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SHADERed 1.4 Brings Shader Writing/Debugging To The Browser

Phoronix - Wed, 09/02/2020 - 21:57
SHADERed has been available for a while now as a cross-platform, open-source shader editor and for debugging and writing of graphics shaders. SHADERed not only runs on Linux and Windows now but through any modern web browser as of the new v1.4 release...

RADV Lands "Big Page" Optimization For Navi 2

Phoronix - Wed, 09/02/2020 - 19:03
It's not clear if AMD has provided the independent RADV Vulkan driver developers at the likes of Valve, Red Hat, and Google with any Navi 2 hardware yet, but they do seem to be making progress on this open-source Radeon Vulkan driver separate from their official AMDVLK open-source driver...

How to Setup Sublime Text sFTP for Remote Development

Tecmint - Wed, 09/02/2020 - 18:05

This article is the second in a series about sublime text and how to set it up for remote development using the SFTP package. I suggest you refer to our previous article about the

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GNOME 3.38's Mutter Gets More Optimizations - ~10% Lower Render Time In Some Scenarios

Phoronix - Wed, 09/02/2020 - 15:49
Even more optimizations have now been queued up for GNOME 3.38 launching this month...

Open ports and route traffic through your firewall

opensource.com - Wed, 09/02/2020 - 15:02

Ideally, most local networks are protected from the outside world. If you've ever tried installing a service, such as a web server or a Nextcloud instance at home, then you probably know from first-hand experience that, while the service is easy to reach from inside the network, it's unreachable over the worldwide web.


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Design a book cover with an open source alternative to InDesign

opensource.com - Wed, 09/02/2020 - 15:01

I recently finished writing a book about C programming, which I self-published through Lulu.com. I've used Lulu for several book projects, and it's a great platform. Earlier this year, Lulu made changes that give authors greater control over creating their book covers. Previously, you just uploaded a pair of large-format images for the front and back book covers. Now, Lulu allows authors to upload a custom PDF exactly sized to your book's dimensions.


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