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Linux Thermal/Power Platform Profile Support Coming For Alienware Systems

Phoronix - Mon, 10/07/2024 - 18:23
Following work last month for extending the Dell WMI sysman Linux driver to handle Alienware systems for managing the system BIOS within the confines of Linux, another separate improvement is on the way for enhancing Alienware hardware support under Linux. This newest effort is introducing the "dell-wmi-awcc" driver for handling functionality found under Windows with the Alienware Command Center...

Learn MySQL: Create, Update, and Delete Data in Database

Tecmint - Mon, 10/07/2024 - 13:31
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A database is a structured set of data stored electronically. The concept of a database was known to our ancestors

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Linux 6.12-rc2 Released With Initial Batch Of Fixes

Phoronix - Mon, 10/07/2024 - 06:52
Building off last Sunday's inaugural release candidate of Linux 6.12, Linus Torvalds tagged the Linux 6.12-rc2 kernel a few minutes ago...

More Intel Diamond Rapids Enablement Landing For Linux 6.12

Phoronix - Sun, 10/06/2024 - 23:51
In addition to Intel's Linux engineers being busy preparing hardware enablement support for next-gen Panther Lake client processors, they are also busy beginning to plumb Linux driver support for next-generation Xeon "Diamond Rapids" support as the successor to Xeon 6 Granite Rapids. With Linux 6.12 some new bits are now set to land for Diamond Rapids...

Cage 0.2 Released For Wayland-Powered Kiosks With Single, Maximized Apps

Phoronix - Sun, 10/06/2024 - 22:34
Prominent Wayland developer Simon Ser has released Cage v0.2, a Wayland kiosk compositor that runs single, maximized applications...

Mesa 24.3 Adds New Build Option To Allow Rusticl Driver Support To Be Enabled By Default

Phoronix - Sun, 10/06/2024 - 22:22
Red Hat engineer Karol Herbst continues enhancing Mesa's Rusticl driver that allows for a Rust-based OpenCL driver implementation for use by Gallium3D drivers. The newest addition is a build-time option for controlling devices to be enabled by default...

Wasmer 4.4 Released To Continue Pushing Universal Apps With WebAssembly

Phoronix - Sun, 10/06/2024 - 21:04
Wasmer 4.4 is out as the newest version to this prominent WebAssembly (WASM) runtime that supports WASIX / WASI / EmScripten to "run software anywhere" by effectively serving as lightweight containers and being able to scale from the edge to the cloud...

Apple Vulkan Driver "HoneyKrisp" Lands Many Fixes & Features

Phoronix - Sun, 10/06/2024 - 18:24
HoneyKrisp as the open-source Mesa Vulkan driver for Apple Silicon graphics and developed as part of the Asahi Linux project has landed a number of enhancements into the mainline Mesa code...

OpenRazer 3.9 Adds Support For Many Newer Razer Devices On Linux

Phoronix - Sun, 10/06/2024 - 18:15
OpenRazer 3.9 is out today as the newest version of this community project providing open-source driver support for Razer peripherals on Linux. This out-of-tree set of Linux kernel drivers allows for various Razer devices to be configured and fully leveraged under Linux...

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