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Raised during the recent discussion over looking at removing Mesa's classic drivers from the mainline tree this year is that there still exists an effort trying to create an Intel Gallium3D driver for older pre-Broadwell graphics currently only served by the i965 classic driver. That Crocus effort continues to be worked on but isn't yet mainline...

AOMedia libaom 3.0.0 was released on Tuesday by Google engineers as this reference AV1 video encoder...

Microsoft Edge on Linux gets sign-in and sync support  ZDNet

Microsoft Surface "DTX" Driver Slated For Linux 5.13  Phoronix

While Microsoft often likes to proclaim their "love" for Linux, it's been independent open-source developer Maximilian Luz that has been spearheading improvements for Microsoft Surface devices on Linux. With Linux 5.13 his latest work on better handling Microsoft Surface device detachment handling should land...

When you're scripting with Bash, sometimes you need to read data from or write data to a file. Sometimes a file may contain configuration options, and other times the file is the data your user is creating with your application. Every language handles this task a little differently, and this article demonstrates how to handle data files with Bash and other POSIX shells.

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React is one of the most popular and simple JavaScript libraries for building user interfaces (UIs) because it allows you to create reusable UI components.

Components in React are independent, reusable pieces of code that serve as building blocks for an application. React functional components are JavaScript functions that separate the presentation layer from the business logic. According to the React docs, a simple, functional component can be written like:

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The post How to Use Break and Continue Statements in Shell Scripts first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

In this article, we will take a look at how to use a break and continue in bash scripts. In bash, we have three main loop constructs (for, while, until). Break and continue statements

The post How to Use Break and Continue Statements in Shell Scripts first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

Pockit modular Linux computer takes hot plugging magnetic blocks  CNX Software

Linux Kernel Patches Sent Out For A More Powerful Virtual M68k Machine  Phoronix

Right now when it comes to Motorola 68000 "m68k" emulation with Linux the most powerful target is the Quadra 800 that is limited to just 1GB of RAM and specific interfaces. But on the way is the new "Virtual M68k Machine" that is much more powerful...

ROCm 4.0 released back in December with "CDNA" GPU support while now ROCm 4.1 has been released as the newest quarterly feature release to this open-source Radeon compute stack focused primarily on HPC/data-center needs...

Download Manjaro Linux 21 Ornara with GNOME, Xfce, and KDE Plasma now!  BetaNews

Nokia Bell Labs announced today that the copyright to the Plan 9 operating system software has been transferred to the Plan 9 Foundation for all future development of this novel distributed operating system that originated in the 80's...

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger is hosting a webcast to provide an update on the company's manufacturing and other engineering efforts...

Fedora Linux 34 beta rolled out  ZDNet

The Linux Foundation and the TODO Group Announce Call for Proposals for OSPOCon and the OSPO Landscape  PRNewswire

Manjaro 21.0 is out today as the newest feature release to this popular desktop Linux distribution built atop Arch Linux...

Manjaro 21.0 Released With Linux 5.10 Kernel, GNOME 3.38 + Xfce 4.16 + KDE Plasma 5.21  Phoronix

Global Linux Software Market: Growth Opportunities & Business Expansion by Leading Players – The Bisouv Network  The Bisouv Network