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Parallels Desktop 20.2 adds support for virtualizing x86 Windows and Linux systems for Macs with Apple Silicon processors  Mezha.Media

It's been over four years now that the GNOME Mutter pull request has been open for introducing dynamic triple/double buffering support. It's still not clear that it will be ready for merging with GNOME 48 due out in March but at least the patches have been updated to work with the latest upstream Mutter code...

Discord screen-sharing with audio on Linux Wayland is officially here  GamingOnLinux

Linux 6.14 To Bring An Important Improvement For AMD Preferred Core  Phoronix

Being merged back in the Linux 6.9 kernel was AMD Preferred Core support within the amd_pstate driver for being able to communicate the "preferred" cores to the kernel for those that are able to reach a higher maximum frequency or otherwise be preferred over other CPU cores. For the upcoming Linux 6.14 merge window, an important set of patches are queued up for better positioning this Preferred Core handling...

Linux has supported KVM virtualization with RISC-V for several years while now patches are pending to introduce Xen hypervisor support for this CPU architecture for RISC-V guests...

Xen Hypervisor Support Being Worked On For RISC-V  Phoronix

Libvirt 11.0 was christened today as the newest version of this open-source Virtualization API for managing VMs on Linux and other platforms while supporting KVM, QEMU, Xen, VMware ESX, LXC, Bhyve, and other hypervisors...

libvirt 11.0 Released For Open-Source Virtualization API  Phoronix

Flatpak 1.16 Released With Better Wayland Experience and USB Device Support  It's FOSS News

Linux Rsync File Transfer Tool Vulnerability Let Attackers Execute Arbitrary Code  CybersecurityNews

Jan 14th Steam Beta fixes Linux issues, a Steam Deck WiFi crash, View In Library added to Downloads page  GamingOnLinux

Linux Mint 22.1 ISOs approved, here's how to download it now  Neowin

LACT Linux GPU Control Panel Adds Support For Intel Graphics  Phoronix

In development for several years has been LACT as a Linux GPU Control Application to allow adjusting various GPU/driver settings via a convenient graphical application. AMD and NVIDIA graphics have been supported to date while now Intel graphics are also supported with the brand new LACT 0.7...

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a term that’s been buzzing around for a while now, from self-driving cars to voice assistants

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6 Exciting Features in Linux Mint 22.1 'Xia' Release  It's FOSS News

Intel "Performance Tips" Published For Optimal Linux Graphics  Phoronix

Added today to the Mesa documentation for the open-source Intel OpenGL/Vulkan drivers used on Linux systems is a set of "performance tips" for ensuring an optimal Intel Linux graphics 3D accelerated experience...

Rsync 3.4 is out today for this widely-used utility for incrementally transferring and synchronizing files between systems. Rsync is widely-used especially for backing up Linux servers in an incremental manner and unfortunately this v3.4 release isn't some cheery news...