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With Linux 5.12 Set To Boot On The Nintendo 64, The N64 Controller Driver Is Now Queued

Phoronix - Tue, 01/26/2021 - 20:45
A few days ago we wrote about Linux 5.12 to see support for the Nintendo 64 more than two decades after that MIPS-based video game console first shipped. While the practicality of Linux on the Nintendo 64 is particularly limited given only 4~8MB of RAM and the MIPS64 NEC VR4300 clocked under 100MHz, it's going upstream and now the N64 controller driver is also queued for this next kernel cycle...

Linux Says Farewell To Intel's Smartphone Attempts With Clearing Out Moorestown / Medfield

Phoronix - Tue, 01/26/2021 - 19:30
Not only are some old ARM platforms and some obsolete, obscure CPU architectures on the chopping block for some spring cleaning in the Linux kernel, but the Intel Moorestown and Medfield "Mobile Internet Device" platforms are being phased out from the Linux kernel this spring as well...

Mozilla Firefox 85.0 Now Available As First 2021 Release

Phoronix - Tue, 01/26/2021 - 16:28
Mozilla Firefox 85.0 is available today as the open-source web browser's first major release of the year...

Use your Raspberry Pi as a productivity powerhouse

opensource.com - Tue, 01/26/2021 - 16:02

In prior years, this annual series covered individual apps. This year, we are looking at all-in-one solutions in addition to strategies to help in 2021. Welcome to day 16 of 21 Days of Productivity in 2021.

The Raspberry Pi is a pretty amazing little computer—small, surprisingly powerful, and very easy to set up and use. I have used them for home automation projects, dashboards, and a dedicated media player. But can it be a productivity powerhouse as well?

The answer is, quite simply, yes.


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Automate setup and delivery for virtual machines in the cloud

opensource.com - Tue, 01/26/2021 - 16:01

If you're a developer or hobbyist using a Fedora qcow2 image for the cloud, you always have to do a bunch of initial configuration before an image is ready to use. I know this all too well, and I was eager to find a way to make the setup process simpler. As it happens, the entire Fedora quality assurance team feels the same way, so we developed Testcloud.


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Write GIMP scripts to make image processing faster

opensource.com - Tue, 01/26/2021 - 16:00

Some time ago, I wanted to give a blackboard-style look to a typeset equation. I started playing around with the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) and was satisfied with the result. The problem was that I had to perform several actions on the image, I wanted to use this style again, and I did not want to repeat the steps for all the images. Besides, I was sure that I would forget them in no time.


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