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0 A.D. Alpha 25 Released For This Open-Source RTS Game

Phoronix - Sun, 08/08/2021 - 21:40
0 A.D. as the long in development real-time strategy game developed by Wildfire Games is out with its twenty-fifth alpha release...

Thunderbird 91 Is Flying Soon As First Major Mail Client Update In A Year

Phoronix - Sun, 08/08/2021 - 19:30
Thunderbird 91.0 is approaching release as an annual feature release to this open-source, cross-platform mail client and RSS reader. Given the current release is Thunderbird 78 from last July, there is a lot in store for this "2021" update...

Arm SMCCC TRNG Driver Queued Ahead Of Linux 5.15

Phoronix - Sun, 08/08/2021 - 18:43
The Linux kernel already supports making use of Arm's True Random Number Generator (TRNG) SMCCC interface within the random seed code while for the upcoming Linux 5.15 cycle an "arm_smccc_trng" driver is being added and will allow exposing the entropy to user-space...

Intel Has A Huge Batch Of New Graphics Driver Code For Linux 5.15

Phoronix - Sun, 08/08/2021 - 12:00
Intel engineers on Friday submitted a big batch of kernel graphics driver improvements to DRM-Next for queuing ahead of the Linux 5.15 merge window...

DRM Lease Protocol Support Merged For Wayland For VR Headsets

Phoronix - Sat, 08/07/2021 - 20:51
The months-long effort for adding DRM lease support to Wayland via a new protocol has now been merged into Wayland Protocols as a new staging addition. The "drm_lease_v1" is principally motivated for improving the virtual reality head-mounted dispkay support under Wayland...

Latte Dock 0.10 Released

Phoronix - Sat, 08/07/2021 - 18:30
It's been two years already since Latte Dock 0.9 was released while finally Latte Dock 0.10 is ready to officially meet the world this weekend...

KDE Kicks Off August With Many Bug Fixes To Benefit Steam Deck & More

Phoronix - Sat, 08/07/2021 - 17:53
The first week of August saw many fixes land in the KDE camp as they prepare for their software to be used on more third-party products, with Steam Deck being just the latest notable product leveraging KDE...

AMD Prepares More Graphics Driver Code For Linux 5.15

Phoronix - Sat, 08/07/2021 - 15:00
Last week's AMDGPU pull request to DRM-Next for Linux 5.15 added support for the "Cyan Skillfish" APU and other early work while an additional pull request was submitted on Friday...

Remove files and folders in the Linux terminal

opensource.com - Sat, 08/07/2021 - 15:00

To remove a file on a computer using a graphical interface, you usually drag a file or a folder to a "trash" or "recycle" bin. Alternately, you might be able to select the file or folder you want to remove, right-click, and select Delete.


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16 Useful Bandwidth Monitoring Tools to Analyze Network Usage in Linux

Tecmint - Sat, 08/07/2021 - 13:36
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Are you having problems monitoring your Linux network bandwidth usage? Do you need help? It’s important that you are able to visualize what is happening in your network in order to understand and resolve

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22 Linux Networking Commands for Sysadmin

Tecmint - Sat, 08/07/2021 - 12:58
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A system administrator’s routine tasks include configuring, maintaining, troubleshooting, and managing servers and networks within data centers. There are numerous tools and utilities in Linux designed for administrative purposes. In this article, we will

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