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Google Revises New Driver For Stadia Controller Rumble Support On Linux

Phoronix - Mon, 07/10/2023 - 18:56
While Google shutdown their Stadia game streaming service, with updated firmware there is Bluetooth (BLE) support for the controller as well as USB wired connectivity for those wishing to continue using this gaming controller. Google engineers have also been working on a new Linux driver for enabling force feedback "rumble" support with this controller...

Work Continues For Supporting Intel Sapphire Rapids C0.x Idle States On Linux

Phoronix - Mon, 07/10/2023 - 18:27
While Intel's Linux engineers were very timely in enabling much of the Xeon Scalable "Sapphire Rapids" support for the upstream Linux kernel well ahead of the processor launch at the beginning of the year, one patch series that has continued on post-launch has been working to get the new C0.x idle states supported...

8 Parted Commands to Manage Disk Partitions in Linux

Tecmint - Mon, 07/10/2023 - 17:31
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Parted is a renowned command-line utility designed to facilitate the management of hard disk partitions in a user-friendly manner. With Parted, you can effortlessly perform

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TLDR – Simplifying Linux Commands with User-Friendly Man Pages

Tecmint - Mon, 07/10/2023 - 16:31
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One of the most commonly used and reliable ways of getting help under Unix-like systems is via man pages, which are the standard documentation for

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The 8 Best Free Anti-Virus Programs for Linux

Tecmint - Mon, 07/10/2023 - 15:31
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Although Linux operating systems are fairly stable and secure, they may not completely be immune to threats. All computer systems can suffer from malware and

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Linux 6.5-rc1 Released With Initial USB4 v2 Support, Cachestat, AMD RDNA3 Overclocking

Phoronix - Mon, 07/10/2023 - 05:28
Linus Torvalds just declared the first release candidate of Linux 6.5 that also marks the end of new feature code being introduced for this cycle...

GIMP 2.99.16 Released As GIMP 3.0 RCs Near

Phoronix - Mon, 07/10/2023 - 05:15
GIMP 2.99.16 is out this Sunday as the GIMP 3.0 release candidate finally nears...

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