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Microsoft, the Linux Foundation, and others team up to make software sustainable  Yahoo Tech

Green software development: Microsoft, Linux Foundation want to make coding carbon-free  ZDNet

Linux GUI app support now shipping as part of the Windows Subsystem for Linux  Windows Central

1. How to add Linux apps to Windows in just one easy step  PCWorld
2. Microsoft support for Linux GUI apps on Windows 10 coming later this year  ZDNet
3. Linux GUI app support now shipping as part of the Windows Subsystem for Linux  Windows Central
4. Microsoft: Windows 10 Insiders can now can run Linux GUI apps  BleepingComputer
5. You can now run Linux GUI apps in Windows 10 [Update]  Neowin
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Microsoft makes support for Linux GUI apps on Windows 10 coming later this year  ZDNet

Microsoft, the Linux Foundation, and others team up to make software sustainable  Engadget

DragonFlyBSD 6.0 Is Performing Very Well Against Ubuntu Linux, FreeBSD 13.0  Phoronix

Earlier this month in our initial benchmarking of DragonFlyBSD 6.0 we found DragonFlyBSD 6.0 performing much better than DragonFlyBSD 5.8, but how does that put its performance up against FreeBSD 13.0 and Ubuntu Linux for reference? Here are such benchmarks in our latest benchmarking of DragonFlyBSD 6.0, FreeBSD 13.0 (with both GCC and Clang), and Ubuntu Linux.

With the Linux 5.14 cycle this summer the Flash-Friendly File-System (F2FS) should land its new "RO" feature read-only mode...

Arm today announced the Cortex-X2 as their new flagship Armv9 processor design...

How to Keep a Window Always on Top in Linux  MUO - MakeUseOf

Linux Foundation Public Health Welcomes New Projects and Members to Advance Public Health, Safely Reopen Amid COVID-19  PRNewswire

Intel's open-source driver engineers remain very active on bringing up their discrete graphics card support under Linux with restructuring of the kernel driver to handle local/dedicated memory among a variety of other changes needed. Plus there are new features with the latest generation of Intel graphics such as the Protected Xe Path (PXP) for hardware-protected sessions for multi-user / multi-process scenarios. The Intel PXP code for their Linux driver has been in the works since last year and the latest revision now submitted...

Intel Protected Xe Path Code Updated, Now Defaults PXP Code To Disabled  Phoronix

It's been a while since last having any major/exciting optimizations to the GNOME desktop to report on by Canonical's Daniel van Vugt that is known for his performance work over the past few years, but some optimizations are forthcoming...

The first alpha release of LibreOffice 7.2 is now available for testing ahead of the planned stable release of this open-source office suite update in August...

Google’s new Fuchsia OS arrives first on old Nest Hub  The Verge

The post How to Install Latest Mate Desktop in Ubuntu and Fedora first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

MATE desktop is a simple, intuitive, and attractive continuation of GNOME 2. It is under active development to bring about constant improvements using modern technologies while holding to the traditional desktop experience. There are

The post How to Install Latest Mate Desktop in Ubuntu and Fedora first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

[Solved] Make Command Not Found Error in Ubuntu Linux  It's FOSS

The multitude of well-publicized breaches of large consumer corporations underscores the critical importance of system security management. Fortunately, there are many different applications that help secure computer systems. One is Kali, a Linux distribution developed for security and penetration testing. This article demonstrates how to use Kali Linux to investigate your system to find weaknesses.

Kali installs a lot of tools, all of which are open source, and having them installed by default makes things easier.

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