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A new developer feature coming to the Linux 5.12 kernel thanks to a Canonical developer is software audio jack injection support...

Easier Sound Debugging With Software Audio Jack Injection Coming To Linux 5.12  Phoronix

Linux Foundation and Magma collaborate to accelerate deployment of wireless networks  Help Net Security

The second point release to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS is now officially released. Notable with Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS is the new hardware enablement (HWE) stack that brings the Linux kernel, Mesa, and related components from Ubuntu 20.10, which means better hardware support that tends to be most notable around better open-source graphics support...

Security firm Corellium has been working on enabling the Apple M1 SoC under Linux and last month they posted initial Linux kernel patches for the Apple M1. Meanwhile independent developer Hector Martin has also been working on Apple M1 enablement via crowdfunding and today he posted his initial set of Linux kernel patches for bringing up the Apple 2020 hardware under Linux...

New Patches Posted For Bringing Up The Apple M1 SoC On Linux  Phoronix

Cannot get list or anything when entering a command - Linux & Unix  BleepingComputer

How to Save Time Running Automated Tests with Parallel CI Machines  Linux Journal

The AMD "frequency invariance" saga with Linux 5.11 continues... While there was a patch to address the previously noted performance regression caused by the introduction of frequency invariance and seen when using the Schedutil governor, a new CPUFreq-side patch series has been proposed instead -- both of which are addressing the performance issue with this new kernel for AMD Zen 2 / Zen 3 systems...

AMD Regression On Linux 5.11 Being Addressed By New CPUFreq Patches  Phoronix

Minisforum launches Deskmini U850 and U820 Windows 10 and Linux PCs  BetaNews

Ubuntu Core 20 Linux Gets Bolstered Security, Full Disk Encryption for Embedded, IoT  EnterpriseAI

The Internet Archive exists thanks to Ubuntu and the Linux communities  BetaNews

Linux Foundation Launches Industry Collaboration with Magma to Accelerate Deployment of Wireless Networks  AiThority

With Mesa 21.0 releasing soon here is a look at the new features for this quarter's release of these open-source Vulkan / OpenGL driver implementations.

A new collaborative tech project to enable better network connectivity  TechRepublic

Sent in today to DRM-Next ahead of the Linux 5.12 kernel cycle were "fixes" but some interesting items worth noting in this batch...

More AMDGPU Patches For Linux 5.12 Point To First Sign Towards PCIe 5.0, FreeSync HDMI  Phoronix

The open-source Broadcom graphics driver code most notably used by Raspberry Pi devices will be seeing at least slightly better performance come next quarter's Mesa 21.1 release...

Capsule8 Launches New Channel Partner Program  GlobeNewswire