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The Linux kernel in 2020 saw lots of new features added and other functionality improved while continuing to generally keep pace with punctual new hardware support...

The Linux Kernel Made Terrific Strides In 2020  Phoronix

The Linux Kernel Made Terrific Strides In 2020  Phoronix

KDE developer Nate Graham who has made a lot of contributions to KDE in recent years and is well known for his weekly KDE development summaries has published a 2021 roadmap for the year...

You can still upgrade Windows 7 and 8.1 systems to Windows 10 for free  Ghacks Technology News

New Year's Eve two years ago I wrote about the open-source / Linux letdowns of 2018. It was well received at the time and sparked some interesting discussions so as we celebrate the start of 2021 I figured it would be interesting to look back and see which of those letdowns were since resolved and what ones are remaining...

Some Linux/Open-Source Letdowns Last For Years  Phoronix

How to install Dash to Dock on Pop OS Linux distro - Linux Shout  H2S Media

AWS/Azure/Google Certifications are More Important than Linux Certs  hackernoon.com

Command to Enable Minimize and Maximize Buttons on Pop!_OS - Linux Shout  H2S Media

2020 was easily the best year yet for Mesa with this collection of open-source OpenGL/Vulkan drivers seeing timely new hardware support, Intel's OpenGL support defaulting to Iris Gallium3D, the Radeon Vulkan (RADV) driver adding and defaulting to the ACO compiler back-end, many performance optimizations throughout, timely new GPU hardware support, and a lot more!..

Mesa Enjoyed A Record-Setting Year With Intel G3D Default, RADV ACO, Faster Performance  Phoronix

The Panfrost open-source Gallium3D driver matured into good shape over the course of 2020 with providing OpenGL support for Arm Mali graphics hardware. As we enter 2021 it will be interesting to see this year if any "Panfrost Vulkan" driver materializes for open-source Vulkan support on the newer Mali graphics hardware. But at least one area making interesting process is in regards to OpenCL compute support...

Linux Computer Market Research, Key Players, Growth Opportunities, Outlook and Forecasts Report by 2020-2026  Farming Sector

Linux Software Market Trends, Cost Structure Analysis, Growth Opportunities And Forecast To 2026  LionLowdown

I love Python, and I've been learning it for a while now. Some time ago, I wrote a Python script where I needed to resize a bunch of images while at the same time keeping the aspect ratio (the proportions) intact. So I looked around and found Pillow, a Python imaging library and "friendly fork" of an old library just called PIL. 

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I have been writing a series of articles about solving a nice, small, and somewhat unusual problem in different programming languages (Groovy, Python, and Java so far).

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A Fresh Linux For The Most Unexpected Platform – The Nintendo 64  Hackaday

As we ring in a new year that many hope will look a lot different than 2020, I propose we try to keep a few things that difficult year gave us:

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Deepin 20.1 Released with Improved Performance, Enhanced Desktop Environment  LXer