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Linux Patches Add Support For New "Phone Link" Hotkey On Latest ThinkPads

Phoronix - Fri, 11/15/2024 - 19:23
Patches posted on Thursday for the Linux kernel add support for the newest hotkey being found on Lenovo ThinkPad laptops... The "Phone Link" hotkey for launching the Microsoft Phone Link software for linking your Android/iOS smartphone to your laptop. This hotkey can be adapted for similar purposes on Linux...

SDL3 Improves Steam Controller Support, Now Enabled By Default

Phoronix - Fri, 11/15/2024 - 19:08
A number of Steam Controller improvements have been merged for SDL, this widely-used hardware/software abstraction layer that is common to cross platform games. Among the latest Steam Controller improvements in SDL are enabling the support by default...

How to Start, Stop, and Restart Services in Linux

Tecmint - Fri, 11/15/2024 - 15:20
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If you’re new to Linux, understanding how to manage services is an essential skill. Services are processes that run in

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Top 7 Python OCR Libraries for Text Extraction from Images

Tecmint - Fri, 11/15/2024 - 14:37
The post Top 7 Python OCR Libraries for Text Extraction from Images first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is a technology that extracts readable text from images, scanned documents, and even hand-written notes. In

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Khronos SYCL Being Updated To Increase Appeal For HPC & Scientific Computing

Phoronix - Fri, 11/15/2024 - 08:00
In addition to the release today of OpenMP 6.0 ahead of the SC24 supercomputing conference in Atlanta, over at The Khronos Group they have provided an update on upcoming SYCL improvements to benefit high performance computing (HPC) and scientific computing applications...

OpenMP 6.0 Released With An Emphasis On Easier Parallel Programming

Phoronix - Fri, 11/15/2024 - 02:02
The OpenMP Architecture Review Board announced from SC24 that OpenMP 6.0 is now available as a major upgrade to the OpenMP specification for multi-process programming within C / C++ / Fortran. A big emphasis on OpenMP 6.0 is making it easier for developers to embrace...

Upstream Linux Developers Take Aim At TUXEDO's Out-Of-Tree GPLv3 Drivers

Phoronix - Fri, 11/15/2024 - 01:10
A new patch series posted today to the Linux kernel mailing list would block kernel modules/drivers from TUXEDO Computers from accessing GPL-only symbols in the kernel...

Supermicro H13SSL-N For AMD EPYC 9005 "Turin" 1P Servers

Phoronix - Fri, 11/15/2024 - 00:00
While it's difficult still finding Intel Xeon 6 "Granite Rapids" motherboards/servers widely available at Internet retailers/distributors, when it comes to the AMD EPYC 9005 "Turin" processors that launched just last month, there is better availability thanks in large part to leveraging the existing SP5 socket. For those wanting to assemble a single socket AMD EPYC 9005 series server, one of the readily available options in the retail channel is the Supermicro H13SSL-N motherboard.

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