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2 ways to install MailSpring on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Focal Fossa  H2S Media

Experimental Zink On NVIDIA's Vulkan Driver Capable Of Outperforming OpenGL Driver  Phoronix

The latest Zink development code paired with the forthcoming "Copper" work is yielding an OpenGL-on-Vulkan implementation that when running on NVIDIA's proprietary Vulkan driver is even able to outperform NVIDIA's own proprietary OpenGL driver for at least one notable Linux game...

Prominent FFmpeg developer Cyanreg has begun working on an experimental Vulkan hardware acceleration video decoder for FFmpeg...

A #Microsoft Azure Supercomputer Running on Linux and Not Windows Has Made It to the ... - Latest Tweet by  LatestLY

Microsoft's supercomputer running Linux among world's 10 fastest machines  Telangana Today

Best and Cheap VPS Server Hosting in Norway, Oslo, Kristiansand Provider | Linux | Windows | TheServerHost  Pro News Report

Microsoft's supercomputer running Linux among 10 fastest machines  Lokmat

The open-source Nouveau driver's support for the GeForce RTX 30 "Ampere" series remains very limited -- most notably, without any 3D acceleration support -- but now the GA106 GPU can light up for the GeForce RTX 3060...

AWS now lets you stream Linux apps  Techradar

AWS now lets you stream Linux apps  TechRadar

Review: Citrix Workspace Linux  Ghacks Technology News

Secure development: New and improved Linux Random Number Generator ready for testing  The Daily Swig

Linux Prepares Straight Line Speculation "SLS" Mitigation For x86/x86_64 CPUs  Phoronix

Last month I reported on activity around Straight Line Speculation "SLS" mitigation for x86_64 CPUs, similar to the work carried out by Arm last year on their SLS vulnerability. That work on the x86 (x86_64 inclusive) side has now been merged to GCC 12 Git and a kernel patch is expected to come shortly that will flip it on as the latest CPU security protection...

Have media files on your computer? You can likely reclaim significant disk space by storing that data in more space-efficient file formats.

This article demonstrates how to use Linux line commands to perform the most common space-saving conversions. I use line commands because they give you complete control over compression and format conversion features. Also, you'll need to use line commands if you want to write scripts. That allows you to develop programs that are custom-tailored to your own unique needs.

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Why are gnome and GTK devs so out of touch? - Linux & Unix  BleepingComputer

M1 MacBooks Compatible with Linux | Open-Sourced Endless Capabilities  Tech Times

Designed to holistically push the company toward a true culture of automation, Discover's "Extreme Automation" program has seen tremendous success. But that doesn’t come without some key learnings. Learn more about the ups and downs of Discover's automation journey.

After nearly a decade of Slackware 14, the Slackware 15.0 release is moving closer to debut and now effectively under a hard feature freeze...