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ASUS Laptop Platform Profile Support Under Review For Linux

Phoronix - Sat, 08/14/2021 - 21:39

One of the features that has come together nicely for Linux on laptops in recent months has been the platform profile support around the ACPI specification with support from multiple laptop vendors for allowing users to control their power/performance preference based on various system profile configurations. A patch is pending for newer ASUS laptops to enjoy this platform profile control under Linux...

Debian GNU/Hurd 2021 Released With Experimental Rump-Based Userland Disk Driver, Go Port

Phoronix - Sat, 08/14/2021 - 21:19

In addition to Debian GNU/Linux 11 set for release today, Debian GNU/Hurd 2021 has been released as the unofficial port of Debian to the GNU Hurd micro-kernel...

Easy way to install Chrome Browser on Elementary OS 6 Odin - H2S Media

Google News - Sat, 08/14/2021 - 20:35

Easy way to install Chrome Browser on Elementary OS 6 Odin H2S Media

Debian 11 Is Releasing This Weekend With Many Improvements

Phoronix - Sat, 08/14/2021 - 18:27

Debian 11.0 "Bullseye" is due for release today and the Debian developers involved are indeed putting the final touches on this next major Debian GNU/Linux distribution release...

Debian 11 Is Releasing This Weekend With Many Improvements - Phoronix

Google News - Sat, 08/14/2021 - 18:27

Debian 11 Is Releasing This Weekend With Many Improvements Phoronix

KDE Sees More Improvements To Plasma, Konsole, Breeze This Week

Phoronix - Sat, 08/14/2021 - 18:15

KDE developers had another busy summertime week with a variety of UI improvements and other polishing to this open-source desktop environment...

Create Elementary OS 6 bootable USB drive using Rufus - H2S Media

Google News - Sat, 08/14/2021 - 15:11

Create Elementary OS 6 bootable USB drive using Rufus H2S Media

Ardour 6.9 Digital Audio Workstation Released

Phoronix - Sat, 08/14/2021 - 12:00

Ardour as one of the leading open-source digital audio workstation (DAW) solutions is out with another new release...

Windows Is Limitation. Linux Is Freedom! A DistroTube video. - Linux & Unix - BleepingComputer

Google News - Sat, 08/14/2021 - 08:46

Windows Is Limitation. Linux Is Freedom! A DistroTube video. - Linux & Unix BleepingComputer

Why Steam Deck’s Linux distribution change is a winning move - Illinoisnewstoday.com

Google News - Sat, 08/14/2021 - 06:34

Why Steam Deck’s Linux distribution change is a winning move Illinoisnewstoday.com

The multifaceted eBPF Linux program gets its own foundation - ZDNet

Google News - Sat, 08/14/2021 - 04:16

The multifaceted eBPF Linux program gets its own foundation ZDNet

Could you pass an open source vocabulary quiz? - TechRepublic

Google News - Sat, 08/14/2021 - 04:07

Could you pass an open source vocabulary quiz? TechRepublic

GeForce RTX 30 vs. AMD Radeon RX 6000 Series Vulkan Ray-Tracing On Linux

Phoronix - Sat, 08/14/2021 - 04:00

Given this week's launch of the Radeon RX 6600 XT and that also bringing the new Radeon Software for Linux 21.30 driver, I was curious to see how the Vulkan ray-tracing performance compares now against the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 series on Linux.

Wine 6.15 Released With More PE Conversion Work, More 32-bit To 64-bit Thunks

Phoronix - Sat, 08/14/2021 - 03:52

Wine 6.15 has been uncorked as the newest bi-weekly development release of this software that powers Steam Play and more for running Windows games/applications on Linux...

GeForce RTX 30 vs. AMD Radeon RX 6000 Series Vulkan Ray-Tracing On Linux (August 2021) - Phoronix

Google News - Sat, 08/14/2021 - 03:34

GeForce RTX 30 vs. AMD Radeon RX 6000 Series Vulkan Ray-Tracing On Linux (August 2021) Phoronix

How to install Webmin on Rocky Linux - TechRepublic

Google News - Sat, 08/14/2021 - 03:05

How to install Webmin on Rocky Linux TechRepublic

NVIDIA Tegra Open-Source Graphics Driver Introducing New User-Space ABI

Phoronix - Sat, 08/14/2021 - 02:05

NVIDIA's Tegra DRM driver that is part of the mainline kernel will be introducing a new user-space API/ABI with Linux 5.15 that is designed for future hardware while also working for existing Tegra SoCs...