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PipeWire 0.3.44 Released With Latency Improvements, Minimal PW Server Support  Phoronix

As of yesterday Intel's contributed Programmable Services Engine "PSE" support has been merged into mainline Coreboot for supporting this Arm-based dedicated offload engine found within select Intel processors...

Meet The Incredible $15 Linux PC  Forbes

Meet The Incredible $15 Linux Computer  Forbes

One of Microsoft's Linux/open-source surprises for 2021 was publishing of CBL-Mariner as their internal Linux distribution used for a variety of purposes at the company. Microsoft has kept to updating CBL-Mariner publicly on a monthly basis and continuing to make it easier to test out and enhance its usefulness. Last night they published their January 2022 build of Microsoft's Linux operating system...

Microsoft's CBL-Mariner Linux Distribution Adds Intel SGX Support, Updated Packages  Phoronix

1. Master The Language Of Linux With This Programming Certification Bundle  Black Enterprise
2. Linux Foundation Certified 50% More IT Professionals in 2021, Helping to Address Industry-Wide Talent Shortage  PRNewswire
3. Linux Foundation launches Open Source Software Development, Linux, and Git certification  ZDNet
4. The Linux Foundation makes record progress in addressing talent shortages  IT Brief New Zealand
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Master The Language Of Linux With This Programming Certification Bundle  Black Enterprise

Master The Language Of Linux With This Programming Certification Bundle  Black Enterprise

The DirectFB library had been a popular option for embedded systems in running off the Linux frame-buffer to avoid the full overhead of an X11 server. But a number of years ago DirectFB disappeared and ultimately stopped being maintained. Meanwhile Wayland has been making lots of inroads into mobile/embedded and areas once popular for DirectFB use. But now it turns out DirectFB2 is in development as a fork of the original DirectFB...

Vu Premium TV 32-inch with Bezel-Less Design, Linux OS Launched in India: Price, Specifications  MySmartPrice

Higher education institutions are actively looking for ways to adapt to rapidly improving technology and enable students to use advances in computing to study, collaborate, and learn in new ways. Many institutions have been using open source software to exchange knowledge more easily, ensure a better learning experience, and handle administration with fewer worries.

Demand for open source software in higher education is drastically increasing especially as the need for remote learning grows.

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I’ve had many conversations recently that have me looking at a crucial question that impacts neurodivergent corporate employees and their managers: how do we understand, encourage, measure, nurture, and assess the career development of neurodivergent people? Development opportunities, and how managers assess performance, are critical aspects of career growth, financial compensation, morale, feelings of self worth, happiness, employee retention, and the ability of individuals and companies to achieve their goals.

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In addition to this week seeing Raptor Lake S support added for Mesa 22.0, the Alder Lake N additions have also been merged for this quarter's Mesa update...

Kedro, A Python Machine Learning Pipeline Framework Developed By McKinsey, Has Been Donated To The Linux Foundation  MarkTechPost

Linux version of LockBit ransomware targets VMware ESXi servers  BleepingComputer

Archinstall as the quick and easy-to-use installer for the Arch Linux distribution is out with a new point release delivering a few worthwhile enhancements to the text-based OS installer...

Archinstall 2.3.1 Released With PipeWire App Profile Added, Btrfs Install Improvements  Phoronix

5 Reasons Why Linux Distros Create Their Own Desktop Environments  MUO - MakeUseOf

The Linux Foundation makes record progress in addressing talent shortages  IT Brief Australia