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FreeBSD On Laptops Is Still A Big Challenge But The Slimbook Could Soon Be Running Well

Phoronix - Sat, 04/18/2020 - 19:26
FreeBSD may be running great on servers at the likes of Netflix, but when it comes to running the BSD operating system on laptops it still is largely a giant mess...

KDE Continuing To See More Wayland Improvements, Fixes To Dolphin

Phoronix - Sat, 04/18/2020 - 18:47
KDE developer Nate Graham is out with his weekly development recap one day early in highlighting the most recent improvements and new capabilities to this open-source desktop environment...

My 10 guiding principles for open source community management

opensource.com - Sat, 04/18/2020 - 15:00

Many activities these days, be they sports, social work, arts or free and open source software, are organized in some sort of community. If backed by a respective legal entity, this not only helps with getting donations and entering contracts but also puts statutes and rules in place that establish the values and ideals all contributors share and abide by.


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Intel's oneDNN 1.4 Brings More Performance Optimizations To This Deep Learning Library

Phoronix - Sat, 04/18/2020 - 14:55
Intel engineers have outed a new version of oneDNN, the library formerly known as DNNL and before that MKL-DNN for providing a deep neural network library geared for high performance deep learning applications. In aiming to live up to its name, oneDNN 1.4 has more performance optimizations...

How to Reset a Forgotten Root Password in Linux Mint

Tecmint - Sat, 04/18/2020 - 13:46
It’s not unusual for users to forget their root passwords. It’s a common occurrence especially if you haven’t logged in as the root user for a long period of time. It can happen to...

Linux 5.8 To Bring An Arm CryptoCell Driver For True RNG Within TrustZone

Phoronix - Sat, 04/18/2020 - 12:02
Queued up as one of the early changes in the cryptographic subsystem ahead of the Linux 5.8 kernel cycle this summer is an Arm CryptoCell driver...

Lilbits 387: - Liliputing

Google News - Sat, 04/18/2020 - 05:00
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Wine's Direct3D Vulkan Backend Is Seeing Some New Activity

Phoronix - Sat, 04/18/2020 - 04:38
While there exists DXVK offering great Direct3D 9/10/11 support atop Vulkan that is used by Steam Play / Proton and others, Wine developers continue working on their Vulkan back-end to WineD3D as a similar Direct3D-over-Vulkan approach for pre-D3D12...

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