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The monitor boom may have ended, says IDC  The Register

OpenBLAS as the popular, open-source BLAS (Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms) library implementation posted its newest release on Sunday...

Can You Use iMessage on Android, Windows, and Linux? Yes, Here’s How  Screen Rant

Test this new Linux kernel – but don’t forget Christmas or that you have a family, says Linus Torvalds  The Register

Linus Torvalds has released the sixth weekly release candidate of Linux 5.16 for testing this Christmas week...

Making a Sunday debut are the amd-pstate v6 patches as the latest iteration of this work for improving the AMD CPU frequency control behavior on Linux for more optimized power efficiency with modern Zen 2 / Zen 3 series (and future) processors...

12 Best Linux Distros for Everyday Use - Updated for 2022  Linux Shout

12 Best Linux Distros for Everyday Use - Updated for 2022  H2S Media

Thanks to the reverse-engineering, open-source community there has been mainline Linux driver support for select NZXT all-in-one water cooling solutions while for the upcoming Linux 5.17 kernel is another new NZXT driver for some of their other products...

Last year with Linux 5.10 FUSE added DAX support for use with VirtIO-FS. Like with DAX for other file-systems, enabling this direct access mode allows bypassing the page cache. For use-cases when running on persistent memory like devices or VirtIO, having this direct access to the storage device can be beneficial for performance. With Linux 5.17 FUSE is expanding the DAX support to allow per-inode control as well...

FUSE Introducing Per-File DAX Option With Linux 5.17  Phoronix

Due to changes with the upstream GRUB 2.06 bootloader, Ubuntu developers are figuring out how they are going to be managing dual-boot/multi-boot scenarios moving forward with Ubuntu 22.04 LTS...

In the early days of my Linux experience, I was the technology director of a small PreK-12 school district in the state of New York. Our technology budget was always stretched to the limit. We were a Windows 2000 Active Directory Domain, but we had limited central server disk space and no teacher home directories. In addition, we experienced a dozen or so hard disk failures for staff computers.

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I don't practice drawing, so I don't expect to be able to draw well, but I do sometimes enjoy drawing, regardless of skill. One application I use when attempting to get some imagery out onto a canvas is MyPaint, a digital paint application focusing on a clean interface, appealing brushes and materials, and ease of use. The ease of use part is important for artists and chronic doodlers like myself.

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Getting Nostalgic With Common Desktop Environment on a Modern Linux Distro  It's FOSS

Coming as a surprise to end out the week is confirmation that the lead developer and architect for Intel's Linux Vulkan driver has left the company...

Open source advent calendar: the Ubuntu Linux PC operating system  Market Research Telecast

Debian 11.2 is out today as the newest point release to "Bullseye" that premiered earlier this year...

Display support for the Mediatek MT8192 SoC is expected to land for the upcoming Linux 5.17 SoC...

USB cable that kills your laptop when removed!  HT Tech