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ProtonUp-Qt v2.7.7 adds support for NorthstarProton to play modded ...  GamingOnLinux

How to Install Kali Linux on Windows  MUO - MakeUseOf

Bots Are Stupid is an ultra-precise programming-platformer  GamingOnLinux

Now that the merge window for Linux 6.2 is over, here is a look at all the prominent features on deck for the Linux 6.2 kernel that will be released as stable in about eight weeks.

Ubuntu Touch 20.04 release candidate is now available for select smartphones and tablets  Liliputing

Get a copy of Worms Revolution Gold Edition free during the GOG ...  GamingOnLinux

The Restartable Sequences "RSEQ" system call merged a few years ago into the Linux kernel and is now used by the GNU C Library and friends for faster user-space operations on per-CPU data. Now coming next year with Linux 6.3 is set to be some notable additions to the RSEQ support...

Restartable Sequences "RSEQ" Additions Expected For Linux 6.3  Phoronix

Linux 6.2 Features: Stable Intel Arc Graphics. RTX 30 Support, Intel ...  Phoronix

Intel engineer Huang Ying sent out a set of patches today to implement batch TLB flushing for page migration within the migrate_pages() function and is showing very promising results...

Intel Prepares Linux Batch TLB Flushing For Page Migration As A Big Performance Win  Phoronix

How to Install Ubuntu Touch on Your Mobile Phone  MUO - MakeUseOf

Kubernetes for Windows  thenewstack.io

For a long while there has been requests for having a dark mode version of Phoronix.com available for reading content that matches your system's dark theme. The lightened work around Christmas and the holidays finally allowed for me to tackle that sought after feature with CSS dark mode integration...

Intel engineers had submitted support for Linear Address Masking (LAM) with the recently-closed Linux 6.2 merge window but it was rejected by Linus Torvalds. In working toward re-submitted it for the v6.3 cycle or later, an updated Linux LAM patch series was posted today...

Intel LAM Patches Updated After Its Rejection From Linux 6.2  Phoronix

Ahead of the early February planned debut of the LibreOffice 7.5 open-source office suite, the release candidate was made available today for testing...

Intel's Clear Linux Helping AMD EPYC Genoa Hit New Performance ...  Phoronix

Similar to the great results of Intel's performance-optimized Clear Linux on the Ryzen 9 7950X, making use of Clear Linux on the new 4th Gen EPYC "Genoa" processors also helps in maximizing performance for these AVX-512 server processors. Here are some initial benchmarks.

Rick & Morty Window Closing Effect for Linux  OMG! Ubuntu!