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The tech pro's guide to Linux Mint  TechRepublic

Linux 5.16 Introducing Ability For A Driver To Probe Hardware While Powered Off  Phoronix

Last week saw the main set of ACPI and power management changes for Linux 5.16 while merged on Wednesday were a secondary set of updates. Notable on the ACPI side are some changes in preparing for allowing Linux drivers to "probe" hardware while being powered off...

The Linux command line can be the home of power users and sysadmins. However, Linux is more than just a lot of hard work. Linux was developed by fun-loving people who created an array of comical commands. Try playing around with these yourself when you want a smile.

Steam locomotive (sl)

For no reason whatsoever, you can cause a steam locomotive to zip across your terminal using the sl command. Install Steam Locomotive with your package manager. For example, on Fedora:

$ sudo dnf install sl

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A Terminal emulator is a computer program that reproduces a video terminal within some other display structure. In other words, the Terminal emulator has the ability to make a dumb machine appear like a

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The Mesa 21.3 development cycle continues dragging on due to blocker bugs affecting the Intel code, so instead it's another week with a new release candidate...

Linux On The Windows 11 Desktop  Hackaday

Linux-based Set Top Box Market Report by Size, Share, Production, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin: Global Forecast to 2021 – 2027 – LSMedia  LSMedia

Microsoft has released .NET 6 for Windows, Linux, and macOS  TheWindowsClub

Microsoft has released .NET 6 for Windows, Linux, and macOS  TWCN Tech News

Valve Steam Deck delay ruins Christmas for countless Linux gaming nerds  BetaNews

Coreboot 4.15 was tagged today as the latest advertised version of this open-source firmware implementation for systems. With this new version are 21 additional laptops and motherboards supported...

Chrome OS virtual keyboard gaining dark theme, Unicode 14 emoji, Linux apps support  9to5Google

Lilbits: CutiePi Linux tablet, NXP i.MX 93 chips, Twitter Blue, and YouTube's Dislike button  Liliputing

The Framework Laptop Is Great For A Linux-Friendly, Upgradeable/Modular Laptop  Phoronix

While many Linux users were excited years ago around EOMA68 and in part the possibility of an open, upgradeable laptop design, it has yet to ship and looking like it never will -- not to mention being very outdated specifications by today's standards. Entirely unrelated to that prior upgradeable hardware effort but continuing in similar goals is The Framework Laptop. The Framework Laptop is a thin, upgradeable notebook that is Linux-friendly and allows the user to easily upgrade their own components. I was testing The Framework Laptop for a while and from the hardware perspective is a very nice device and running well under Linux.

Over the past nearly two decades Google Summer of Code (GSoC) has been known as an initiative for getting students involved with open-source software development over the course of a summer while receiving a stipend/grant from Google. Beginning next year, GSoC will no longer be limited to students but open to all adults. Additionally, other changes are also coming...

Google Makes Some Major Changes To Summer of Code 2022 - No Longer Limited To Students  Phoronix

How to Change the Hostname in Linux  MakeUseOf

How to Change the Hostname in Linux  MUO - MakeUseOf