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LLVM 11 Flips On NVIDIA CUDA Offloading From 64-Bit ARM

Phoronix - Tue, 03/24/2020 - 14:37
The latest LLVM 11 development code has enabled support for NVIDIA CUDA GPU device offloading from 64-bit ARM...

Learn Python Sys Module Functions

Tecmint - Tue, 03/24/2020 - 14:31
In this article, we will take a look at the Python Sys Module. There are variables and functions that are maintained by the interpreter and the sys module provides a way of interacting with...

Google Engineer Posts Latest Patches For MAC + Audit Policy Using eBPF

Phoronix - Tue, 03/24/2020 - 12:07
One of the interesting innovations for the eBPF in-kernel virtual machine in recent times is the work by Google on supporting MAC and audit policy handling by it. This stems from currently custom real-time security data collection and analysis of Google servers internally for real-time threat protection and this patch-set is part of their work on allowing similar functionality in the upstream Linux kernel...

F2FS File-System Adding Zstd Compression Support In Linux 5.7

Phoronix - Tue, 03/24/2020 - 07:16
Being introduced by Linux 5.6 is optional F2FS transparent data compression support that was implemented with LZO and LZ4. Now for the Linux 5.7 kernel there is Zstd compression support on the way...

Trying Out Ubuntu 20.04 With ZFS + Zsys Automated APT Snapshots

Phoronix - Tue, 03/24/2020 - 03:38
As part of the ZFS improvements for Ubuntu 20.04 with Canonical's Zsys initiative is the ability to automatically take snapshots on APT operations for being able to do a system rollback/revert if necessary following package management changes. I've begun trying out the ZFS/Zsys changes for Ubuntu 20.04 and so far is working well...

Valve's Half-Life: Alyx Released - Linux Build Still Coming

Phoronix - Tue, 03/24/2020 - 01:08
Valve today released their Half-Life: Alyx virtual reality first-person shooter game and built atop their Source 2 engine...

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