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Meet Plots: A Mathematical Graph Plotting App for Linux Desktop  It's FOSS

Linux 5.11 Release – Main Changes, Arm, MIPS & RISC-V Architectures  CNX Software

Hands-On with Manjaro Linux ARM on Raspberry Pi 4: A Gem!  LXer

Linux 5.11 Released With Intel Integer Scaling, AMD Performance Boost, RTX 30 KMS  Phoronix

Linux 5.11 Released With Intel Integer Scaling, AMD Performance Boost, RTX 30 KMS  Phoronix

What better way for open-source enthusiasts to celebrate Valentine's Day than with the stable release of the Linux 5.11 kernel... Linus Torvalds even changed the kernel codename for the occasion to being the "Valentine's Day Edition" kernel...

Linux Operating System Market to Provide Lucrative Opportunities with Leading Players Analysis – Atlantic Financial Management  Atlantic Financial Management

Among Facebook employees while they are mostly using Windows and macOS on their laptops/desktops, for those using Linux the primary choice has shifted from Ubuntu to Fedora but they have begun ramping up CentOS Stream too...

MS Office Alternative Software for Linux Market Size and Forecast (2021-2027) | By Top Leading Players Apple Inc, Google, Yozodcs, Softmaker (freeoffice), Shimo, Tencent, Kingsoft – NeighborWebSJ  NeighborWebSJ

How to Install Linux Operating System?  Technotification

The open-source Linux graphics driver support for the Ryzen 5000 series mobile hardware has been developed under the "Green Sardine" codename. With the soon-to-be-stable Linux 5.11 kernel offering the initial enablement for the new hardware and Ryzen 5000 series laptops expected this quarter, the Green Sardine firmware blobs have landed in linux-firmware.git...

AMD "Green Sardine" Firmware Published For Linux Users  Phoronix

Linux Sbytware Market Research Report 2015-2026 by Key Types, Applications, Competitive Vendors in Top Regions and Countries – NeighborWebSJ  NeighborWebSJ

Could future Chromebooks with native Android and Linux apps run on Google's Fuchsia OS?  About Chromebooks

Linux 5.11 should be released today as stable but we'll see if 5.11-rc8 is decided instead given there has been an uptick in last minute changes for this kernel. This will mean either the Linux 5.12 merge window is kicking off at the end of today or could be pushed back by one week, but in whatever case there are many changes that have been queuing up for this next kernel version window...

Linux Operating System Market Top Key Players, Product Types and Applications Analysis 2021-2027 – NeighborWebSJ  NeighborWebSJ

It's been eighteen years since the game Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory was released while thanks to the it becoming open-source along with the id Tech 3 engine, it's still being advanced by the open-source community in 2021...

Going back to last year there has been work by AMD engineers on an experimental FreeSync video mode optimization to avoid screen blanking around full-screen video playback. Basically avoiding an entire mode-set when changing the timing mode during video playback to bypass any screen flickering/blanking. That work has now been updated to its sixth spin while it's being viewed as a temporary measure until a better solution can be devised...

AMDGPU FreeSync Video Mode Optimization Updated But Too Late For Linux 5.12  Phoronix

Intel's Cloud-Hypervisor that is the Rust-based virtualization hypervisor focused for cloud environments is out with its newest open-source release...