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Linux laptops: System76 reveals Intel 10th generation CPUs for its two new models  ZDNet

Canonical's developers continuing to advance the Mir display server that continues to be focused on providing an abstraction for Wayland support have issued a new feature release...

It's fairly rare these days seeing big patch sets out of AMD focused on improving the open-source Linux driver support for the likes of aging GPUs such as the Sea Islands and Volcanic Islands generations, but this Friday there is some notable development activity...

AMD Linux Driver Bringing BACO Support To Older Sea Islands / Volcanic Islands GPUs  Phoronix

Intel's open-source IWD wireless daemon that continues work on replacing WPA Supplicant is up to version 0.22...

Automotive Grade Linux announces Chinese automaker SAIC Motor as a new member  just-auto.com

Recently on Phoronix you have likely heard a lot about the LRU "bulk moves" functionality for the AMDGPU driver after it was talked up by a Valve Linux developer for the performance help to Linux games and then the change landing in Linux 5.4 as a "fix"...

What are Linux containers?  Engineer Live

System76 Introduces two Intel Comet Lake Linux Laptops with Coreboot Firmware  CNX Software

Grace Hopper is one of those iconic figures that really needs no introduction. During her long career in the United States Navy, she was a key figure in the early days of modern computing. If you have been involved in open source or technology in general, chances are you have already heard several anecdotes about Grace Hopper. The story of finding the first computer bug, perhaps? Or maybe you have heard some of her nicknames: Queen of Code, Amazing Grace, or Grandma COBOL?

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There's always a lot to get excited about in October: sweater weather, pumpkin spice, Halloween costumes, and for the last three years, Hacktoberfest.

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The "VIRTME" project was started years ago as a set of simple tools for running a virtualized Linux kernel that uses the host distribution or basic root file-system rather than a complete Linux distribution image. There hasn't been a new release of VIRTME in years but that changed on Thursday...

"VIRTME" Revised For Virtualized Linux Kernel Testing  Phoronix

The /etc/resolv.conf is the main configuration file for the DNS name resolver library. The resolver is a set of functions in the C library that provide access to the Internet Domain Name System (DNS)....

Mesa's DRM library could soon be shifting to a date-based versioning scheme similar to what is already employed by Mesa itself (year.release) and the X.Org Server is also looking at similar versioning...

System76 Galago Pro and Darter Pro Linux laptops get open source firmware  BetaNews

Tiny module and dev kit run Android or Linux on Snapdragon 845  LinuxGizmos.com

Austrumi Linux Has Great Potential if You Speak Its Language  LinuxInsider.com

Adventure simulation, Pine, is now available on PC, Mac, Linux  Nerd Reactor