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For those interested in compilers, Mold as the "Modern Linker" is one of the interesting projects to watch in 2022...

Mold 1.0.2 Released For This High Performance Linker  Phoronix

Due to family travels Linus Torvalds has released Linux 5.17-rc1 a little bit early that marks the end of the Linux 5.17 merge window...

Cloud-Hypervisor 21.0 was released this past week as its first feature release since this open-source Intel project moved to the Linux Foundation with backing from Microsoft and Arm. Cloud-Hypervisor 21.0 brings new features and fixes to this Rust-written hypervisor...

How to create desktop shortcut for an AppImage  Linux Shout

How to create desktop shortcut for an AppImage  H2S Media

When I started using Linux in the 1990s, I was in my mid-40s and accessibility was not something I gave much thought to. Now, however, as I'm pushing 70, my needs have changed. A few years ago, I purchased a brand new Darter Pro from System76, and its default resolution is 1920x1080, and it's high DPI, too. The system came with Pop_OS!, which I found that I had to modify to be able to see the icons and text on the display. Thank goodness that Linux on the desktop has become much more accessible than in the 1990s.

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Sway 1.7 Released With VR Headset DRM Leasing, Renames "--my-next-gpu-wont-be-nvidia"  Phoronix

After working its way through the release candidate process, Sway 1.7 is out this weekend as the newest feature release for this i3-inspired, lightweight Wayland compositor...

What are Upstream and Downstream in Linux Terminology?  It's FOSS

Steam Deck creators fund further testing on open-source Radeon Linux GPU driver  Wccftech

Garuda Linux: An Arch-Based Linux Distro Built for Speed and Beauty  MUO - MakeUseOf

Intel in cooperation with the Alliance for Open Media have released SVT-AV1 0.9 with nearly one year worth of changes to this high performance CPU-based AV1 video encoder. SVT-AV1 0.9 is now even faster as shown by our latest benchmarks.

If you are in the rare group of folks still relying upon floppy disks and doing so while running up-to-date software stacks, Linux 5.17 will be of interest to you...

Command to Permanently Disable SELinux on AlmaLinux 8  Linux Shout

Command to Permanently Disable SELinux on AlmaLinux 8  H2S Media

How to Disable or Turn Off SELinux on Rocky Linux 8  Linux Shout

How to Disable or Turn Off SELinux on Rocky Linux 8  H2S Media

As good news not only to future Steam Deck users but all Linux gamers making use of the Mesa open-source graphics drivers, Valve is sponsoring additional continuous integration (CI) testing of Mesa commits...

Valve Is Sponsoring More CI Testing For The Open-Source Radeon Linux Graphics Driver  Phoronix