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The AMD HSMP kernel driver is currently under review for possible inclusion into the Linux 5.18 cycle. HSMP in this context is the Host System Management Port...

Linux Software Market 2021 Report Forecast the Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Business and future opportunity | Google, Twitter, Facebook, Amazon – ZNews Africa  ZNews Africa

We are now one step closer to the long overdue GIMP 3.0 release as the GTK3, much improved version of this open-source alternative to the likes of Adobe Photoshop...

GIMP 2.99.10 Released As "A Pretty Massive Step" Toward GIMP 3.0  Phoronix

It was just with Linux 5.17 that its RISC-V code adds "sv48" support for being able to handle more system memory by offering 48-bit virtual address space support. Now for Linux 5.17 there is "sv57" support prepared for 57-bit virtual address space support with five level page table handling...

Install Brave Browser on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy JellyFish  Linux Shout

The Fedora Silverblue and Fedora Kinoite immutable OS spins of Fedora Linux are looking at mounting /sysroot read-only by default for where the operating system assets are stored...

Intel on Wednesday sent in another batch of i915 kernel graphics driver updates to DRM-Next for queuing ahead of next month's Linux 5.18 merge window...

In addition to performance improvements for Linux's RNG code, Jason Donenfeld has also been working on security improvements around the kernel's random number generator code in the context of virtual machines. New patches he has been working on aim to address the issue of potentially having the same stream of random numbers when forking/cloning a VM...

Is Intel about to make a significant Linux move?  TechRadar

How Valve’s Long-Standing Embrace of Linux Is Helping Games Run Better  VICE

If you've ever done remote support professionally or out of familial obligation, then you've been on a call where solving problems are only secondary to the impossible task of visualizing what's actually on your user's screen. How many times have you described complex desktop tasks only to later realize that your user hasn't even turned their computer on yet? Support is important, but the frustration is real, and it's a shared experience for both the people in need of support and the people who graciously try to provide it.

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Global Linux Operating System Market Sharing Growth,Estimates, Size, Status and Forecast 2022-2025 – ZNews Africa  ZNews Africa

Canonical this afternoon published Ubuntu 20.04.4 as the newest point release to their current Long Term Support (LTS) series...

Exposing malware in Linux-based multi-cloud environments  SC Media

Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS Released with Linux Kernel 5.13 and Mesa 21.2 from Ubuntu 21.10  9to5Linux

eBPF for sandboxed programs running in the kernel have shown to be very useful beyond the original BPF origins in the networking subsystem to also be very practical for other security, tracing, and other general use-cases for an in-kernel JIT virtual machine. Red Hat has sent out initial patches extending eBPF for making use of it within the HID subsystem for input devices...

Last month Intel released SVT-AV1 0.9 as a big step-up for this open-source AV1 encoder with delivering even better performance and also adding new preset options for much higher performance capabilities. Out today is SVT-AV1 0.9.1 with some incremental improvements over the January version...

NetworkManager 1.36 is now available for this widely-used software for managing Linux wired and wireless network connections...

How To Search For a File In Linux  groovyPost