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POCL 1.5 Released With Performance Improvements, Fixes For OpenCL On CPUs

Phoronix - Fri, 04/03/2020 - 17:57
POCL 1.5 has been released as the "Portable CL" implementation for running OpenCL on CPUs and other devices with LLVM back-ends...

Intel MKL-DNN / DNNL 1.3 Released With Cooper Lake Optimizations

Phoronix - Fri, 04/03/2020 - 16:41
Intel on Thursday released version 1.3 of their Deep Neural Network Library (DNNL) formerly known as MKL-DNN in offering a open-source performance library for deep learning applications...

The 7 most popular ways to plot data in Python

opensource.com - Fri, 04/03/2020 - 15:02

"How do I make plots in Python?" used to have a simple answer: Matplotlib was the only way. Nowadays, Python is the language of data science, and there's a lot more choice. What should you use?


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How to work from home like a pro

opensource.com - Fri, 04/03/2020 - 15:01

Across the globe, businesses are transitioning to remote work. While remote work or "working from home" has been an overall growing trend, the recent push to transition has been driven by the COVID-19 response; organizations are asking staff to work from home to help limit the spread of the Coronavirus.

If you are like many of your peers, you may quite suddenly find yourself working from home. How can you remain productive at home when you're used to going into an office?


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Building a sensing prosthetic with the Raspberry Pi

opensource.com - Fri, 04/03/2020 - 15:00

Content advisory: this article contains frank discussions of breast cancer.

What's the first question you ask your surgeon when you're discussing reconstruction options after breast cancer?

"How many USB ports can you give me?" is probably not the one that comes to mind for many people!

Although the remark was said jokingly, it sparked a thread that would ultimately become SenseBreast—an early prototype of a sensing mastectomy prosthetic, based on open hardware.


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Plenty Of New Sound Hardware Support, Continued Sound Open Firmware Work For Linux 5.7

Phoronix - Fri, 04/03/2020 - 14:32
SUSE's Takashi Iwai who oversees the sound subsystem for the Linux kernel sent in his changes on Thursday that are ready for the 5.7 kernel...

Chrome, Skype, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, VSCode Now Unofficially Available For Clear Linux

Phoronix - Fri, 04/03/2020 - 12:00
One of the common criticisms for those trying to use Clear Linux on the desktop is that it lacks easy access to proprietary packages like Google Chrome and Steam. There has been plumbing within its swupd package/bundle management system to support third-party repositories to expand the ecosystem and now we're finally seeing that happen...

NetBSD 8.2 Released With Fix For Ryzen USB Issues, Fix For Booting Single Core CPUs

Phoronix - Fri, 04/03/2020 - 07:07
While NetBSD 9.0 has been out since mid-February, for those still on the NetBSD 8 series the NetBSD 8.2 milestone is now available with various fixes. As a result of the coronavirus, the NetBSD 7 series is also being extended...

Linux 5.7 Seeing Updates For Intel SpeedSelect Technology, Jasper Lake PMC

Phoronix - Fri, 04/03/2020 - 06:51
Andy Shevchenko submitted on Tuesday the x86 platform driver updates targeting the Linux 5.7 kernel merge window...

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