - Wed, 07/01/2020 - 12:00
Aside from the H1'2020 open-source/Linux highlights, here is our look at the top stories for June 2020 on Phoronix with many interesting software and hardware topics...

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