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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.

ASUS Offers First Motherboard Firmware Update Via LVFS+Fwupd For Linux Users

Phoronix - Tue, 11/10/2020 - 00:08
ASUS has been evaluating the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS) for distributing firmware updates to their Linux customers for flashing in turn via Fwupd. Their first motherboard firmware update has now been volleyed onto this open-source platform for easing firmware updates on Linux...

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