23-Way Graphics Card Comparison With Shadow of the Tomb Raider On Linux

The Linux port of Shadow of the Tomb Raider basically recommends at least an AMD GCN 1.2 or newer graphics card or GeForce GTX 680 or newer, basically the bare requirements on Linux for having a Vulkan driver out-of-the-box. It should also be possible getting a GCN 1.0/1.1 graphics card working if opting to use the AMDGPU DRM driver rather than Radeon DRM as needed for Vulkan driver support. But Feral recommends at least a Radeon RX 480 Polaris graphics card for decent performance. Current Intel graphics are not fast enough to run this game on Linux.

Kodi 18.5 'Leia' available to download now!

It’s been a couple of months since the Kodi Foundation released a new version of its hugely popular home theater software. After spending some time in the pre-release section, Kodi 18.5 is now finally deemed ready for all. As you might expect from a point release, there are no new features here, but rather the focus is on squashing bugs and improving stability and performance. The team hasn’t published a list of the main changes yet, but multiple issues have been addressed in this new build, with fixes for interface problems, tweaks to the PVR component, and more. Also: Kodi 19 'Matrix' with Python 3 now available to download, but be warned

Putting to Rest the Free Software/FOSS Divide

After Richard Stallman’s resignation from key positions in free software, many are suggesting that we have entered the post-Stallman age. It is still too early to understand what that might mean, if anything. Still, one question keeps reoccurring to me: without Stallman to constantly reinforce the habit, will the preference for the terms “GNU/Linux” and “free software” survive? And, either way, does the answer matter any more? Or will trends that have existed for over a decade simply continue, or maybe accelerate? Before you start lecturing me on points I’ve known for twenty years, I know all the arguments in favor of GNU/Linux and free software. I even agree with most of them. Yes, how a subject is framed matters. Yes, without contributions from the GNU Project the free operating system known as Linux would not have happened, or at least would have been seriously delayed. You’re right, too, that Stallman’s preferred terms highlighted politics and philosophy. But all this is old history. I am not writing about the past, nor even what should be. I am wondering what might happen in the next few years.

today's howtos

• How to Stop and Disable Firewall on CentOS 8

• How to use regular expressions in awk

• Setup FTP on Google Cloud/AWS with VSFTP on Ubuntu 18.04

• How to Install htop on CentOS 8

• How internet security works: TLS, SSL, and CA

• Introduction to GitOps with OpenShift

• How Quarkus brings imperative and reactive programming together