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That Didn't Take Long: KSMBD In-Kernel File Server Already Needs Important Security Fix

Phoronix - Mon, 09/20/2021 - 01:05
It was just a few weeks back that KSMBD was merged into Linux 5.15 while now it's seeing its first important security fix...

Linux 5.16 To Support Sensor Readings On More ASUS Motherboards

Phoronix - Sun, 09/19/2021 - 18:19
With a change to the nct6775 hardware monitoring sensor driver, more ASUS motherboards should enjoy working sensor support come Linux 5.16...

Jolla Releases Sailfish OS 4.2 For Continuing To Improve This Linux-Based Smartphone OS

Phoronix - Sun, 09/19/2021 - 17:53
Jolla this week released Sailfish OS 4.2 "Verla" as the newest version of this Linux-based smartphone operating system that continues to be made commercially available for various devices...

SDL Still Has A Number Of Issues To Address Before Defaulting To Wayland

Phoronix - Sun, 09/19/2021 - 17:45
The recently released SDL 2.0.16 brought much-improved Wayland support but it's still not quite good enough yet to have it be the default over the SDL X11 path. However, developers continue working in that direction to eventually use it by default...

5 best practices for using open source community leaderboards

opensource.com - Sun, 09/19/2021 - 15:00

It takes a community of people with varying skill sets and expertise to build open source software. Leaderboards have become a way for open source communities to track progress and showcase and celebrate top-performing contributors. If leaderboards are done right, they can increase participation, motivate contributors with gamification, and enhance the community. But leaderboards can also have adverse outcomes—including discouraging participation.


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Linux 5.15 Is Now Slightly Less Broken For The DEC Alpha "Jensen"

Phoronix - Sun, 09/19/2021 - 07:36
One has to wonder how much longer the Linux kernel will keep around some very old and known to be borked hardware support but at least for now the DECpc AXP 150 "Jensen" platform support is sticking around and with Linux 5.15 is no longer marked as "broken" outright...

DRM Driver Posted For AI Processing Unit - Initially Focused On Mediatek SoCs

Phoronix - Sun, 09/19/2021 - 01:12
BayLibre developer Alexandre Bailon has posted a "request for comments" of a new open-source Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) driver for AI Processing Unit (APU) functionality. Initially the driver is catering to Mediatek SoCs with an AI co-processor but this DRM "APU" driver could be adapted to other hardware too...

Apple M1 USB Type-C Linux Support Code Sent Out For Testing

Phoronix - Sat, 09/18/2021 - 21:05
The latest patches sent out for review/testing on the long mission for enabling Apple M1 support on Linux is the USB Type-C connectivity...

AMD + Valve Focusing On P-State / CPPC Driver With Schedutil For Better Linux Efficiency

Phoronix - Sat, 09/18/2021 - 19:26
As reported at the start of August, AMD and Valve have been working on Linux CPU performance/frequency scaling improvements with the Steam Deck being one of the leading motivators. As speculated at that time, their work would likely revolve around use of ACPI CPPC found with Zen 2 CPUs and newer. Published last week was that AMD P-State driver for Linux systems indeed now leveraging CPPC information. AMD formally presented this new driver yesterday at XDC2021...

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