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Linux 5.16 Graphics Drivers: Alder Lake S Is Stable, Initial DG2, AMD DP 2.0 + USB4

Phoronix - Wed, 11/03/2021 - 19:00
All of the DRM (Direct Rendering Manager) kernel graphics/display driver updates were submitted and already merged for the very exciting Linux 5.16 kernel cycle. There is a lot of good stuff this round especially when it comes to the open-source Intel and AMD Radeon drivers...

Steam Beta Adds VA-API Acceleration For Remote Play

Phoronix - Wed, 11/03/2021 - 18:07
For those enjoying Steam Remote Play in-home streaming functionality, the latest Steam client beta now supports making use of the Video Acceleration API for encoding...

More ASRock & ASUS Motherboards Will Have Working Sensors With Linux 5.16

Phoronix - Wed, 11/03/2021 - 17:33
The hardware monitoring "HWMON" subsystem updates have landed in the Linux 5.16 kernel and with this comes sensor support for some additional ASRock and ASUS motherboards...

Intel DG2/Alchemist Soon To See Big Performance Boost With Mesa Optimizations

Phoronix - Wed, 11/03/2021 - 16:56
A set of patches were posted this past week by Intel open-source driver engineer Francisco Jerez with pixel pipeline optimizations that help all DG2/Alchemist platforms with double digit percentage improvements...

EROFS With LZMA/MicroLZMA, XFS Footprint Improvements Sent In For Linux 5.16

Phoronix - Wed, 11/03/2021 - 16:46
Along with the Btrfs updates, other Linux file-systems have also been sending in their improvements destined for the Linux 5.16 kernel...

Turn any website into a Linux desktop app with open source tools

opensource.com - Wed, 11/03/2021 - 15:01

Mastodon is a great open source, decentralised social network. I use Mastodon every day, and it's probably most common to use Mastodon through its web interface (although being open source, there are many different ways to interact with it, including terminal-based applications and mobile apps), but I prefer dedicated application windows.


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4 tips to becoming a technical writer with open source contributions

opensource.com - Wed, 11/03/2021 - 15:00

Whether you’re a tech hobbyist interested in dabbling in technical writing or an established technologist looking to pivot your career to become a professional technical writer, you can build your technical writing portfolio with open source contributions. Writing for open source projects is fun, flexible, and low risk. Contribute to a project of interest to you on your own schedule, and you might be surprised at how welcoming the community can be or how fast you can make an impact.


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Terminator – A Terminal Emulator to Manage Multiple Terminal Windows on Linux

Tecmint - Wed, 11/03/2021 - 14:50
The post Terminator – A Terminal Emulator to Manage Multiple Terminal Windows on Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Terminator is a Linux terminal emulator, which is released under General Public License and is available for GNU/Linux operating systems. The application program lets you use multiple splitted and resized terminals, all at once

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Guake – A Drop-Down Linux Terminal for Gnome Desktops

Tecmint - Wed, 11/03/2021 - 14:00
The post Guake – A Drop-Down Linux Terminal for Gnome Desktops first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Linux command line is the best and most powerful thing that fascinates a new user and provides extreme power to experienced users and geeks. Those who work on Server and Production, are already aware

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A Number Of System76 Laptop Coreboot Ports Reach Mainline

Phoronix - Wed, 11/03/2021 - 12:00
A number of System76 laptops saw their Coreboot open-source firmware ports merged to the mainline code-base today...

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