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How to Sort Text Files in Linux Using the sort Command  MUO - MakeUseOf

Mesa 21.2 feature development is now over and the first release candidate issued for this next quarterly feature release to these open-source OpenGL/Vulkan Linux drivers...

Happy 4.20: Latest version of Tails bakes connection wizard into top-secret Linux distro  The Register

Pay What You Want for this Linux eBook Bundle by Packt  Neowin

Daily Deal: The Complete 2021 Learn Linux Bundle  Techdirt

The UBports folks have released Ubuntu Touch OTA-18 as their latest over-the-air update for this mobile Linux platform. Notable with this release is what isn't there - the Ubuntu 20.04 base. Ubuntu Touch OTA-18 continues using now the five year old Ubuntu 16.04 LTS base while the migration to 20.04 is still in progress...

Linux-Focused Cryptojacking Gang Tracked to Romania  Threatpost

Best Educational Linux Distros for Children & Schools [2021]  It's FOSS

Linux Will Run Even Better On Ancient Hardware Thanks To The Upcoming Le9 Patch  Fossbytes

"le9" Strives To Make Linux Very Usable On Systems With Small Amounts Of RAM  Phoronix

It's well known that the Linux desktop can be quite unbearable when under heavy memory pressure as has been showcased over the years and more attention these days turning to the likes of OOMD/systemd-oomd and other alternatives to better deal with Linux low/out-of-memory scenarios especially with today's desktop software and web browsers consuming increasing amounts of memory. Another effort coming to fruition for helping this scenario is the "le9" Linux kernel patches...

Red Hat Extends Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 as a Foundation for More Secure Computing with Second FIPS 140-2 Validation  Business Wire

Red Hat Extends Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 as a Foundation for More Secure Computing with Second FIPS 140-2 Validation  Yahoo Finance

LattePanda Alpha Linux and Windows 10 mini PC  Geeky Gadgets

Mesa's open-source Radeon Vulkan driver "RADV" has landed support for Next-Gen Geometry (NGG) culling support as ultimately what should provide another performance win for some workloads...

Programming the Windows kernel with eBPF  Floridanewstimes.com

Now that the DG1 graphics support is beginning to get squared away and with Linux 5.15 will likely be able to boot to an accelerated desktop, bring-up on the DG2 graphics card has begun along with the Xe_HP software development vehicle...

Programming the Windows kernel with eBPF  InfoWorld

The "Linux Random Number Generator" (LRNG) effort as a new drop-in replacement for /dev/random is now up to its 41st revision and in development for more than five years...

More Than Five Years In The Making: Creating A New Linux Random Number Generator  Phoronix