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VirtIO-GPU Working Towards Vulkan Support, Other Features For Graphics In VMs

Phoronix - Fri, 11/29/2019 - 22:00
As we've known for a long time, VirtIO-GPU / Virgl Vulkan support to allow accelerated Vulkan within virtual machines is in the works but still has a long road ahead. A number of other VirtIO-GPU features are also in the works or at least planning stages...

XWayland Multi-Buffering Lands To Avoid Stuttering / Tearing

Phoronix - Fri, 11/29/2019 - 21:37
When X.Org Server 1.21 finally lands those relying upon XWayland for running various Linux games should find less (or ideally, none at all) stuttering or tearing...

The Linux Kernel Disabling HPET For More Platforms - Including Ice Lake

Phoronix - Fri, 11/29/2019 - 21:18
Reported on earlier this month is the decision by Linux kernel developers to disable HPET for Intel Coffee Lake systems. The High Precision Event Timer was being disabled since on some Coffee Lake systems at least this timer skews when entering the PC10 power state and that makes the time-stamp counter unstable...

The Allwinner "Cedrus" Video Decoder Supports H.265 On Linux 5.5

Phoronix - Fri, 11/29/2019 - 18:03
The Cedrus video decode driver developed by Bootlin after successful crowdfunding for creating an open-source Linux video decoder for Allwinner SoCs now has H.265 support!..

How to Watch TCP and UDP Ports in Real-time

Tecmint - Fri, 11/29/2019 - 17:20
In software terms, especially at the operating system level, a port is a logical construct that identifies a specific process/application or a type of network service and each network service running on a Linux...

There Is Just A Few Days Left To Go Premium For Black Friday / Cyber Monday

Phoronix - Fri, 11/29/2019 - 16:30
Just a friendly reminder that our Black Friday / US Thanksgiving / Cyber Monday promotion ends on Tuesday. Show your support for Linux hardware benchmarking and daily open-source news coverage...

How to write a Python web API with Django

opensource.com - Fri, 11/29/2019 - 16:02

Django is the comprehensive web framework by which all other frameworks are measured. One of the most popular names in Python API development, Django has surged in popularity since its start in 2005.

Django is maintained by the Django Software Foundation and has experienced great community support, with over 11,600 members worldwide. On Stack Overflow, Django has around 191,000 tagged questions. Websites like Spotify, YouTube, and Instagram rely on Django for application and data management.


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Holiday gift guide: Books for the learner, explorer, or tinkerer on your list

opensource.com - Fri, 11/29/2019 - 16:01

It is my pleasure to introduce Opensource.com's selection of books that would make excellent holiday gift ideas. We hope you find them interesting items to give as gifts this holiday season or to add to your own holiday wishlist. Each book exhibits qualities that make them excellent gifts for open source enthusiasts, as they all encourage learning, exploring, and tinkering.

The Big Book of Maker Camp Projects


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My Linux story: Covering open source in Spanish

opensource.com - Fri, 11/29/2019 - 16:00

From time to time, when I'm looking for some help on how to do something on my GNU/Linux desktop or server, I'll come across an article or conversation in a language other than English. If that language happens to be French or Spanish, that's fine for me. If it's in Portuguese or Italian, I can stumble through it. And, for other languages, occasionally, I'll give one of those online AI translators a go in the hopes of gleaning something useful.


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How to Install Linux Mint 19 Alongside Windows 10 or 8 in Dual-Boot UEFI Mode

Tecmint - Fri, 11/29/2019 - 15:25
Linux Mint 19.2 has been released in wild by the Linux Mint project development team as a new long term support edition which will receive support and security updates until 2023. This tutorial will...

Installation Guide of Linux Mint 19.2 Codename ‘Tina’ with Screenshots

Tecmint - Fri, 11/29/2019 - 14:42
Linux Mint is a modern, polished, easy-to-use and comfortable community-driven GNU/Linux desktop distribution based on the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution. It is a great and recommended distribution for computer users switching from Windows or...

Microsoft Talks Up The Concept Of Panes, Tab Reordering For Windows Terminal

Phoronix - Fri, 11/29/2019 - 13:57
This week Microsoft released Windows Terminal Preview 0.7 with some groundbreaking features... Well compared to Command Prompt and the existing PowerShell terminal, but capabilities many Linux terminal emulators have offered for years...

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