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Webmin 2.0 Released For Open-Source Web-Based Server Management/Administration

Phoronix - Tue, 08/23/2022 - 21:00
Webmin as a popular, open-source web-based server administration/management software package that is a popular alternative to the likes of cPanel and Plesk is out with its big "v2.0" release...

Imagination PowerVR Rogue DRM Linux Kernel Driver Out For Review

Phoronix - Tue, 08/23/2022 - 17:58
Earlier this year was the surprise announcement of Imagination publishing an open-source PowerVR Vulkan driver for Mesa. That driver has since been mainlined in Mesa and the Imagination developers continue working on improving their Vulkan API coverage. Simultaneously they have been working on a proper, upstream-friendly open-source DRM/KMS kernel driver and that code now is far enough along that it's been sent out for initial review...

Sound Open Firmware 2.2.1 Released With Preparations For Intel Raptor Lake

Phoronix - Tue, 08/23/2022 - 17:45
Sound Open Fimware is already four years old as what started out as Intel pushing for more open firmware around audio DSPs. Since then we've seen Mediatek begin to support "SOF" as well as some AMD hardware supporting Sound Open Firmwar. Out today is SOF 2.2.1 as the latest from this open-source project under the Linux Foundation umbrella...

Firefox 104 Now Available With Minor Improvements

Phoronix - Tue, 08/23/2022 - 17:26
Mozilla is ready to ship Firefox 104.0 this morning as the latest incremental improvement to this open-source, cross-platform web browser...

Dell Now Preloading Ubuntu 22.04 LTS On New XPS 13 Plus Developer Edition

Phoronix - Tue, 08/23/2022 - 17:09
Last month Dell announced their new Alder Lake powered XPS 13 Plus Developer Edition laptop was certified by Canonical for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. At the time though it was still shipping to customers with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS while now Dell has moved to preloading Ubuntu 22.04 LTS directly from the factory...

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