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Linux 5.16 Graphics Performance In Great Shape For AMD Ryzen APUs  Phoronix

Back on Christmas Eve I noted how the Linux 5.16 performance was looking real good for AMD APUs as a performance improvement not widely noted to that point with significant uplift over Linux 5.15 stable. The good news is Linux 5.16 is set to debut as stable today and the benchmark results with AMD APU graphics is looking very promising after carrying out tests on additional available systems.

The 6 Best Spotify Alternatives for Linux You Should Try  MUO - MakeUseOf

Sunday's Question: Will Linux Make A Breakthrough In Gaming Thanks To Valve In 2022?  Tech Gaming Report

MGLRU Is A Very Enticing Enhancement For Linux In 2022  Phoronix

Sway 1.7 is up to its second release candidate for this popular i3-inspired Wayland lightweight compositor...

Among many other sound driver changes destined for the upcoming Linux 5.17 cycle, Cirrus Logic has contributed CS35L41 HD audio codec support in the form of a new sound driver, cs35l41_hda...

Going back a number of months Google engineers have been working to address the issue of the Linux kernel's page reclaim code being too expensive for which they devised the multi-generational LRU framework "MGLRU" and it continues being worked on with mainline ambitions...

While our testing has consistently shown how Clear Linux can deliver leading performance on Intel/AMD x86_64 platforms, one of the user criticisms to that distribution has been around the limited selection of packaged software especially on the desktop side. But the rather interesting Distrobox can help address that by leveraging Podman or Docker to run other Linux distribution user-space software packages atop...

Using Distrobox To Augment The Package Selection On Clear Linux, Other Distributions  Phoronix

How to install Octave on Ubuntu 22.04 | 20.04 LTS  Linux Shout

How to install Octave on Ubuntu 22.04 | 20.04 LTS  H2S Media

Automation just keeps improving the lives of everyone on the IT team. Ansible helps anyone who uses IT automation, whether for keeping files organized or configuring printers, or for anything else someone can imagine and build. These are some of the most notable use cases and experiences shared on Opensource.com in 2021.

If you are hearing about Ansible for the first time, or if you're a seasoned user, these articles will have something for you.

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The Top 8 Linux Distros That Have Adopted Flatpak  MUO - MakeUseOf

Linux 5.17 to release improvements & optimizations to Intel, AMD, & even Apple M1, offers AMD P-State capability  Wccftech

What may end up being one of the greatest Linux kernel features of 2022 is the recently published "Fast Kernel Headers" effort for cleaning up the kernel headers and dramatically speeding up Linux kernel builds both for absolute/clean and incremental builds. Fast Kernel Headers can cut the Linux kernel build time in half or greater and out this weekend are the v2 patches...

Fast Kernel Headers v2 Posted - Speeds Up Clang-Built Linux Kernel Build By ~88%  Phoronix

Scripted passwords are passwords exposed in PuTTY - Linux News  BollyInside

How to install Composer on Ubuntu 22.04 | 20.04 LTS  Linux Shout

How to install Composer on Ubuntu 22.04 | 20.04 LTS  H2S Media