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While Linux 5.11-rc1 was just released yesterday, we have already been closely monitoring the new features of Linux 5.11 as well as carrying out early benchmarks. One area looking quite good so far are the Intel graphics performance and features with Linux 5.11, or more specifically Gen9 and newer while the latest Xe Graphics are obviously the most interesting from a benchmarking perspective.

If you want to travel next year, you may need a vaccine passport  KETV Omaha

If you want to travel next year, you may need a vaccine passport  WLWT Cincinnati

If you want to travel next year, you may need a vaccine passport  WBAL Baltimore

Linus Torvalds Turns 51 Today: Here Are 10 Interesting Facts About Him  Fossbytes

With the Linux 5.12 kernel next spring it looks like the Radeon RX 6000 "RDNA 2" overclocking support will be in order...

Linux 5.12 To Support Radeon RX 6000 Series OverDrive Overclocking  Phoronix

Bootlin working under contract for an unnamed NAS vendor has been working to update the Large Page Support for 32-bit ARM and ultimately coming up with an upstream-friendly way to be able to support more than 16TB of storage on 32-bit ARM devices...

Bootlin's Pursuit To Let 32-bit ARM NAS Devices Support More Than 16TiB Of Storage  Phoronix

How to Open Edge’s InPrivate Mode with a Keyboard Shortcut  How-To Geek

Linux Operating System Market Latest Industry Trends, Statistics, Competition Strategies and Latest Industry Share by 2027  Fresno Observer

Rocket.Chat: An Amazing Open-Source Alternative to Slack That You Can Self-host  It's FOSS

Of all the new Linux 5.11 features and all the enablement work Intel has already completed for Xeon "Sapphire Rapids" hardware, one big feature not yet mainlined is the Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX) support...

Intel Sends Out Latest AMX Support For The Linux Kernel  Phoronix

Bash 5.1 brings back older behavior  InfoWorld

The Rise Of An Empire: GEForce & The Dawn Of A New Decade 2021  Analytics India Magazine

2020 is the year of Linux on the Nintendo 64  Fudzilla

There are a couple of ways to learn a programming language. If you're new to coding, you usually learn some basic computer coding concepts and try to apply them. If you already know how to code in another language, you relearn how coding concepts are expressed in the new language.

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Intel Xe Graphics Are Looking Great On Linux 5.11 With Nice Performance Uplift  Phoronix

In this series, we're writing the same application in different programming languages to compare how various languages work and to show how using a standard test program is a great way to learn new ways to program.

When you learn a new programming language, it's good to focus on the things they have in common. Variables, expressions, and statements are the basis of most programming languages. Once you understand these concepts, you can start figuring the rest out.

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