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Linux 5.16 Arm SoC Changes Bring-Up The Snapdragon 690, Other Hardware

Phoronix - Thu, 11/04/2021 - 16:35
All of the Arm SoC/platform changes were merged on Wednesday evening for the Linux 5.16 kernel cycle...

Mesa 21.3-rc4 Release Led By Many Zink Fixes

Phoronix - Thu, 11/04/2021 - 15:15
Mesa 21.3 as the final feature release for this collection of open-source OpenGL and Vulkan drivers isn't yet ready to go as some blocker bugs persist, but available now is the fourth weekly release candidate...

How to update a Linux symlink

opensource.com - Thu, 11/04/2021 - 15:00

UNIX and Linux users find many uses for links, particularly symbolic links. One way that I like to use symbolic links is to manage configuration backups of various IT equipment.

I have a directory structure to hold everything related to documentation, updates, and other files for the computers and devices on my network. Devices can include routers, access points, NAS servers, and laptops, often of different brands and versions. The configuration backups themselves might be deep within the directory tree, e.g. /home/alan/Documents/network/device/NetgearRL5000/config.


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Technically Speaking series decodes DevSecOps

Red Hat News - Thu, 11/04/2021 - 12:00

Liz Rice, Chief Open Source Officer at Isovalent, has a few thoughts on core DevSecOps technologies that can help address these concerns. She joins Red Hat Chief Technology Officer Chris Wright in "DevSecOps Decoded," a recent addition to our Technically Speaking series. 

Linux 5.16's Smorgasbord Of Power Management Changes Land

Phoronix - Thu, 11/04/2021 - 12:00
Sent in on Tuesday and since merged to the mainline Linux 5.16 code-base were the power management updates and accompanying ACPI and thermal changes...

Linux 5.16 Sound Ready To Play On AMD VanGogh + Yellow Carp, Continues USB Low-Latency

Phoronix - Thu, 11/04/2021 - 06:29
The Linux sound subsystem is seeing some useful and significant additions with the Linux 5.16 kernel...

Microsoft Publishes October 2021 Update For Its Linux Distribution

Phoronix - Thu, 11/04/2021 - 03:21
Microsoft today released its monthly update to CBL-Mariner, its internal Linux distribution that is used for a variety of purposes at the Windows company...

AMD Radeon Graphics Driver "AMDGPU" Ported To DragonFlyBSD

Phoronix - Thu, 11/04/2021 - 01:35
The "AMDGPU" kernel graphics driver has been ported and pulled into the DragonFlyBSD operating system...

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