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AMD Sends In A Bunch Of Fixes For Linux 5.6 Along With Pollock Support

Phoronix - Fri, 01/17/2020 - 20:29
After already several rounds of feature work queued in DRM-Next for Linux 5.6, AMD has submitted a final batch of feature work for this next kernel as it concerns their AMDGPU graphics driver...

Intel Gen7 Graphics Mitigation Will Try To Avoid Performance Loss In Final Version

Phoronix - Fri, 01/17/2020 - 20:03
Intel's open-source developers working on their security mitigation for the Gen7 graphics hardware have volleyed a new version of the patch series for that mitigation currently causing big hits to Ivybridge / Haswell performance...

Raspberry Pi 4 V3D Driver Reaches OpenGL ES 3.1 Conformance

Phoronix - Fri, 01/17/2020 - 19:39
The V3D Gallium3D driver that most notably offers the open-source graphics support for the Raspberry Pi 4 is now an official OpenGL ES 3.1 implementation...

Get started with this open source to-do list manager

opensource.com - Fri, 01/17/2020 - 16:02

Last year, I brought you 19 days of new (to you) productivity tools for 2019. This year, I'm taking a different approach: building an environment that will allow you to be more productive in the new year, using tools you may or may not already be using.


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Use this Python script to find bugs in your Overcloud

opensource.com - Fri, 01/17/2020 - 16:01

OpenStack stores and manages a bunch of log files on its Overcloud nodes and Undercloud host. Therefore, it's not easy to use OSP log files to investigate a problem you're having, especially when you don't even know what could have caused the problem.


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C vs. Rust: Which to choose for programming hardware abstractions

opensource.com - Fri, 01/17/2020 - 16:00

Rust is an increasingly popular programming language positioned to be the best choice for hardware interfaces. It's often compared to C for its level of abstraction. This article explains how Rust can handle bitwise operations in a number of ways and offers a solution that provides both safety and ease of use.


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Benchmarks Of Arch Linux's Zen Kernel Flavor

Phoronix - Fri, 01/17/2020 - 14:09
Following the recent Linux kernel tests of Liquorix and other scheduler discussions (and more), some requests from premium supporters rolled in for seeing the performance of Arch Linux's Zen kernel package against the generic kernel. Here are those benchmark results...

dnf-automatic – Install Security Updates Automatically in CentOS 8

Tecmint - Fri, 01/17/2020 - 14:03
Security updates play a crucial role in safeguarding your Linux system against cyber-attacks and breaches which can have a devastating effect on your critical files, databases and other resources on your system. You can...

Rav1e Kicks Off 2020 With Speed Improvements For Rust-Based AV1 Encoding

Phoronix - Fri, 01/17/2020 - 13:00
Xiph.org's Rustlang-written "Rav1e" AV1 video encoder is back on track with delivering weekly pre-releases after missing them over the past month due to the holidays. With Rav1e p20200115 are not only performance improvements but also binary side and build speed enhancements...

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