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Using Telegram encrypted messaging app from Linux with NO PHONE - Linux & Unix  BleepingComputer

Download Tails Linux 4.20, man  BetaNews

LibreOffice 7.2 is expected for release before the end of August while today marks the availability of the first release candidate...

Linux loses to Android TV and Huawei on pay TV and OTT  Illinoisnewstoday.com

How to Monitor Network Connections on Linux With ss  MUO - MakeUseOf

Hyper-V vs. KVM: Select the right hypervisor for your IT needs  TechTarget

How to Convert a Web Page to a PDF File or Images in Linux  MUO - MakeUseOf

With having hands on with a Dell XPS 13 9310 (Dell 0DXP1F) with the Core i7 1185G7 Tiger Lake processor (compared to prior Linux tests with the i7-1165G7), here is a fresh look at the performance of Microsoft Windows 10 Pro as shipped by Dell with all available stable updates versus a clean install of Ubuntu 21.04 Linux.

Mozilla has officially released Firefox 90.0 as the latest monthly update to their cross-platform web browser...

Intel Tiger Lake Performance Between Windows 10 vs. Ubuntu 21.04 Linux  Phoronix

Clear Linux* Delivers a Lucid if Limited Vision of Desktop Linux | Review  LinuxInsider.com

Clear Linux* Delivers a Lucid if Limited Vision of Desktop Linux  TechNewsWorld

The Linux Kernel 5.14 Audio Update  Hackaday

Being worked on for quite a while now by longtime kernel developer Matthew Wilcox of Oracle is memory folios to improve Linux's memory management and allow for greater efficiency. Benchmarks with memory folios have shown for example kernel builds can be up to 7% faster. It's looking like there is a desire to see at least some of this folios code land for Linux 5.15...

Linux Mint will no longer let you procrastinate on important updates  TechRadar

Installing fonts on your Linux system  Network World

For several years already the AMDGPU kernel driver has supported virtual display functionality for cases like headless GPUs, pre-silicon hardware bring-up, GPUs/accelerators that lack physical display outputs, and other similar use-cases. That virtual display code is now being overhauled by re-using the existing VKMS DRM driver...

Long running work by Ivan Molodetskikh to reduce the input latency for GNOME's Mutter compositor was merged today...

You can now download Linux Mint 20.2, here is what's new  Technology Zimbabwe

Coding and testing inconsistencies are a risk when you have multiple developers with different development environments working on a project. Visual Studio Code (VS Code) is an integrated development environment (IDE) that can help minimize these issues. It can be combined with containers to provide separate development environments for each application alongside a consistent development environment.

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