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AMD Smart Trace Buffer "STB" support is ready for the upcoming Linux 5.17 kernel cycle...

Last week I posted some benchmarks looking at the laptop battery life implications of GNOME's Wayland vs. X.Org sessions. From that testing with a Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen2 with AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U laptop, the GNOME Wayland session led to around 3 Watt lower power consumption than with the same software stack while logging into the X.Org-based session. For those curious about the KDE Wayland vs. X.Org power impact, here is the same set of tests carried out in the KDE space...

How to install Gnome 41 in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS using PPA  Linux Shout

5 Redhat enterprise based alternatives for CentOS 8 | 7 in 2022  Linux Shout

How to install Gnome 41 in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS using PPA  H2S Media

5 Redhat enterprise based alternatives for CentOS 8 | 7 in 2022  H2S Media

LibreOffice 7.3 is due out in early February while for ensuring it will be another successful feature release to this open-source office suite, LibreOffice 7.3 RC1 was made available today for some nice holiday testing...

Here are the Phoronix benchmark details of Linux 5.16 and AMD’s Ryzen CPUs  TechnoSports

The 9 Best Obscure Linux Distros You Probably Didn’t Know About  MUO - MakeUseOf

Intel's modern WiFi driver "IWLWIFI" is set to see a number of improvements with the Linux 5.17 kernel development cycle kicking off in January...

Intel Has A Number Of WiFi Improvements Ready For Linux 5.17  Phoronix

1. In 2022, security will be Linux and open-source developers job number one  ZDNet
2. The Most Exciting AMD Linux / Open-Source News Of 2021  Phoronix
3. 11 Most Popular Linux distros of the year 2021- To use in 2022  Linux Shout
4. OSS News: Learn More Linux, More Zen for ML, Desktop Linux New and Old  LinuxInsider.com
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In 2022, security will be Linux and open-source developers job number one  ZDNet

How to Run Homebrew on Debian 11 Bullseye Linux  BollyInside

Master your server with these 7 informative resources  TechRepublic

How to install Linux Ubuntu on Hyper-V in Windows 11/10  TWCN Tech News

AMDVLK 2021.Q4.3 Released To Fix Poor Wayland Performance  Phoronix

AMD's official Vulkan driver team is ending out the year by pushing out AMDVLK 2021.Q4.3 as their official open-source Radeon Vulkan driver implementation for Linux systems. This alternative to the Mesa RADV driver finally has fixed up its very poor performance for Vulkan under Wayland...

Enlightenment 0.25 Released With Improvements To This Lightweight Window Manager  Phoronix

Carsten Haitzler released a new version of the Enlightenment window manager / shell (and Wayland compositor) for Christmas. Various Enlightenment components have also seen new releases...