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An exciting new capability with perf in Linux 5.12 is the ability to collect instruction latency metrics as part of the performance reports, but relies on hardware capabilities for now only found in next-generation Intel Xeon "Sapphire Rapids" processors...

Linux 5.12 Adds Instruction Latency Reporting To Perf  Phoronix

The Mesa release train once again fell off the tracks for Mesa 21.0 but on Friday the fifth release candidate managed to ship...

3 Ways to install GIMP graphics editor on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Linux Shout  H2S Media

The issue of having a beginner/easy-to-use focused desktop Linux distribution but not installing new security updates by default without user intervention is that for many users they fall behind in applying often important security fixes...

Linux Mint Finds Many Of Its Users Are Running Behind On Security Updates  Phoronix

IN SEARCH OF GOOD MAriJUANA AND COCIANE STOCKS - Linux & Unix  BleepingComputer

Not Just Perseverance, Linux Is On Mars Too With NASA's Recent Success  India Times

Earlier this week saw the release of Plasma 5.21 while KDE developers have been busy working on fixes/improvements to that for the first point release as well as moving forward in other areas like integrating Git support into Kate...

The sound subsystem changes were submitted on Friday by maintainer Takashi Iwai of SUSE for the in-development Linux 5.12 kernel...

In 2021, there are more reasons why people love Linux than ever before. In this series, I'll share 21 different reasons to use Linux. Here's how switching from Windows to Linux can be made seamless with WINE.

Do you have an application that only runs on Windows? Is that one application the one and only thing holding you back from switching to Linux? If so, you'll be happy to know about WINE, an open source project that has all but reinvented key Windows libraries so that applications compiled for Windows can run on Linux.

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Perseverance Rover Marks Linux's Journey From Earth To Mars  Fossbytes

Kodi 19.0 "Matrix" is now available for this popular open-source, cross-platform HTPC solution...

Best Youtube-dl GUI Applications  It's FOSS

Linux Is Now on Mars, Thanks to NASA's Perseverance Rover  PCMag

Linux Is Now on Mars, Thanks to NASA's Perseverance Rover  PCMag.com

The Linux Foundation adds 7 projects to combat racial injustice  ARNnet

To infinity and beyond: Linux and open-source goes to Mars  ZDNet

In addition to having DXVK 1.8 released for Direct3D 9/10/11 over Vulkan, Valve's VKD3D-Proton project also is enjoying a new release in time for weekend gamers wanting to run the latest Direct3D 12 titles via Vulkan on Linux with Steam Play...

How to send Linux command output to a file  TechRepublic