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Linux Developers Are Once Again Trying To Enable Intel FSGSBASE For Better Performance

Phoronix - Wed, 04/15/2020 - 07:57
For years there have been patches floating around for helping the performance of context switching sensitive workloads going back to "Ivy Bridge" CPUs but without ever crossing the finish line to get this "FSGSBASE" support merged. But now in 2020 it's once again being attempted...

Git Releases Security Update With Newline Character Creating Possible Credential Leak

Phoronix - Wed, 04/15/2020 - 02:14
Git 2.26.1 along with new point releases going back to Git 2.17 were issued today as a result of a security issue...

Radeon GPU Analyzer 2.3.1 Released

Phoronix - Wed, 04/15/2020 - 00:50
Radeon GPU Analyzer 2.3.1 is now available as the GPUOpen utility for analyzing Vulkan / DirectX / OpenGL / OpenCL code across platforms for performance profiling and other purposes...

How young people can help fight COVID-19 with code

opensource.com - Tue, 04/14/2020 - 23:18

More than 91% of students around the world are impacted by school closures due to COVID-19, and most governments have temporarily closed academic institutions. That's nearly 1.6 billion young people in 188 countries. Also, most of the learning platforms available online today aren't practical, engaging, or interactive, and lack true virtual collaboration.


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