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The 9 Best KDE-Based Distros for Avid Linux Users  MUO - MakeUseOf

Linux Now Faster Than Windows 11 For Intel Core i9 12900K "Alder Lake" With Latest Kernel  Phoronix

Back in November when Intel's 12th Gen Core "Alder Lake" processors first launched I ran benchmarks across operating systems and found Windows 11 delivering better performance than Linux with the Core i9 12900K flagship processor. Fortunately, thanks to kernel improvements since Linux 5.16, that is largely no longer the case. Here is a fresh look at the i9-12900K performance under Ubuntu 22.04 daily with Linux 5.16 and 5.17-rc3 kernels tested as well and Clear Linux for Intel's very own reference Linux platform.

How to Install VLC Media Player on Linux  MUO - MakeUseOf

What is Valve Proton? The Steam Deck's live-or-die Linux software, explained  PC World New Zealand

‘Bruschetta’ may bring your favorite flavor of Linux into Chrome OS  9to5Google

What is Valve Proton? The Steam Deck's live-or-die Linux software, explained  Good Gear Guide

5 Distributions Of Linux To Consider For Your Server  Linux Journal

Peppermint Linux has lost some of its sweetness  TechRepublic

Linux Software Market To Witness Excellent Growth | Amazon, Novell, Facebook – Talking Democrat  Talking Democrat

What is Valve Proton? The Steam Deck's live-or-die Linux software, explained  PCWorld

AMD just announced that it has received approval from all necessary regulators to proceed with its acquisition of Xilinx...

Linux 5.18 is looking to be another very busy kernel cycle for Intel as in addition to Alder Lake N graphics, the Intel Hardware Feedback Interface (HFI), and integrating Software Defined Silicon (SDSi), Intel's PECI kernel code is finally being mainlined...

Linux malware attacks are on the rise, and businesses aren't ready for it  ZDNet

Overnight AMD quietly released ROCm 5.0 for improving the Radeon Open eCosystem. Most exciting with ROCm 5.0 is having some level of Navi 2x / RDNA2 GPU support!..

Hitting the LLVM 15.0 development tree this morning are the initial patches for China's LoongArch CPU architecture...

The Radeon Software for Linux packaged enterprise driver is preparing for its Q1'2022 update...

DirectFB2 is in development with work on it having started last year after the original DirectFB project ceased development a half-decade ago. While more embedded/mobile platforms have moved on from DirectFB and now targeting Wayland, DirectFB2 hopes to restore its viability for embedded systems...

DirectFB2 Is Modernizing DirectFB With Meson, Modularizing The Sources  Phoronix

Released in early 1988, Perl is a postmodern programming language often considered a scripting language, but it is also capable of object-oriented programming. It is a mature language with tens of thousands of libraries, GUI frameworks, a spin-off language called Raku, and an active and passionate community. Its developers pride themselves on its flexibility: According to its creator Larry Wall, Perl doesn't enforce any particular programming style on its users, and there's more than one way to accomplish most things.

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