Podcasts about vulkan api

This week on The Chrome Cast, we're welcoming our contributing writer Luke Short on the show to discuss a bit more in-depth about the discoveries he's made getting Vulkan API support working on Chromebooks. For gaming on Chrome OS to finally arrive, Vulkan is a necessary piece of the overall puzzle. Though Luke's work hasn't unlocked the full Borealis (Steam gaming on Chromebooks) experience, it gets us a lot closer to testing that reality. After the break, we dive into the great-yet-confounding Pixel 5a and discuss the good parts of the phone along with how it could find its place as the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro loom in the future. With the Pixel 5a, it feels like Google has put the train back on the tracks a bit and if the new Tensor-powered phones from Google deliver as we'd expect, the future for Pixel has never looked brighter. NOTABLE LINKS Eureka! Playing Vulkan Games in Crostini More Details on the AMD dGPU-powered Chromebook Arise Here are the first Chromebooks that will get Steam gaming (‘Borealis') Variable Refresh Rate support is coming to Chromebooks for smoother gaming Following the trend, Google will not include a charger in the box for the Pixel 6 or Pixel 6 Pro Unboxing the Pixel 5a that is here to basically replace the Pixel 4a 5G [VIDEO] Google's Tensor SoC could eventually power far more than just the Pixel 6 Opinion: Google's Pixel 6 just made the Pixel 5a relevant -------- This episode is sponsored by VIZOR for Chromebooks - Chromebook 1:1 Management Software for Schools. If you manage Chromebooks for a School or School district you'll want to listen to this, especially you have a 1:1 program. VIZOR is a Chromebook management solution that seamlessly integrates with the Google Admin Console and your Student information system. With VIZOR for Chromebooks, you can easily see which Student has which Chromebook, manage repairs, and even automate disabling lost or stolen devices while notifying parents, all in one click. CLICK HERE to learn more about VIZOR. This episode is also brought to you by NordVPN. Get a VPN that takes your privacy seriously. NordVPN is our VPN of choice and will secure your browsing on your Chromebook or on any device. Use NordVPN to keep your private data to yourself whether you are at home or on the go! CLICK HERE to try it out and get a 3-year deal for $3.49/month. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/chromeunboxed/support

XPERIA 1iii pricing in Russia has leaked! New York just passed a bill to lower broadband prices! Smartphone video editing apps might get a lot faster soon! NASA FLEW A HELICOPTER ON MARS! And it's always worth chatting about smartphone cameras and how we review them! Let's get your tech week started right! Stories This Week: ONEPLUS IS THROTTLING YOUR GAME! https://somegadgetguy.com/2021/04/14/oneplus-9-pro-throttled-gaming-premium-performance/ Amazfit T-Rex Pro is a BEAST https://somegadgetguy.com/2021/04/13/amazfit-t-rex-pro-monster-fitness-tracker/ UPERFECT X Laptop Dock Review https://somegadgetguy.com/2021/04/09/turn-your-phone-into-a-laptop-uperfect-x-laptop-dock-review/ Pixel 5 Update! More GPU power? https://somegadgetguy.com/2021/04/08/pixel-5-april-update-did-we-really-get-more-power/ Samsung vs OnePlus: Who built the better phone? https://somegadgetguy.com/2021/04/06/samsung-vs-oneplus-who-built-the-better-phone-this-year/ Goodbye LG (from an actual LG fan) https://somegadgetguy.com/2021/04/04/goodbye-lg-smartphones-from-an-actual-lg-fan/ Snapdragon Sound Explained! My Interview with Qualcomm https://somegadgetguy.com/2021/03/30/snapdragon-sound-explained-an-interview-with-qualcomm-about-next-gen-wireless-audio/ OnePlus 9 Pro by the Benchmarks: The Current Champ! https://somegadgetguy.com/2021/03/29/oneplus-9-pro-by-the-benchmarks-better-performance-for-the-price/ QNAP QHora-301W Router: WiFi 6 and 10GbE! https://somegadgetguy.com/2021/03/18/qnap-qhora-301w-router-long-term-review-wifi-6-and-10-gigabit-ethernet/ RODE Wireless Go 2: These Little Mics are HUGE https://somegadgetguy.com/2021/03/12/rode-wireless-go-2-review-these-little-mics-are-huge/ Best of Our Week 17 with TK Bay! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHU-5RZe1nE Juan on Journey for Java Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/journey-for-java-ep-8-tech-coffee-talk-juan-bagnell/id1478119474?i=1000517076750 SomeGadgetGuy Merch! https://teespring.com/stores/somegadgetguy New York passes bill for affordable broadband https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-signs-legislation-establishing-first-nation-program-provide-affordable-internet NASA FLEW A HELICOPTER ON MARS! https://mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopter/# Vulkan API for video rolling out now! https://www.xda-developers.com/vulkan-video-api-speed-up-video-editors/ TOP STORIES OF THE WEEK ON r/GLOWINGRECTANGLES https://www.reddit.com/r/glowingrectangles/top/?t=week Spotify made a THING https://carthing.spotify.com/ XPERIA price in Russia leaks https://www.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_1_iii_arrives_for_preorder_in_russia_costs_1300-news-48659.php FiLMiC pulls support for iPhone telephoto camera https://www.filmicpro.com/2021/04/15/note-on-filmic-pro-v6-14/ Juan rambles on about camera “lies” Support SomeGadgetGuy! The complete list of how you can contribute to production on this channel AND get yourself some cool stuff! Patreon, Amazon, Humble Bundle, OnePlus, Audible, Merch, and MORE! https://somegadgetguy.com/2012/07/15/support-somegadgetguy-get-cool-stuff/ SomeGadgetGuy's Gear List: Panasonic G9 https://amzn.to/2E95rKM Panasonic 15mm f/1.7 http://amzn.to/2qWH0UZ Panasonic 25mm f/1.7 http://amzn.to/2ohTzsd Audio-Technica Lavalier https://amzn.to/2WywofM Focusrite 6i6 Audio Interface http://amzn.to/2p5l7py Shure SM57 Microphone http://amzn.to/2oypnLm Cloudlifter CL1 http://amzn.to/2oKN9G5 LED Light Panels http://amzn.to/2oy60ls AJA U-TAP HDMI http://amzn.to/2wfprBF Elgato HD S http://amzn.to/2p95Unu SUBSCRIBE TO #SGGQA! SGGQA Podcast RSS: http://goo.gl/oSUjvi SGGQA Podcast on Spotify: https://goo.gl/uyuSsj SGGQA Podcast Google Play https://goo.gl/ABF7Up SGGQA Podcast iTunes: https://goo.gl/YUcyS7 SGGQA Podcast on Stitcher: http://goo.gl/cyazfY SGGQA Podcast on PlayerFM: https://goo.gl/34B8SG SGGQA Podcast on Archive.org: https://goo.gl/9zh4pK Juan Carlos Bagnell on Twitch – http://Twitch.tv/SomeGadgetGuy Juan Carlos Bagnell on Twitter – http://Twitter.com/SomeGadgetGuy Juan on Instagram – http://instagram.com/somegadgetguy Support SomeGadgetGuy Production: http://amzn.com/w/34V1TR2551P6M Links on this page may be affiliate links which help support production on this website. Support Talking Tech with SomeGadgetGuy by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/talking-tech-with-somegadgetgu Find out more at https://talking-tech-with-somegadgetgu.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast. Try Pinecast for free, forever, no credit card required. If you decide to upgrade, use coupon code r-c117ce for 40% off for 4 months, and support Talking Tech with SomeGadgetGuy.

LibreOffice is the premiere open source office suite, and with the major release of 7.0 continues to move forward. In this episode I look at some of the major features of this upgrade and why it matters. Links https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2020/08/05/announcement-of-libreoffice-7-0/ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2020/01/21/odf-1-3-approved-as-oasis-committee-specification/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OASIS_(organization) https://skia.org/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulkan_(API) https://www.documentfoundation.org/governance/advisory-board/ https://www.redhat.com/en https://www.collaboraoffice.com/ https://www.cib.de/en/home.html https://www.ahuka.com/libreoffice-7-0-released/

Am5x86 based retro UNIX build log, setting up services in a FreeNAS Jail, first taste of DragonflyBSD, streaming Netflix on NetBSD, NetBSD on the last G4 Mac mini, Hammer vs Hammer2, and more. Headlines Polprog's Am5x86 based retro UNIX build log (https://polprog.net/blog/486/) I have recently acquired an Am5x86 computer, in a surprisingly good condition. This is an ongoing project, check this page often for updates! I began by connecting a front panel. The panel came from a different chassis and is slightly too wide, so I had to attach it with a couple of zip-ties. However, that makes it stick out from the PC front at an angle, allowing easy access when the computer sits at the floor - and thats where it is most of the time. It's not that bad, to be honest, and its way easier to access than it would be, if mounted vertically There is a mains switch on the front panel because the computer uses an older style power supply. Those power supplies instead of relying on a PSON signal, like modern ATX supplies, run a 4 wire cable to a mains switch. The cable carries live and neutral both ways, and the switch keys in or out the power. The system powers on as soon as the switch is enabled. Originally there was no graphics card in it. Since a PC will not boot with out a GPU, I had to find one. The mainboard only has PCI and ISA slots, and all the GPUs I had were AGP. Fortunately, I bought a PCI GPU hoping it would solve my issue... However the GPU turned out to be faulty. It took me some time to repair it. I had to repair a broken trace leading to one of the EEPROM pins, and replace a contact in the EEPROM's socket. Then I replaced all the electrolytic capacitors on it, and that fixed it for good. Having used up only one of the three PCI slots, I populated the remaining pair with two ethernet cards. I still have a bunch of ISA slots available, but I have nothing to install there. Yet. See the article for the rest of the writeup Setting up services in a FreeNAS Jail (https://www.ixsystems.com/blog/services-in-freenas-jail/) This piece demonstrates the setup of a server service in a FreeNAS jail and how to share files with a jail using Apache 2.4 as an example. Jails are powerful, self-contained FreeBSD environments with separate network settings, package management, and access to thousands of FreeBSD application packages. Popular packages such as Apache, NGINX, LigHTTPD, MySQL, and PHP can be found and installed with the pkg search and pkg install commands. This example shows creating a jail, installing an Apache web server, and setting up a simple web page. NOTE: Do not directly attach FreeNAS to an external network (WAN). Use port forwarding, proper firewalls and DDoS protections when using FreeNAS for external web sites. This example demonstrates expanding the functionality of FreeNAS in an isolated LAN environment. News Roundup First taste of DragonflyBSD (https://nanxiao.me/en/first-taste-of-dragonfly-bsd/) Last week, I needed to pick a BSD Operating System which supports NUMA to do some testing, so I decided to give Dragonfly BSD a shot. Dragonfly BSDonly can run on X86_64 architecture, which reminds me of Arch Linux, and after some tweaking, I feel Dragonfly BSD may be a “developer-friendly” Operating System, at least for me. I mainly use Dragonfly BSD as a server, so I don’t care whether GUI is fancy or not. But I have high requirements of developer tools, i.e., compiler and debugger. The default compiler of Dragonfly BSD is gcc 8.3, and I can also install clang 8.0.0 from package. This means I can test state-of-the-art features of compilers, and it is really important for me. gdb‘s version is 7.6.1, a little lag behind, but still OK. Furthermore, the upgradation of Dragonfly BSD is pretty simple and straightforward. I followed document to upgrade my Operating System to 5.6.0 this morning, just copied and pasted, no single error, booted successfully. Streaming Netflix on NetBSD (https://www.unitedbsd.com/d/68-streaming-netflix-on-netbsd) Here's a step-by-step guide that allows streaming Netflix media on NetBSD using a intel-haxm accelerated QEMU vm. Heads-up! Sound doesn't work, but everything else is fine. Please read the rest of this thread for a solution to this!! “Sudo Mastery 2nd Edition” cover art reveal (https://mwl.io/archives/4320) I’m about halfway through the new edition of Sudo Mastery. Assuming nothing terrible happens, should have a complete first draft in four to six weeks. Enough stuff has changed in sudo that I need to carefully double-check every single feature. (I’m also horrified by the painfully obsolete versions of sudo shipped in the latest versions of CentOS and Debian, but people running those operating systems are already accustomed to their creaky obsolescence.) But the reason for this blog post? I have Eddie Sharam’s glorious cover art. My Patronizers saw it last month, so now the rest of you get a turn. NetBSD on the last G4 Mac mini (https://tenfourfox.blogspot.com/2019/06/and-now-for-something-completely.html) I'm a big fan of NetBSD. I've run it since 2000 on a Mac IIci (of course it's still running it) and I ran it for several years on a Power Mac 7300 with a G3 card which was the second incarnation of the Floodgap gopher server. Today I also still run it on a MIPS-based Cobalt RaQ 2 and an HP Jornada 690. I think NetBSD is a better match for smaller or underpowered systems than current-day Linux, and is fairly easy to harden and keep secure even though none of these systems are exposed to the outside world. Recently I had a need to set up a bridge system that would be fast enough to connect two networks and I happened to have two of the "secret" last-of-the-line 1.5GHz G4 Mac minis sitting on the shelf doing nothing. Yes, they're probably outclassed by later Raspberry Pi models, but I don't have to buy anything and I like putting old hardware to good use. Hammer vs Hammer2 (https://phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=DragonFlyBSD-5.6-HAMMER2-Perf) With the newly released DragonFlyBSD 5.6 there are improvements to its original HAMMER2 file-system to the extent that it's now selected by its installer as the default file-system choice for new installations. Curious how the performance now compares between HAMMER and HAMMER2, here are some initial benchmarks on an NVMe solid-state drive using DragonFlyBSD 5.6.0. With a 120GB Toshiba NVMe SSD on an Intel Core i7 8700K system, I ran some benchmarks of DragonFlyBSD 5.6.0 freshly installed with HAMMER2 and then again when returning to the original HAMMER file-system that remains available via its installer. No other changes were made to the setup during testing. And then for the more synthetic workloads it was just a mix. But overall HAMMER2 was performing well during the initial testing and great to see it continuing to offer noticeable leads in real-world workloads compared to the aging HAMMER file-system. HAMMER2 also offers better clustering, online deduplication, snapshots, compression, encryption, and many other modern file-system features. Beastie Bits Unix CLI relational database (https://spin.atomicobject.com/2019/06/16/unix-cli-relational-database/) The TTY demystified (https://www.linusakesson.net/programming/tty/index.php) Ranger, a console file manager with VI keybindings (https://ranger.github.io/) Some Unix Humor (https://www.reddit.com/r/unix/comments/c6o5ze/some_unix_humor/) OpenBSD -import vulkan-loader for Vulkan API support (https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports-cvs&m=156121732625604&w=2) FreeBSD ZFS without drives (https://savagedlight.me/2019/06/09/freebsd-zfs-without-drives/) Feedback/Questions Moritz - ARM Builds (http://dpaste.com/175RRAZ) Dave - Videos (http://dpaste.com/2DYK85B) Chris - Raspberry Pi4 (http://dpaste.com/1B16QVN) Send questions, comments, show ideas/topics, or stories you want mentioned on the show to feedback@bsdnow.tv (mailto:feedback@bsdnow.tv) Your browser does not support the HTML5 video tag.

Episode two of the Binary and Brews show with Mat and Josh. We touch base again on Pokemon Go, talk about our favorite games, the new Vulkan API and get a bit personal.

This week on the show, Allan and I have gotten a bit more sleep since AsiaBSDCon, which is excellent since there is a LOT of news to cover. That plus our interview with Ports SecTeam member Mark Felder. So keep it This episode was brought to you by Headlines FreeNAS 9.10 Released (http://lists.freenas.org/pipermail/freenas-announce/2016-March/000028.html) OS: The base OS version for FreeNAS 9.10 is now FreeBSD 10.3-RC3, bringing in a huge number of OS-related bug fixes, performance improvements and new features. +Directory Services: You can now connect to large AD domains with cache disabled. +Reporting: Add the ability to send collectd data to a remote graphite server. +Hardware Support: Added Support for Intel I219-V & I219-LM Gigabit Ethernet Chipset Added Support for Intel Skylake architecture Improved support for USB devices (like network adapters) USB 3.0 devices now supported. +Filesharing: Samba (SMB filesharing) updated from version 4.1 to 4.3.4 Added GUI feature to allow nfsv3-like ownership when using nfsv4 Various bug fixes related to FreeBSD 10. +Ports: FreeBSD ports updated to follow the FreeBSD 2016Q1 branch. +Jails: FreeBSD Jails now default to a FreeBSD 10.3-RC2 based template. Old jails, or systems on which jails have been installed, will still default to the previous FreeBSD 9.3 based template. Only those machinesusing jails for the first time (or deleting and recreating their jails dataset) will use the new template. +bhyve: ++In the upcoming 10 release, the CLI will offer full support for managing virtual machines and containers. Until then, the iohyve command is bundled as a stop-gap solution to provide basic VM management support - *** Ubuntu BSD's first Beta Release (https://sourceforge.net/projects/ubuntubsd/) Under the category of “Where did this come from?”, we have a first beta release of Ubuntu BSD. Specifically it is Ubuntu, respun to use the FreeBSD kernel and ZFS natively. From looking at the minimal information up on sourceforge, we gather that is has a nice text-based installer, which supports ZFS configuration and iSCSI volume creation setups. Aside from that, it includes the XFCE desktop out of box, but claims to be suitable for both desktops and servers alike right now. We will keep an eye on this, if anybody listening has already tested it out, maybe drop us a line on your thoughts of how this mash-up works out. *** FreeBSD - a lesson in poor defaults (http://vez.mrsk.me/freebsd-defaults.txt) Former BSD producer, and now OpenBSD developer, TJ, writes a post detailing the defaults he changes in a fresh FreeBSD installation Maybe some of these should be the defaults While others are definitely a personal preference, or are not as security related as they seem A few of these, while valid criticisms, but some are done for a reason Specifically, the OpenSSH changes. So, you're a user, you install FreeBSD 10.0, and it comes with OpenSSH version X, which has some specific defaults As guaranteed by the FreeBSD Project, you will have a nice smooth upgrade path to any version in the 10.x branch Just because OpenSSH has released version Y, doesn't mean that the upgrade can suddenly remove support for DSA keys, or re-adding support for AES-CBC (which is not really weak, and which can be hardware accelerated, unlikely most of the replacements) “FreeBSD is the team trying to increase the risk.” Is incorrect, they are trying to reduce the impact on the end user Specifically, a user upgrading from 10.x to 10.3, should not end up locked out of their SSH server, or otherwise confronted by unexpected errors or slowdowns because of upstream changes I will note again, (and again), that the NONE cipher can NOT allow a user to “shoot themselves in the foot”, encryption is still used during the login phase, it is just disabled for the file transfer phase. The NONE cipher will refuse to work for an interactive session. While the post states that the NONE cipher doesn't improve performance that much, it infact does In my own testing, chacha20-poly1305 1.3 gbps, aes128-gcm (fastest) 5.0 gbps, NONE cipher 6.3 gbps That means that the NONE cipher is an hour faster to transfer 10 TB over the LAN. The article suggests just removing sendmail with no replacement. Not sure how they expect users to deliver mail, or the daily/weekly reports Ports can be compiled as a regular user. Only the install phase requires root for ntpd, it is not clear that there is an acceptable replacement yet, but I will not that it is off by default In the sysctl section, I am not sure I see how enabling tcp blackhole actually increases security at all I am not sure that linking to every security advisory in openssl since 2001 is actually useful Encrypted swap is an option in bsdinstall now, but I am not sure it is really that important FreeBSD now uses the Fortuna PRNG, upgraded to replace the older Yarrow, not vanilla RC4. “The resistance from the security team to phase out legacy options makes mewonder if they should be called a compatibility team instead.” I do not think this is the choice of the security team, it is the ABI guarantee that the project makes. The stable/10 branch will always have the same ABI, and a program or driver compiled against it will work with any version on that branch The security team doesn't really have a choice in the matter. Switching the version of OpenSSL used in FreeBSD 9.x would likely break a large number of applications the user has installed Something may need to be done differently, since it doesn't look like any version of OpenSSL, (or OpenSSH), will be supported for 5 years ever again *** ZFS Raidz Performance, Capacity and Integrity (https://calomel.org/zfs_raid_speed_capacity.html) An updated version of an article comparing the performance of various ZFS vdev configurations The settings users in the test may not reflect your workload If you are benchmarking ZFS, consider using multiple files across different datasets, and not making all of the writes synchronous Also, it is advisable to run more than 3 runs of each test Comparing the numbers from the 12 and 24 disk tests, it is surprising to see that the 12 mirror sets did not outperform the other configurations. In the 12 drive tests, the 6 mirror sets had about the same read performance as the other configurations, it is not clear why the performance with more disks is worse, or why it is no longer in line with the other configurations More investigation of this would be required There are obviously so other bottlenecks, as 5x SSDs in RAID-Z1 performed the same as 17x SSDs in RAID-Z1 Interesting results none the less *** iXSystems FreeNAS Mini Review (http://www.nasanda.com/2016/03/ixsystems-freenas-mini-nas-device-reviewed/) Interview - Mark Felder - feld@freebsd.org (mailto:feld@freebsd.org) / @feldpos (https://twitter.com/feldpos) Ports, Ports and more Ports DigitalOcean Digital Ocean's guide to setting up an OpenVPN server (https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-configure-and-connect-to-a-private-openvpn-server-on-freebsd-10-1) News Roundup AsiaBSDCon OpenBSD Papers (http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20160316153158&mode=flat&count=0) + Undeadly.org has compiled a handy list of the various OpenBSD talks / papers that were offered a few weeks ago at AsiaBSDCon 2016. Antoine Jacoutot (ajacoutot@) - OpenBSD rc.d(8) (slides | paper) Henning Brauer (henning@) - Running an ISP on OpenBSD (slides) Mike Belopuhov (mikeb@) - Implementation of Xen PVHVM drivers in OpenBSD (slides | paper) Mike Belopuhov (mikeb@) - OpenBSD project status update (slides) Mike Larkin (mlarkin@) - OpenBSD vmm Update (slides) Reyk Floeter (reyk@) - OpenBSD vmd Update (slides) Each talk provides slides, and some the papers as well. Also included is the update to ‘vmm' discussed at bhyveCon, which will be of interest to virtualization enthusiasts. *** Bitcoin Devs could learn a lot from BSD (http://bitcoinist.net/bitcoin-devs-could-learn-a-lot-from-bsd/) An interesting article this week, comparing two projects that at first glance may not be entirely related, namely BitCoin and BSD. The article first details some of the woes currently plaguing the BitCoin development community, such as toxic community feedback to changes and stakeholders with vested financial interests being unable to work towards a common development purpose. This leads into the crux or the article, about what BitCoin devs could learn from BSD: First and foremost, the way code is developed needs change to stop the current negative trend in Bitcoin. The FreeBSD project has a rigid internal hierarchy of people with write access to their codebase, which the various Bitcoin implementations also have, but BSD does this in a way that is very open to fresh eyes on their code, allowing parallel problem solving without the petty infighting we see in Bitcoin. Anyone can propose a commit publicly to the code, make it publicly available, and democratically decide which change ends up in the codebase. FreeBSD has a tiny number of core developers compared to the size of their codebase, but at any point, they have a huge community advancing their project without hard forks popping up at every small disagreement. Brian Armstrong commented recently on this flaw with Bitcoin development, particularly with the Core Devs: “Being high IQ is not enough for a team to succeed. You need to make reasonable tradeoffs, collaborate, be welcoming, communicate, and be easy to work with. Any team that doesn't have this will be unable to attract top talent and will struggle long term. In my opinion, perhaps the biggest risk in Bitcoin right now is, ironically, one of the things which has helped it the most in the past: the Bitcoin Core developers.” A good summary of the culture that could be adopted is summed up as follows: The other thing Bitcoin devs could learn from is the BSD community's adoption of the Unix Design philosophy. Primarily “Worse is Better,” The rule of Diversity, and Do One Thing and Do It Well. “Worse is Better” emphasizes using extant functional solutions rather than making more complex ones, even if they would be more robust. The Rule of Diversity stresses flexibility of the program being developed, allowing for modification and different implementations without breaking. Do one Thing and Do it well is a mantra of the BSD and Unix Communities that stresses modularity and progress over “perfect” solutions. Each of these elements help to make BSD a wildly successful open source project with a healthy development community and lots of inter-cooperation between the different BSD systems. While this is the opposite of what we see with Bitcoin at present, the situation is salvageable provided changes like this are made, especially by Core Developers. All in all, a well written and interesting take on the FreeBSD/BSD project. We hope the BitCoin devs can take something useful from it down the road. *** FreeBSD cross-compiling with gcc and poudriere (http://ben.eficium.net/2016/03/freebsd-cross-compiling-with-gcc.html) Cross-Compiling, always a challenge, has gotten easier using poudriere and qemu in recent years. However this blog post details some of the particular issues still being face when trying to compile some certain ports for ARM (I.E. rPi) that don't play nicely with FreeBSD's default CLANG compiler. The writer (Ben Slack) takes us through some of the work-arounds he uses to build some troublesome ports, namely lsof and libatomic_ops. Note this is not just an issue with cross compile, the above mentioned ports also don't build with clang on the Pi directly. After doing the initial poudriere/qemu cross-compile setup, he then shows us the minor tweaks to adjust which compiler builds specific ports, and how he triggers the builds using poudriere. With the actual Makefile adjustment being so minor, one wonders if this shouldn't just be committed upstream, with some if (ARM) - USE_GCC=yes type conditional. *** Nvidia releases new Beta graphics driver for FreeBSD (https://devtalk.nvidia.com/default/topic/925607/unix-graphics-announcements-and-news/linux-solaris-and-freebsd-driver-364-12-beta-/) Added support for the following GPUs: GeForce 920MX & GeForce 930MX Added support for the Vulkan API version 1.0. Fixed a bug that could cause incorrect frame rate reporting on Quadro Sync configurations with multiple GPUs. Added a new RandR property, CscMatrix, which specifies a 3x4 color-space conversion matrix. Improved handling of the X gamma ramp on GF119 and newer GPUs. On these GPUs, the RandR gamma ramp is always 1024 entries and now applies to the cursor and VDPAU or workstation overlays in addition to the X root window. Fixes for bugs and added several other EGL extensions *** Beastie Bits New TN Bug started (http://knoxbug.org/) DragonFlyBSD Network/TCP Performance's gets a bump (http://gitweb.dragonflybsd.org/dragonfly.git/commitdiff/4a43469a10cef8c17553c342aab9d73611ea7bc8?utm_source=anzwix) FreeBSD Foundation introduces a new website and logo (https://www.freebsdfoundation.org/blog/introducing-a-new-look-for-the-foundation/) Our producer made these based on the new logo: http://q5sys.sh/2016/03/a-new-freebsd-foundation-logo-means-its-time-for-some-new-wallpapers/ http://q5sys.sh/2016/03/pc-bsd-and-lumina-desktop-wallpapers/ https://github.com/pcbsd/lumina/commit/60314f46247b7ad6e877af503b3814b0be170da8 IPv6 errata for 5.7/5.8, pledge errata for 5.9 (http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20160316190937&mode=flat) Sponsoring “PAM Mastery” (http://blather.michaelwlucas.com/archives/2577) A visualization of FreeBSD commits on GitHub for 2015 (https://rocketgraph.com/s/v89jBkKN4e-) The VAX platform is no more (http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20160309192510) Feedback/Questions Hunter - Utils for Blind (http://slexy.org/view/s20KPYDOsq) Chris - ZFS Quotas (http://slexy.org/view/s2EHdI3z3L) Anonymous - Tun, Tap and Me! (http://slexy.org/view/s21Nx1VSiU) Andrew - Navigating the BSDs (http://slexy.org/view/s2ZKK2DZTL) Brent - Wifi on BSD (http://slexy.org/view/s20duO29mN) ***

Все, что вам надо знать про Vulkan API — будущее Андроида, ПК и виртуальной реальности. Специальный выпуск подкаста BeardyCast.com — блога об IT, науке и культуре   Ведущие: Андрей Барышников, Анжел Божинов Твиттер Анжела: @abozhin   ТЕМЫ [00:02:25] – Начало: Mantle, DirectX 12, Metal[00:05:33] – glNext — ответ DirectX 12[00:07:12] – Vulkan API[00:08:56] – Что не так с «мобильным» OpenGL ES[00:10:05] – Фундаментальная особенность «настольного» OpenGL[00:11:25] – big.LITTLE — надежда Vulkan API[00:13:01] – Чем полезен Vulkan и чего он не может[00:15:01] – Как работает OpenGL[00:17:01] – Как смартфон обрабатывает графику; Vulkan упраздняет проблемы с драйверами[00:19:34] – Какие смартфоны совместимы с Vulkan API и от кого это зависит[00:23:01] – Недостатки и проблемы Vulkan API[00:29:48] – Когда разработчики перенесут свои игры и приложения на Vulkan[00:33:53] – Будет ли Vulcan актуален для iOS и OS X[00:38:38] – Заключение: официальная поддержка Vulkan в Android N   Задавай вопросы Вконтакте | Твиттер | Саундклауд ПодписывайсяBeardyShow | BeardyCars | BeardyTheory | Telegram ОценивайiTunes

Kind of a PEDESTRIAN episode this week; we rant about the Vulkan API (and how everyone might be misreading its overall importance), cover a few new and noteworthy titles, and talk some serious "Firewatch." Look for a full review next week!