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Master The Language Of Linux With This Programming Certification Bundle  Black Enterprise

The DirectFB library had been a popular option for embedded systems in running off the Linux frame-buffer to avoid the full overhead of an X11 server. But a number of years ago DirectFB disappeared and ultimately stopped being maintained. Meanwhile Wayland has been making lots of inroads into mobile/embedded and areas once popular for DirectFB use. But now it turns out DirectFB2 is in development as a fork of the original DirectFB...

Vu Premium TV 32-inch with Bezel-Less Design, Linux OS Launched in India: Price, Specifications  MySmartPrice

Higher education institutions are actively looking for ways to adapt to rapidly improving technology and enable students to use advances in computing to study, collaborate, and learn in new ways. Many institutions have been using open source software to exchange knowledge more easily, ensure a better learning experience, and handle administration with fewer worries.

Demand for open source software in higher education is drastically increasing especially as the need for remote learning grows.

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I’ve had many conversations recently that have me looking at a crucial question that impacts neurodivergent corporate employees and their managers: how do we understand, encourage, measure, nurture, and assess the career development of neurodivergent people? Development opportunities, and how managers assess performance, are critical aspects of career growth, financial compensation, morale, feelings of self worth, happiness, employee retention, and the ability of individuals and companies to achieve their goals.

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In addition to this week seeing Raptor Lake S support added for Mesa 22.0, the Alder Lake N additions have also been merged for this quarter's Mesa update...

Kedro, A Python Machine Learning Pipeline Framework Developed By McKinsey, Has Been Donated To The Linux Foundation  MarkTechPost

Linux version of LockBit ransomware targets VMware ESXi servers  BleepingComputer

Archinstall as the quick and easy-to-use installer for the Arch Linux distribution is out with a new point release delivering a few worthwhile enhancements to the text-based OS installer...

Archinstall 2.3.1 Released With PipeWire App Profile Added, Btrfs Install Improvements  Phoronix

5 Reasons Why Linux Distros Create Their Own Desktop Environments  MUO - MakeUseOf

The Linux Foundation makes record progress in addressing talent shortages  IT Brief Australia

Internet Hall of Famer Dr. Richard Stallman to give presentation to the Jeff.pro GNU+Linux User Group  PR Web

Serious Privilege Escalation Flaw in Linux Component Patched  Decipher

Internet Hall of Famer Dr. Richard Stallman to give presentation to the Jeff.pro GNU+Linux User Group - B  Benzinga

Intel's "i915" kernel graphics driver has been patched for a software issue that could lead to malicious user-space trigger DMAR read/write faults or worse is the possibility of user-space gaining access to random memory pages. Unfortunately, the security fix comes with performance implications...

Intel's Linux Graphics Driver Patched For New Security Issue But Can Impact Performance  Phoronix

Why must you use ./ to run your Ubuntu scripts? The meaning of Linux's dot slash explained.  TheServerSide.com

After slipping from the original shipping target of Q4 due to component shortages, Valve is making good on their Q1'2022 shipping plans for the Steam Deck...

With today's SDL2 Git, Wayland is now preferred over X.Org/X11 by default without having to set the SDL video driver environment variable...