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Using GNOME Screenshot Tool in Linux Like a Pro  It's FOSS

Back in late 2020 Intel's programming manuals detailed the Enhanced Hardware Feedback Interface for the CPU to provide guidance to the kernel's scheduler on optimal task placement of workloads. While marketed as Thread Director with the new 12th Gen Alder Lake processors, that hardware feedback interface support is getting squared away for the Linux kernel to improve the support for these newest processors...

Queued today within the Linux's random.git repository for the /dev/random and /dev/urandom code is support for using BLAKE2s rather than SHA1 when hashing the entropy pool. This in turn is a big performance speed-up in addition to being more secure...

Linux 5.17 To Replace SHA1 With BLAKE2s For Faster & More Secure "Random"  Phoronix

Fedora had another successful year and anecdotally enthusiasm around the Red Hat sponsored Linux distribution grew a lot this year among Linux power users. As has been the case for years, Fedora releases have been among the first to feature new Linux innovations from the desktop down the stack -- many of which have been spearheaded by Red Hat engineers. Helping its cause for the past several years is that they have managed to deliver releases on-time (or close to it) and haven't been like some of the past distant releases that were rather buggy and other headaches stemming from the constant flow of changes. Fedora 34 and Fedora 35 this year were great releases and continued pushing the distribution on an upward trajectory...

Fedora Had A Stellar 2021 & Continued Running At The Forefront Of Linux Innovations  Phoronix

How to Change Password on Linux PC  BollyInside

With a few lines of changed code updating some parameters, AMD Radeon graphics processors having the VCE video encoder block will be able to enjoy better performance...

How to Download and Play Minecraft on Chromebook  BollyInside

Intel Is Bringing A Feature Upgrade To Linux That Will Make Windows Users Jealous  Hot Hardware

How to back up and restore a website on Linux  TechRepublic

How to Install Microsoft Edge on a Chromebook  OnMSFT.com

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From start to finish: What can you do with a Linux server?  TechRepublic

Mesa's RADV Vulkan Driver Holds A Narrowing Lead Over AMDVLK With Ubuntu 21.10 On Wayland  Phoronix

AMD this week released AMDVLK 2021.Q4.3 as their last open-source Vulkan driver version of the year and with it came finally fixing the poor performance seen by that driver when running under Wayland such as with Ubuntu 21.04 and newer. Indeed, my tests have confirmed the AMDVLK performance now being in far better shape under Wayland, but is it enough to better compete now with Mesa's RADV alternative Vulkan driver? Here are fresh benchmarks.

How To Install Discourse on Debian 11 Bullseye server  Linux Shout

How To Install Discourse on Debian 11 Bullseye server  H2S Media

Ubuntu and parent company Canonical had another great year not only on the Linux desktop but continuing its commercial successes around the server, cloud, and IoT sectors too. Ubuntu 21.04 and 21.10 delivered new features across all fronts this year and developers are now busy preparing for the Ubuntu 22.04 LTS release next spring...

Ubuntu Had A Great Year In Switching To Wayland, Continued Commercial Success  Phoronix