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Linux 5.10 To Play Nicely With The Matias Wireless Aluminum Keyboard

Phoronix - Sun, 10/18/2020 - 16:20
The Matias Wireless Aluminum Keyboard is an Apple-esque keyboard that will be working nicely on Linux 5.10 when it comes to its extra functionality...

When the best ideas win, do we recognize everyone who shaped them?

opensource.com - Sun, 10/18/2020 - 15:00

We've said that open organizations are places where the best ideas win. But what are "the best" ideas, and where do they actually come from? And how do our answers to these questions shape how we reward contribution in an open organization?


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Linux 5.9.1 + 6 Other Stable Kernels Out For Addressing "Bleeding Tooth" Vulnerability

Phoronix - Sun, 10/18/2020 - 12:45
One week past the Linux 5.9 official debut, Linux 5.9.1 is now available. Making this initial point release a bit more noteworthy is including the fixes for the "Bleeding Tooth" Bluetooth vulnerability made public this week...

New NTFS Linux Driver Spun A Ninth Time, Still Under Review

Phoronix - Sun, 10/18/2020 - 12:03
Back in August was the surprise that Paragon Software is looking to mainline their NTFS read-write driver in the mainline Linux kernel after years of offering it as a commercial driver for those needing reliable support for this Microsoft file-system on Linux. Two months later they are now up to their ninth revision of this driver in their pursuit of mainline inclusion...

Ingenic X2000/X2000E MIPS IoT Processor Supported By Linux 5.10

Phoronix - Sun, 10/18/2020 - 08:28
The Linux 5.10 kernel is bringing support for new MIPS-based Ingenic SoCs...

OpenBLAS 0.3.11 Brings Many Changes From Zen 3 To POWER10 Support

Phoronix - Sun, 10/18/2020 - 06:20
OpenBLAS 0.3.11 is out as the newest major feature release for this BLAS linear algebra library. While the version number may not make it seem like a big update, it is especially when it comes to new CPU support...

NVIDIA Doesn't Expect To Have Linux 5.9 Driver Support For Another Month

Phoronix - Sun, 10/18/2020 - 02:39
While NVIDIA is usually quite timely in supporting new versions of the Linux kernel and aim to have out a driver by the end of the release candidates for new series, in the case of the recently minted Linux 5.9 kernel it's taking a lot longer...

More KDE Wayland Fixes Heading Into Plasma 5.20.1

Phoronix - Sat, 10/17/2020 - 22:52
This week marked the release of Plasma 5.20 while KDE developers continue working towards not only Plasma 5.21 as the next desktop feature release but also providing fixes for next month's Plasma 5.20.1 release and the growing collection of KDE applications...

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