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Acer Aspire 1 ARM Laptop Has Nearly Complete Upstream Linux Support

Phoronix - Wed, 12/20/2023 - 20:00
With patches pending for creating an Acer Aspire 1 embedded controller driver, this Qualcomm Snapdragon powered ARM laptop has "almost full support" with the upstream Linux kernel...

Ikey Doherty's Serpent OS Continues Building Up Its Rust Infrastructure

Phoronix - Wed, 12/20/2023 - 18:42
Ikey Doherty who is known for his work starting Solus Linus as well as the Budgie desktop while also formerly working on Intel's Clear Linux and other open-source software contributions has most recently been working on his newest endeavour: Serpent OS. A end-of-year development summary has now been posted that outlines the latest work on this Linux distribution...

QEMU 8.2 Released With New VirtIO-Sound & VirtIO-GPU "Rutabaga" Devices

Phoronix - Wed, 12/20/2023 - 18:16
QEMU 8.2 has been released as the newest update for this open-source processor emulator that plays an important role within the open-source Linux virtualization stack...

Sound Open Firmware 2.8 Released With New Intel & AMD Bits

Phoronix - Wed, 12/20/2023 - 17:57
A new version of Sound Open Firmware is now available for this open-source audio DSP firmware and development tools. For what began as an Intel open-source project for open-source sound firmware is now seeing ongoing adoption by AMD, MediaTek, and other vendors. Sound Open Firmware 2.8 has been released ahead of the holidays...

How to Check a Particular Package is Installed on Linux

Tecmint - Wed, 12/20/2023 - 14:00
The post How to Check a Particular Package is Installed on Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

In Linux, software package management plays a crucial role in the seamless operation of a system that involves the installation, upgrading, configuration, and removal of

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The Linux Kernel Looks To Drop Much Of The Remaining SPARC 32-bit CPU Support

Phoronix - Wed, 12/20/2023 - 13:00
It's just not old wired and wireless networking drivers being removed from the mainline Linux kernel but as part of some winter-time cleaning a set of patches have been posted that would remove much of the remaining SPARC32 support for old 32-bit Sun workstations...

How to Integrate SuiteCRM with ONLYOFFICE Docs on Linux

Tecmint - Wed, 12/20/2023 - 12:13
The post How to Integrate SuiteCRM with ONLYOFFICE Docs on Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

CRM software is meant to help organizations and businesses build customer relationships, improve sales processes, and increase profitability. For Linux users, choosing a suitable CRM

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