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After a week delay, the Linux 5.12 kernel was just released as stable...

Linux 5.12 Released With Intel Xe Variable Rate Refresh, Clang LTO, KFENCE + More  Phoronix

Uni bid to patch up with Linux kernel project fails to move maintainer  iTWire

Making a semi-live mint USB - Linux & Unix  BleepingComputer

How to install Deb Package on OpenSUSE Leap or Tumbleweed  H2S Media

What Is the Linux /etc/shadow File and What Does It Do?  MUO - MakeUseOf

Pine64's new keyboard case turns the PinePhone into a pocketable Linux laptop  Notebookcheck.net

Steps to Install Cherrytree on Opensuse leap Linux - Linux Shout  H2S Media

Banned UMN Researchers Apologize to Linux Community  Tom's Hardware

Banned UMN Researchers Apologize to Linux Community  Tom's Hardware

GCC 11 is expected to be released next week following its recent release candidates...

GCC 11 Releasing Next Week With Intel AMX, New CPU Support, More C++20/C++23  Phoronix

Train at your own pace to become a master ethical hacker for $43  ZDNet

LunarG, the consulting firm known for their contributions around Vulkan and also having been involved with Mesa development over the years and experimenting with Gallium3D features and other interesting efforts like the past LunarGLASS, is looking to hire another experienced graphics driver development engineer...

LunarG Is Hiring Another Graphics Driver Engineer  Phoronix

With it appearing all the essentials are in place for IBM POWER10 Linux support, in recent days we have seen an uptick in patches from IBM engineers working on POWER10 performance optimizations...

MYS-8MMX i.MX 8M Mini SBC runs Yocto 3.0 Linux or Ubuntu 18.04  CNX Software

Playing adventure games has always been a big part of my experience with computers. From the earliest text-based adventure games to 2D pixel art, full-motion video, and 3D games, the adventure game genre has provided me with a lot of fond memories.

Sometimes I want to revisit those old games, but many were released before Linux was even a thing, so how do I go about replaying those games? I use ScummVM, which is honestly one of my favorite open source projects.

What is ScummVM

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The drama in kernel land this week was University of Minnesota being banned from Linux kernel development over research they previously carried out looking at "hypocrite commits" and the possibility of intentionally introducing vulnerabilities (such as use-after-free bugs) into the kernel source tree. This weekend those researchers involved published an open letter to the Linux kernel community...

University of Minnesota Linux "Hypocrite Commit" Researchers Publish Open Letter  Phoronix