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How to screen share with the Linux KDE Plasma Desktop

opensource.com - Fri, 02/25/2022 - 16:00

If you've ever done remote support professionally or out of familial obligation, then you've been on a call where solving problems are only secondary to the impossible task of visualizing what's actually on your user's screen. How many times have you described complex desktop tasks only to later realize that your user hasn't even turned their computer on yet? Support is important, but the frustration is real, and it's a shared experience for both the people in need of support and the people who graciously try to provide it.


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Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS Released With Hardware Enablement Stack From Ubuntu 21.10

Phoronix - Fri, 02/25/2022 - 07:30
Canonical this afternoon published Ubuntu 20.04.4 as the newest point release to their current Long Term Support (LTS) series...

Red Hat Eyeing Innovative eBPF Uses For Linux's HID Subsystem

Phoronix - Fri, 02/25/2022 - 04:14
eBPF for sandboxed programs running in the kernel have shown to be very useful beyond the original BPF origins in the networking subsystem to also be very practical for other security, tracing, and other general use-cases for an in-kernel JIT virtual machine. Red Hat has sent out initial patches extending eBPF for making use of it within the HID subsystem for input devices...

Intel's SVT-AV1 0.9.1 Speedy AV1 Encoder Adds New SSE Kernels To Help Old CPUs

Phoronix - Fri, 02/25/2022 - 03:25
Last month Intel released SVT-AV1 0.9 as a big step-up for this open-source AV1 encoder with delivering even better performance and also adding new preset options for much higher performance capabilities. Out today is SVT-AV1 0.9.1 with some incremental improvements over the January version...

NetworkManager 1.36 Released With 5G NR Modem Support, Other Improvements

Phoronix - Fri, 02/25/2022 - 02:40
NetworkManager 1.36 is now available for this widely-used software for managing Linux wired and wireless network connections...

Mir 2.7 Released With MirOil For Helping To Migrate Lomiri / Unity 8

Phoronix - Thu, 02/24/2022 - 22:26
Canonical this morning released Mir 2.7 as the newest version of its display stack that is centered around easing Wayland usage for various use-cases...

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