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Do you start your PC with Windows or Linux? Decide with a switch that you can install on your table | Technology – Explica .co  Explica

Linux Foundation Issues Frosty Final Judgment in UMC Scandal  Tom's Hardware

Windows 10 Build 21370 vs. Ubuntu 21.04 Linux On AMD Ryzen 5900X  Phoronix

Last month when carrying out tests of Windows 10 vs. Linux on the Intel Core i9 11900K "Rocket Lake" processor we were very surprised to see Windows 10 frankly performing so well compared to Ubuntu and picking up more wins than usual. That unexpectedly strong showing for Windows 10 might be due to Intel's P-State behavior with Rocket Lake or other power management tuning or there the lack of on Linux at this time. But it led me to wondering if the latest Windows 10 updates spelled out anything different on the AMD Ryzen side... So here are some benchmarks of the latest Microsoft Windows 10 against Ubuntu 21.04 on the same AMD Ryzen 9 5900X system.

eBPF  Linux Journal

eBPF for Advanced Linux Infrastructure Monitoring  Linux Journal

Learn Linux Quickly eBook ($27.99 Value) - free download  Neowin

Master Linux programming in under two days for $20  Engadget

Intel's open-source graphics driver developers volleyed an initial set of nearly 100 experimental patches working on GuC submission support as they work towards integrating the DRM scheduler into their graphics driver...

How to Recover Deleted Files on Linux Using TestDisk  MUO - MakeUseOf

The FreeBSD project published their Q1 status report yesterday that outlines the progress they made over the past quarter on advancing this leading open-source BSD operating system...

Microsoft Edge is now in beta on Linux, here is how to install it  Technology Zimbabwe

Linux Operating System Market 2021 Latest Advancement, Demand and Growth Opportunity – Arch Linux, Elementary, Inc, Debian, IBM Corporation, Red Hat, Inc, Linux Mint  The Shotcaller

The VFIO changes for the Linux 5.13 kernel aren't particularly exciting this cycle but one of the changes does raise some eyebrows with the VFIO NVIDIA NVLink2 driver being removed. This driver is being removed as it shouldn't have been even added in the first place for lack of an open-source client/user exercising it...

Linux 5.13 Yanks A NVIDIA NVLink Driver For Lack Of Open-Source User  Phoronix

Earlier this year with v21.02 Alpha, 7-Zip added initial Linux support upstream at long last. Out this week is now version 21.02 alpha that continues to refine the Linux support while also now punctually publishing the source code too...

7-Zip 21.02 Alpha Released With Sources, More Linux Improvements  Phoronix

How To Install The Latest Edge Chromium Beta On Linux?  Fossbytes

Train as a Linux Developer With This $20 Online Boot Camp  PCMag.com

A switch to choose if you boot between Linux or Windows is the friendliest maker project in recent weeks – Explica .co  Explica