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It's Looking Like FSGSBASE Support Might Finally Land In Linux 5.9

Phoronix - Fri, 06/19/2020 - 12:09
It's looking like the Linux kernel support for the FSGSBASE instruction that has been present since Intel "Ivy Bridge" CPUs might finally see mainlining with Linux 5.9...

Running cloud-native network functions with confidence on Red Hat OpenShift

Red Hat News - Fri, 06/19/2020 - 12:00

Earlier this year, Red Hat announced the creation of a cloud-based onboarding service and testbed for network functions with Intel, supporting both virtualized network functions (VNFs) and cloud-native network functions (CNFs). Since making this announcement, the world has changed.

Intel Volleys Latest Patches For Lighting Up Their DG1 Graphics Card On Linux

Phoronix - Fri, 06/19/2020 - 05:08
Building off the existing Gen12 graphics driver support that has accumulated in the Linux kernel and Mesa over the past year, last month Intel sent out the open-source patches for supporting the DG1 graphics card on Linux...

VideoLAN Now Developing "libndi" For NDI Video Stream Handling

Phoronix - Fri, 06/19/2020 - 01:36
If the VideoLAN project wasn't already busy enough developing the VLC media player, dav1d AV1 decoder, libbluray, x264 and numerous other open-source multimedia projects, libndi is a new library being developed for dealing with NDI (Network Device Interface) video streams...

Firefox Private Network Is Now Official As Mozilla VPN

Phoronix - Fri, 06/19/2020 - 00:47
Following a beta period since last year as the Firefox Private Network, Mozilla's virtual private network offering is now going official and under the Mozilla VPN branding...

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