Open-source News

Steam sees Linux share increase riding the Steam Deck wave  Windows Central

How to Replace a Variable in a File Using SED  Linux Journal

The JingPad A1 is a Linux tablet that (kind of) runs Android apps  XDA Developers

My life with Linux: A retrospective  TechRepublic

Steam Deck Popularity Leads to Spike in Linux Use | Game Rant  GameRant

Linux celebrates 30 years of open source goodness  TechRepublic

Arch Linux, Clear Linux, Fedora Compete On The ASUS ROG Strix G15 (Ryzen 9 5900HX)  Phoronix

Following last month's look at the ASUS ROG Strix G15 AMD Advantage laptop with Ryzen 9 5900HX processor and some of the initial hurdles seen on Ubuntu, readers were curious about how well other Linux distributions fared compatibility wise or if offering better performance elsewhere. Here are some tests across Arch Linux, Clear Linux, Fedora Workstation, and Ubuntu 21.04 for reference.

Google: Linux kernel and its toolchains are underinvested by at least 100 engineers  The Register

Qualys partners with Red Hat to improve Linux and Kubernetes security  ZDNet

Password problem during Ubuntu 20.04 installation - Linux & Unix  BleepingComputer

The X.Org Server has picked up a new "-fakescreenfps" option to help with VNC and other remote display scenarios...

Steam Deck’s popularity could be getting more gamers to try Linux  Techradar

Steam Deck’s popularity could be getting more gamers to try Linux  TechRadar

Steam Deck's popularity could be getting more gamers to try Linux  TechRadar

The program/schedule for this year's XDC21 X.Org Developers' Conference was posted this week ahead of the event occurring in mid-September. There are many interesting talks about X.Org and beyond, which in recent years largely revolve around Mesa and Wayland...

To move a file on a computer with a graphical interface, you open the folder where the file is currently located, and then open another window to the folder you want to move the file into. Finally, you drag and drop the file from one to the other.

To move a file in a terminal, you use the mv command to move a file from one location to another.

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My life with Linux: A retrospective  TechRepublic

One of the AMD patch series that has been in the works for more than one year is the PTDMA driver providing pass-through DMA engine support on Linux. The driver is now up to its eleventh revision but the mainlining might happen soon...

OpenVPN creates an encrypted tunnel between two points, preventing a third party from accessing your network traffic. By setting up your virtual private network (VPN) server, you become your own VPN provider. Many popular VPN services already use OpenVPN, so why tie your connection to a specific provider when you can have complete control?

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