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AMD on Friday submitted a big batch of AMDGPU driver changes to DRM-Next ahead of next month's Linux 5.13 merge window...

AMD Sends In Aldebaran, FreeSync HDMI, Other Graphics Changes For Linux 5.13  Phoronix

This past week Debian 11 "Bullseye" embarked on its hard freeze in gearing up for release later this year...

As we get ready for spring, KDE developers continue polishing up their Wayland support for the Plasma 5.22 cycle...

Zymbit HSM4 & HSM6 security modules work with embedded Linux hardware, Raspberry Pi, Jetson Nano  CNX Software

Linux Looks To Finally Remove Its Legacy IDE Driver Support  Phoronix

It's 2021 and proposed patches by upstream developers would finally remove Linux's legacy IDE driver code...

Linux Systems Administrator  IT-Online

How to Take and Edit Screenshots in Ubuntu With Shutter  MUO - MakeUseOf

For a long while now Linux kernel developers have discusses the prospects of optionally allowing the Rust language to be used for new device drivers within the Linux kernel areas and other areas within the kernel for this language that prides itself on safety and performance. As the first baby step towards that dream, initial Rust support appeared this week in the Linux-Next tree...

Initial Support For The Rust Language Lands In Linux-Next  Phoronix

Recently Ubuntu maker Canonical committed to using Google's Flutter user-interface toolkit as its "default choice" for their mobile and desktop applications moving forward. There is now an Ubuntu Blog post further detailing their interests in Flutter...

Canonical Continues To Talk Up Google's Flutter UI Toolkit  Phoronix

10 Best File Managers for Linux Power Users  MUO - MakeUseOf

Improve your Linux admin skills with these pro tips  TechRepublic

The release candidate of GNOME 40 is available today while the official GNOME 40.0 debut is still on track for next week...

Lead Linux Systems Administrator  IT-Online

How to Install the Chrome Browser on Ubuntu  MUO - MakeUseOf

Following yesterday's release of the Radeon RX 6700 XT graphics card and the updated Radeon Software for Linux 20.50 driver, AMD has now released AMDVLK 2021.Q1.6 as their updated open-source Vulkan driver with Navi 22 / RX 6700 XT support...

While Intel upstreamed their forthcoming "Ice Lake" Xeon processor support long ago and has been focused on next-gen Sapphire Rapids enablement now for the better part of the past year, there still are some Ice Lake Xeon tweaks taking place here and there. This week a new bleeding-edge patch is in testing for tweaking the power/performance behavior of Ice Lake Xeon with Intel's idle driver...