A major release of the Pixman rendering library happened on Wednesday. Pixman 0.30 now has some major back-end improvements and other changes to better the pixel manipulation software…
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Pixman 0.30 Release Has Major Back-End Work
AMD R600 Gallium3D Optimizing Back-End Merged
Ubuntu 13.04 Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend
Ubuntu 13.04 Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend
This tutorial explains the installation of a Samba fileserver on Ubuntu 13.04 and how to configure it to share files over the SMB protocol as well as how to add users. Samba is configured as a standalone server, not as a domain controller. In the resulting setup, every user has his own home directory accessible via the SMB protocol and all users have a shared directory with read-/write access.
Shader Optimization Back-End Might Go In For R600g
For many months there has been a “shader optimization” branch of Mesa/R600g that sought to rather noticeably boost the performance of the AMD R600 Gallium3D driver. While this work by Vadim Girlin didn’t look like it would be merged, after being revived and cleaned-up, it might reach mainline Mesa/Gallium3D as a new performance-boosting option…
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A Very Early Gallium3D TGSI Back-End For LLVM
Wayland Gets Flavored With Weston SPICE Back-End
OpenSUSE 12.3 Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend
OpenSUSE 12.3 Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend
This tutorial explains the installation of a Samba fileserver on OpenSUSE 12.3 and how to configure it to share files over the SMB protocol as well as how to add users. Samba is configured as a standalone server, not as a domain controller. In the resulting setup, every user has his own home directory accessible via the SMB protocol and all users have a shared directory with read-/write access.
IBM Pushes New SystemZ Back-End For LLVM
LLVM May Get A TGSI Gallium3D Compiler Back-End
Heroku launches Helios backend for iOS applications
Heroku’s Matt Thompson has announced the Helios framework, an open source backend for iOS applications which provides a range of essential services. These include data synchronisation, user accounts, push notifications, in-app purchases and passbook integration. The design focuses on “mobile first” developers who build out their applications on the mobile device and then want to implement the server-side mechanisms as they become necessary.
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CentOS 6.4 Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend
CentOS 6.4 Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend
This tutorial explains the installation of a Samba fileserver on CentOS 6.4 and how to configure it to share files over the SMB protocol as well as how to add users. Samba is configured as a standalone server, not as a domain controller. In the resulting setup, every user has his own home directory accessible via the SMB protocol and all users have a shared directory with read-/write access.
Tilera Publishes TILE-Gx CPU Back-End To LLVM
After already having integrated TILE-Gx support into GCC 4.7, Tilera is now calling for the mainlining of its TILE-Gx back-end into LLVM. The LLVM Tile-Gx back-end is needed for the company’s forthcoming many-core processor…
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