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More Apple M1 Bring-Up For Linux Continues: SPI, SimpleDRM, PMU

Phoronix - Sun, 12/12/2021 - 18:18
One year after Apple introduced the M1 SoC and the effort began to bring-up this Apple Silicon under Linux, the effort remains ongoing and more code is inching closer to the mainline kernel...

Open source 3D pixel art with Goxel

opensource.com - Sun, 12/12/2021 - 16:00

I make it no secret that I love Lego, but I've moved far away from my Lego collection, and shipping a closet full of classic Lego sets all the way around the world is currently a problematic proposal. I've done a lot of virtualization to solve this problem, from building models in Lego CAD to styling models with a Lego texture in Blender. Recently I discovered Goxel.


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How to Update Discord - How-To Geek

Google News - Sun, 12/12/2021 - 04:00
How to Update Discord  How-To Geek

x86 Straight-Line Speculation Mitigation On Track For Linux 5.17

Phoronix - Sat, 12/11/2021 - 19:10
The recent activity around x86 (x86_64 included) straight-line speculation mitigation handling is set to culminate with this security feature being set for mainline with the upcoming Linux 5.17 cycle...

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS To Shift Its PPC64EL Baseline To POWER9 CPUs, Dropping POWER8

Phoronix - Sat, 12/11/2021 - 18:30
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS isn't expected to run on aging IBM POWER8 hardware as Canonical is shifting its PPC64EL architecture baseline to POWER9 for building packages...

SeaBIOS 1.15 Released With Better NVMe & USB Device Support

Phoronix - Sat, 12/11/2021 - 18:12
SeaBIOS as the open-source x86 BIOS implementation commonly used by QEMU as well as a Coreboot payload is out with a new release...

KDE Prepares More Crash Fixes Ahead Of The Holidays

Phoronix - Sat, 12/11/2021 - 17:41
Even with the holidays quickly approaching, KDE developers remain very busy in landing fixes -- especially crash fixes -- and fixing up Plasma's Wayland session for ensuring it is very polished for 2022...

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