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Explore the night sky with this open source astronomy app

opensource.com - Sat, 01/02/2021 - 16:00

I have always been fascinated with the night sky. When I was younger, the only reference materials available were books, and they seemed to depict a sky that looked different from the one I saw from my home.


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Valve's Steam Data For December Points To A Huge Dip For Linux Gaming Marketshare

Phoronix - Sat, 01/02/2021 - 10:36
Valve just published their Steam Survey numbers for December 2020 and it's a huge letdown for Linux gamers if the numbers are indeed accurate...

Linux 5.11 Gets New Framework To Help Avoid Burning Your Skin On Hot Devices

Phoronix - Sat, 01/02/2021 - 05:00
While the Linux 5.11 merge window has been over for one week where new features are normally added, a power management pull request sent in today for mainline is adding some tardy features including the Dynamic Thermal Power Management (DTPM) framework that in part is designed to help ensure users don't burn themselves with hot devices...

OpenMandriva Lx 4.2 RC Released With Linux 5.10, Completed AArch64 Port

Phoronix - Sat, 01/02/2021 - 03:02
OpenMandriva Lx 4.1 was released last February while now we are closing in on the release of OpenMandriva Lx 4.2 for that Mandriva/Mandrake-derived Linux distribution...

The Linux Kernel Made Terrific Strides In 2020

Phoronix - Sat, 01/02/2021 - 01:26
The Linux kernel in 2020 saw lots of new features added and other functionality improved while continuing to generally keep pace with punctual new hardware support...

KDE In 2021 Should See Production-Ready Plasma Wayland, Other Improvements

Phoronix - Sat, 01/02/2021 - 00:24
KDE developer Nate Graham who has made a lot of contributions to KDE in recent years and is well known for his weekly KDE development summaries has published a 2021 roadmap for the year...

Some Linux/Open-Source Letdowns Last For Years

Phoronix - Fri, 01/01/2021 - 22:47
New Year's Eve two years ago I wrote about the open-source / Linux letdowns of 2018. It was well received at the time and sparked some interesting discussions so as we celebrate the start of 2021 I figured it would be interesting to look back and see which of those letdowns were since resolved and what ones are remaining...

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