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Linux 5.4 Officially Deprecates Xen 32-bit PV Guest Support

Phoronix - Sun, 10/27/2019 - 06:50

As a late change that was merged yesterday for the Linux 5.4 kernel that will be released in the next few weeks, Xen 32-bit PV guest support has been deprecated...

FFmpeg Can Now Make Use Of VDPAU VP9 Video Decoding

Phoronix - Sun, 10/27/2019 - 04:00

For those looking to make use of VP9 hardware accelerated video decoding with FFmpeg, that support has landed in its latest Git code...

Linux Foundation's Open Mainframe Project, John Mertic - Irish Tech News

Google News - Sun, 10/27/2019 - 00:41

Linux Foundation's Open Mainframe Project, John Mertic Irish Tech News

A Look At The Per-Clock Performance / Peak Frequencies With The Intel Core i7-1065G7 Ice Lake

Phoronix - Sat, 10/26/2019 - 23:12

Following this week's Intel Core i7-1065G7 Ice Lake Linux benchmarks there was some questions and speculations about the per-clock performance of this long-awaited Intel microarchitecture update. Here is some additional data shedding light on the clock frequencies under load and ultimately how the per-clock performance compares to the common Intel previous-generation mobile CPUs.

Linux 5.5 Bringing A New System76 ACPI Driver For Their Coreboot-Enabled Laptops - Phoronix

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Linux 5.5 Bringing A New System76 ACPI Driver For Their Coreboot-Enabled Laptops Phoronix

Linux 5.5 Bringing A New System76 ACPI Driver For Their Coreboot-Enabled Laptops

Phoronix - Sat, 10/26/2019 - 22:00

Slated for introduction with the upcoming Linux 5.5 kernel is a System76 ACPI driver needed for their new laptops that are now shipping with an open-source Coreboot firmware implementation...

Valve Adds RADV "Secure Compile" Support For Pre-Caching Game Shaders

Phoronix - Sat, 10/26/2019 - 20:10

The latest feature contribution by Valve's Linux driver developers to the open-source RADV driver is a "secure compile" feature...

AMD Sends In Another Batch Of Feature Changes For Linux 5.5 AMDGPU Driver Code

Phoronix - Sat, 10/26/2019 - 19:24

Complementing the big AMDGPU feature pull request from two weeks ago, on Friday AMD sen out a second batch of features targeting the upcoming Linux 5.5 kernel merge window...

AMD Sends In Another Batch Of Feature Changes For Linux 5.5 AMDGPU Driver Code - Phoronix

Google News - Sat, 10/26/2019 - 19:24

AMD Sends In Another Batch Of Feature Changes For Linux 5.5 AMDGPU Driver Code Phoronix

NVIDIA Extends GL_SYNC_DISPLAY_DEVICE To Work With Vulkan Apps, Better RAM Reclamation

Phoronix - Sat, 10/26/2019 - 18:58

NVIDIA on Friday released the 435.27.02 Linux beta driver that features a few Vulkan updates...

NVIDIA Extends GL_SYNC_DISPLAY_DEVICE To Work With Vulkan Apps, Better RAM Reclamation - Phoronix

Google News - Sat, 10/26/2019 - 18:58

NVIDIA Extends GL_SYNC_DISPLAY_DEVICE To Work With Vulkan Apps, Better RAM Reclamation Phoronix

Rav1e Rust AV1 Encoder Adds SSSE3 Support, AArch64 NEON - But It's Still Slow

Phoronix - Sat, 10/26/2019 - 18:50

The Xiph rav1e AV1 video encoder written in the Rust programming language recently picked up more optimizations among other improvements...

RADV Vulkan Driver's ACO Compiler Back-End Has Navi/GFX10 Nearly Squared Away

Phoronix - Sat, 10/26/2019 - 18:33

Following a lot of work on the AMD "ACO" compiler back-end to the RADV Vulkan driver for GFX10/Navi, this experimental alternative to AMDGPU LLVM is about ready to go for these newest AMD graphics processors...

Netflix builds a Jupyter Lab alternative, a bug bounty to fight election hacking, Raspberry Pi goes microscopic, and more open source news

opensource.com - Sat, 10/26/2019 - 15:01

In this edition of our open source news roundup, we take a look at a machine learning tool from Netflix, Microsoft's election software bug bounty, a cost-effective microscope built with Raspberry Pi, and more!

What's the best Linux distribution for beginners?

opensource.com - Sat, 10/26/2019 - 15:00

There are hundreds of different Linux distributions, each meeting the unique needs of its users. This diversity of distributions is what makes Linux the preferred operating system, but choosing the best one to get started can be quite daunting. First-timers need to take into consideration hardware, internet connection, installation method, desktop environment, support community, and more. So which one should a beginner choose? Take our Linux poll!

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