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Those moving to Mesa 21.x releases for the latest open-source GPU driver support on Linux are seemingly finding their Valve "Trust Factor" matchmaking system scores dropping for Counter-Strike: GO, leading to numerous upset Linux gamers with AMD Radeon GPUs...

Mesa 21.x Seems To Muck Up Gamers' Trust Factor For Counter-Strike: Global Offensive  Phoronix

Last week the big set of networking subsystem updates were submitted and merged for the ongoing Linux 5.13 merge window...

Linux 5.13 Networking Includes BPF Improvements, Optimizations, WWAN + MANA  Phoronix

Linux Operating System Market 2021 Top Manufacturers, Industry Share, Regional Investments and Future Tren ...  Fresno Observer

Intel's Linux Vulkan Driver Adds Fragment Shading Rate Support  Phoronix

Intel's open-source "ANV" Vulkan Linux driver has finally merged support for the KHR_fragment_shading_rate extension...

The post How to Install Apache Nifi in Ubuntu Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Apache NIFI is an open-source scalable tool to manage transformation, data routing, and system mediation logic. To put it in layman’s terms nifi simply automates the flow of data between two or more systems.

The post How to Install Apache Nifi in Ubuntu Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

Over the years, I have read many articles and posts about how systemd is trying to replace everything and take over everything in Linux. I agree; it is taking over pretty much everything.

But not really "everything-everything." Just "everything" in that middle ground of services that lies between the kernel and things like the GNU core utilities, graphical user interface desktops, and user applications.

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Lisp was invented in 1958, which makes it the second-oldest computer programming language. It has spawned several modern derivatives, including Common Lisp, Emacs Lisp (Elisp), Clojure, Racket, Scheme, Fennel, and GNU Guile.

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April was full of exciting news in the world of open source. Keep reading for some of the more interesting tidbits, including Linux out of this world... on Mars.

12,000 open source contributors help a helicopter fly on Mars

Linux had a big moment on April 19: The open source operating system powered Ingenuity, a NASA helicopter that was the first powered aircraft to fly on Mars.

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Enve: An Open Source 2D Animation App for Linux & Windows  It's FOSS

Tripple boot 2012 MBP? OSX/Windows/Linux?  Mac Rumors

You can download Ubuntu Linux 21.10 'Impish Indri' daily builds right now!  BetaNews

Linux Software Market to Witness Robust Expansion by 2027 | Google, Twitter, Facebook – NeighborWebSJ  NeighborWebSJ

Alyssa Rosenzweig has continued her work reverse engineering and understanding Apple's M1 GPU with the ultimate goal of writing open-source OpenGL and Vulkan support for the Apple M1 GPU on Linux...

Early Gallium3D Work Has Begun Around Apple's M1 GPU With New "AGX" Driver  Phoronix

The OrangeFS open-source parallel file-system designed for cluster computing has a huge performance improvement to its read speeds with Linux 5.13...

OrangeFS Scores An "Extreme Performance Improvement" In Linux 5.13  Phoronix

The 10 Best Linux Server Distributions  MUO - MakeUseOf