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How I upgraded my CuBox open source music server

opensource.com - Fri, 01/10/2020 - 16:01

Back in early 2014, I purchased my first ARM-based computer, a SolidRun CuBox-i4. My goal for the CuBox was to have a headless device (e.g., no display) that takes up minimal space in the audio equipment shelf, makes minimal noise, and serves music files to my digital-to-analog converter (DAC) and thus to the rest of the stereo. On paper, the CuBox was a perfect fit.


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Are you being the right person for DevOps?

opensource.com - Fri, 01/10/2020 - 16:00

What does it mean to be the "right" person in a DevOps environment? That's the question that Josh Atwell, senior tech advocate at Splunk, tried to answer in his Lightning Talk at All Things Open 2019.

"Being the right person for DevOps is being more than just your ops/dev role," says Josh. "In order to be the right person for DevOps, you have to be improving yourself, and you have to be working to improve for others."


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How to Increase Disk Inode Number in Linux

Tecmint - Fri, 01/10/2020 - 14:13
When a new file system is created on a partition on a disk in Linux, and the kernel keeps aside space for inodes during the initial structuring of the file system. The number of...

The XanMod Kernel Is Working Well To Boost Ubuntu Desktop / Workstation Performance

Phoronix - Fri, 01/10/2020 - 13:00
It's been four years since last testing out the XanMod kernel as a spin of the Linux kernel with various patches and extra tuning designed to offer better desktop/workstation performance, similar to the Liquorix kernel. But given the recent Liquorix kernel testing and discussions over kernel schedulers and more, here are some fresh benchmarks of the latest XanMod kernel. Long story short, I am quite impressed by these latest XanMod results.

AMDGPU Linux Driver Adding Support For The AMD Pollock

Phoronix - Fri, 01/10/2020 - 06:41
AMD "Pollock" is a new chip similar to Dali and looking like it may be used for some Ryzen embedded purposes. AMD Pollock was plumbed into the Linux driver yesterday and was the first time we've heard this codename...

Linus Torvalds Doesn't Recommend Using ZFS On Linux

Phoronix - Fri, 01/10/2020 - 05:49
Linux kernel creator Linus Torvalds doesn't recommend using ZFS On Linux at least until Oracle were to re-license the code to make it friendly for mainline inclusion. But even then he doesn't seem turned on by the ZFS features or general performance...

DXVK 1.5.1 Released With D3D9 Performance Improvements, Many Game Fixes

Phoronix - Fri, 01/10/2020 - 04:13
DXVK 1.5.1 is out today as the latest feature update for this project implementing Direct3D 9/10/11 over Vulkan for faster Wine/Proton Linux gaming performance. This is the first update since the big DXVK 1.5 release that integrated D9VK for D3D9 support...

Mesa 19.3.2 Released With All The Intel + AMD Driver Fixes From Over The Holidays

Phoronix - Fri, 01/10/2020 - 02:51
There hasn't been a new Mesa stable release in a number of weeks due to the Christmas and New Year's holidays but that changed today with Mesa 19.3.2 as the first significant point release of Mesa 19.3...

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