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WireGuard Sends Out Latest Patch Revision In Preparing For Linux 5.6

Phoronix - Mon, 12/09/2019 - 13:11
While there are some pretty great features for Linux 5.5, one that didn't make it quite in time was the long-awaited introduction of WireGuard as the in-kernel secure VPN tunnel. While it was a bummer it didn't make 5.5, all indications are at this point is that it will be in Linux 5.6...

Linux 5.5-rc1 Kernel Released With 12,500+ Commits

Phoronix - Mon, 12/09/2019 - 07:55
Linus Torvalds has just issued the first release candidate of the Linux 5.5 cycle following the traditional two week long merge window...

Linux 5.5 Feature Overview - Raspberry Pi 4 To New Graphics Capabilities To KUnit

Phoronix - Mon, 12/09/2019 - 07:39
Linux 5.5-rc1 is on the way to mirrors and with that the Linux 5.5 merge window is now over. Here is a look at the lengthy set of changes and new features for this next Linux kernel that will debut as stable in early 2020.

Unified sizeof_member() Re-Proposed For Linux 5.5

Phoronix - Sun, 12/08/2019 - 23:36
After not being merged for Linux 5.4, the new sizeof_member() macro as a unified means of calculating the size of a member of a struct has been volleyed for Linux 5.5 for possible inclusion on this last day of the merge window...

Mozilla Releases DeepSpeech 0.6 With Better Performance, Leaner Speech-To-Text Engine

Phoronix - Sun, 12/08/2019 - 21:00
One of the side projects Mozilla continues to develop is DeepSpeech, a speech-to-text engine derived from research by Baidu and built atop TensorFlow with both CPU and NVIDIA CUDA acceleration. This week marked the release of Mozilla DeepSpeech 0.6 with performance optimizations, Windows builds, lightening up the language models, and other changes...

KDE Plasma 5.18 Introducing Built-In Emoji Picker

Phoronix - Sun, 12/08/2019 - 20:45
KDE Plasma is gearing up for 2020 by introducing a built-in emoji picker... Coming with Plasma 5.18 is easier support for inserting Unicode emojis...

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