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NVIDIA R520 Linux Driver Being Prepped For Release With New GPU Support  Phoronix

This should come as little surprise with the GeForce RTX 4090 series releasing this week as the first Ada Lovelace GPUs, but NVIDIA is releasing a new feature branch driver for Linux users...

It's been a long time since last having anything significant to report on for Oracle's VM VirtualBox software: VirtualBox 6.0 debuted in 2018 and VirtualBox 6.1 in 2019, but since has been rather quiet... But out today is now VirtualBox 7.0 with big features like support for full virtual machine encryption and a new Direct3D 11 based graphics stack, which for Linux use is now going through DXVK...

1. How to choose the right Linux desktop distribution  ZDNet
2. How to Create a Linux Server in the Cloud Using AWS EC2  MUO - MakeUseOf
3. How to Integrate Applications and Scripts to a Linux Desktop  How-To Geek
4. What Is A Linux Server Platform, And Why Might Your Business Want One?  PhonesWiki
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How to choose the right Linux desktop distribution  ZDNet

How to enable automatic updates for Rocky Linux  TechRepublic

Linux 6.1 Perf Adds AMD CPU Cache-To-Cache & Memory Reporting Capabilities  Phoronix

The "perf" kernel subsystem for Linux with the perf performance analyzing tool has picked up some new AMD processor capabilities for Linux 6.1...

Why choose Red Hat for your Linux solution  Virtualization Review

The platform drivers x86 updates were merged a few days ago for the Linux 6.1 kernel. Most notable is the introduction of the AMD Platform Management Framework (PMF) while there are also a number of laptop driver updates too as part of this feature update...

RisiOS is the Fedora-based Linux distribution you've never heard of but should definitely try  ZDNet

RisiOS is the Fedora-based Linux distribution you've never heard of but should definitely try  ZDNet

How to Integrate Applications and Scripts to a Linux Desktop  How-To Geek

nnn: A Powerful, Terminal-Based File Manager for Linux Power Users  MUO - MakeUseOf

Even Linus Torvalds sometimes has PC problems  ZDNet

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X P-State/CPUFreq Frequency Scaling Performance On Linux Review  Phoronix

For those wondering the difference using the aging ACPI CPUFreq driver or the newer AMD P-State CPU frequency scaling drivers make for modern Ryzen 7000 "Zen 4" desktops, here are some CPUFreq/P-State driver tests using the Ryzen 9 7950X as well as testing the various governor options and looking at the impact on the CPU power consumption, peak frequency, and thermals too.

Install Terminator Terminal emulator in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS  Linux Shout

Ghostwriter is a Spookily Good Distraction Free Writing App for Linux  OMG! Ubuntu!

Libva 2.16.0 Update Improves Intel VA-API Graphics Library, Benefits Arc GPUs on Linux  Wccftech