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How to set up your printer on Linux

opensource.com - Sat, 08/21/2021 - 15:00

Even though it's the future now and we're all supposed to be using e-ink and AR, there are still times when a printer is useful. Printer manufacturers have yet to standardize how their peripherals communicate with computers, so there's a necessary maze of printer drivers out there, regardless of what platform you're on. The IEEE-ISTO Printer Working Group (PWG) and the OpenPrinting.org site are working tirelessly to make printing as easy as possible, though. Today, many printers are autodetected with no interaction from the user.


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Proton 6.3-6 Released With More Games Running, Optional NVIDIA DLSS Support

Phoronix - Sat, 08/21/2021 - 07:39
It's been nearly two months since Proton 6.3-5 released for powering Valve's Steam Play for enjoying Windows games on Linux. The latest Proton update was just released with many improvements...

AMD Publishes Latest SEV-SNP Guest + Hypervisor Support For Linux

Phoronix - Sat, 08/21/2021 - 03:00
AMD has published their fifth revision of SEV-SNP support for the KVM hypervisor and guest VM support for this Secure Encrypted Virtualization Secure Nested Paging functionality found with new EPYC 7003 series server processors...

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