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Linux Operating System Market 2022 Development Status – Arch Linux, Linux Mint, Fedora Linux – This Is Ardee  This Is Ardee

How to sync time on Linux servers with Chrony  Dmartpreneur

How to sync time on Linux servers with Chrony  TechRepublic

While the cutoff of new feature work to queue in DRM-Next for the next kernel cycle usually ends around the "-rc6" time of the current cycle, AMD has submitted a few last minute items for Linux 5.20 ahead of its merge window opening next week...

OS-Climate Unleashes Power of Open Source to Develop Data and Tools Required to Meet the Paris Climate Goals  PR Newswire

Hobo Cat Adventures features dark humour and souls-like combat - now on Linux  GamingOnLinux

Hobo Cat Adventures features dark humour and souls-like combat - now on Linux  GamingOnLinux

Fedora ditches 'No Rights Reserved' software over patent concerns  BleepingComputer

VRChat adds Easy Anti-Cheat, community not happy but Linux and Steam Deck work fine  GamingOnLinux

Mesa 22.2 is about to be branched and enter its feature freeze while fortunately expanded Intel Arc Graphics DG2/Alchemist support has made it in time! Remaining DG2/Alchemist PCI IDs are now enabled for Mesa 22.2 and intended to function with Linux 5.20+ for Intel's forthcoming desktop graphics cards...

Increased Use Of Windows BitLocker Is Causing Headaches For Linux Dual Booting  Phoronix

Increase use of Windows BitLocker for full-disk encryption on Windows 10 and Windows 11 is causing more challenges by Linux distributions for supporting convenient dual boot functionality for those wishing to keep both Windows and Linux on the same systems...

In addition to new kernel code and updated firmware fixing a power management issue for Xeon Scalable "Sapphire Rapids" where C1 and C1E power states were mutually exclusive, another important Sapphire Rapids power management improvement is on the way with the upcoming Linux 5.20 kernel cycle...

New Debian GNU/Linux 11 “Bullseye” Kernel Security Update Fixes 9 Vulnerabilities  9to5Linux

Pop!_OS 22.04 Linux Distro is Finally Adding Raspberry Pi 4 Support  It's FOSS News

While AMD and Intel are busy with big graphics driver changes for each new version of the Linux kernel, the open-source NVIDIA "Novueau" kernel driver that is largely just worked on by Red Hat employees is just stumbling along. NVIDIA in May announced they are transitioning to an open-source kernel driver approach, but that current kernel driver is not in shape for upstreaming and due to the heavy use of the GPU System Processor (GSP) that source release hasn't been a huge help yet for the reverse-engineered Nouveau driver. With the upcoming Linux 5.20, Nouveau has some display patches...

Open-Source NVIDIA "Nouveau" Driver Refactors Some Display Code For Linux 5.20  Phoronix

LLVM 15.0 and its sub-projects like the Clang compiler are now under a feature freeze and branched from the main code-base ahead of the stable 15.0 release in September...

6 Tips and Tools to Enhance Your Flatpak Experience in Linux  It's FOSS

6 Tips and Tools to Enhance Your Flatpak Experience in Linux  It's FOSS