Open-source News

Improved Thermal/Power Management For Intel "Titan Ridge" Thunderbolt Coming To Linux  Phoronix

Last year there was some work for getting Gallium3D Zink working on macOS for this OpenGL-on-Vulkan implementation to in turn run it atop the MoltenVK library for translating the Vulkan calls to Apple's Metal graphics/compute API. That work fell into disrepair but now the fixed up code for allowing Zink to build on Apple's operating system has been merged into Mesa 22.0...

As part of our various year-end articles, here is a look back at the most popular AMD Linux/open-source news of the year with the many milestones they achieved in ramping up their support both for desktop/mobile and server hardware and continued successes when it comes to their open-source Radeon graphics driver stack...

How to Switch from CentOS 8 to Rocky Linux 8.4  Security Boulevard

The Most Exciting AMD Linux / Open-Source News Of 2021  Phoronix

This year, Opensource.com ran several great articles focusing on open source in business. These articles show the power of open source in business as tools, platforms, or integration points. Let's review some of the top open source business stories from 2021:

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The MSM Direct Rendering Manager driver providing the open-source kernel display/graphics support for Qualcomm Adreno hardware has ready its batch of changes for DRM-Next to appear in Linux 5.17...

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LXD is described as the next-generation container and virtual machine manager that offers an immersive for Linux systems running inside containers or as virtual machines. It provides images for an inordinate number of Linux

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OS and Memory Impact on Mini PC Gaming Performance  CNX Software

With Linux 5.16, AMD Ryzen APUs get a free performance boost of up to 28 percent  BollyInside

Maui Shell is a convergent shell for Linux on desktops, phones, and tablets – OSnews  OS News

Intel open-source engineers have prepared "PFRUT" support for Platform Firmware Runtime Updates for allowing (U)EFI capsule updates to be performed on capable systems without rebooting the system in order to eliminate downtime...

Intel Readies "PFRUT" For Linux 5.17 To Allow Updating System Firmware Without Rebooting  Phoronix

Queued into the sound subsystem's "for-next" branch ahead of the Linux 5.17 cycle are some Alder Lake audio updates...

Linux Fu: Don't Share Well With Others  Hackaday

3 Ways to Install Docker Engine on Linux Mint  Linux Shout

3 Ways to Install Docker Engine on Linux Mint  H2S Media

Check for Log4j vulnerabilities with this simple-to-use script  TechRepublic

As we hit the end of 2021 for those wondering about the X.Org vs. (X)Wayland gaming performance difference for both GNOME Shell and KDE Plasma, here are some fresh benchmarks using the latest open-source Radeon graphics driver stack and desktops on Ubuntu 21.10.

What Is the i3 Tiling Window Manager, and How Do You Use It on Linux?  How-To Geek