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ASUS Platform Profile Support, Alder Lake PMC Support + More Land For Linux 5.15

Phoronix - Mon, 09/06/2021 - 17:51
The platform-drivers-x86 area of the kernel continues to be quite active with particularly offering better support for modern Intel/AMD laptops. With Linux 5.15 there is another big batch of improvements that landed at the end of last week...

Learn everything about computers with this Raspberry Pi kit

opensource.com - Mon, 09/06/2021 - 15:01

I like history, and I like computers, so I enjoy hearing stories about computing before computers were an everyday household appliance, much less a personal accessory. One tale I hear often is about how the computers of long ago (in computer years, anyway) were pleasantly basic. They were so basic, in fact, that it was relatively trivial for a curious user to figure out how to program one.


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Resize an image from the Linux terminal

opensource.com - Mon, 09/06/2021 - 15:00

ImageMagick is a handy multipurpose command-line tool for all your image needs. ImageMagick supports a variety of image types, including JPG photos and PNG graphics.


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Linux 5.15 Enabling "-Werror" By Default For All Kernel Builds

Phoronix - Mon, 09/06/2021 - 03:45
A change made by Linus Torvalds and merged today for Linux 5.15 is enabling the "-Weror" compiler flag by default for all kernel builds...

High Resolution Scrolling On Linux Progressing, Apple Magic Mouse Support In Linux 5.15

Phoronix - Sun, 09/05/2021 - 22:14
Being worked on for several years now on the Linux desktop has been high resolution scrolling including work for it around X Input, the libinput library used both by X.Org and Wayland systems, and the kernel driver side for the HID/input devices to support it. The latest user-space work is high resolution scroll wheel support within the next libinput release. Separately, with Linux 5.15 is now additionally support for high resolution scrolling with the Apple Magic Mouse...

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