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Earlier this month AMD posted their initial public patches for the AMD P-State CPU frequency scaling driver that leverages ACPI CPPC for ultimately aiming to provide better power efficiency and more responsive CPU frequency scaling / performance state decisions on Zen 3 (and Zen 2 eventually) processors. This is part of the effort around AMD and Valve collaborating for better Linux efficiency especially with the AMD-powered Steam Deck.

AMD's new Linux CPU driver for the Steam deck is showing promising results - TechSpot

Google News - Wed, 09/22/2021 - 21:13

AMD's new Linux CPU driver for the Steam deck is showing promising results TechSpot

JingPad Review: A Real Linux Tab for True Linux Fans - It's FOSS

Google News - Wed, 09/22/2021 - 20:50

JingPad Review: A Real Linux Tab for True Linux Fans It's FOSS

Chrome 94 Released for Android, macOS, Windows, Linux: What's New - Gadgets 360

Google News - Wed, 09/22/2021 - 20:46

Chrome 94 Released for Android, macOS, Windows, Linux: What's New Gadgets 360

Building A Custom Linux Single Board Computer Just To Play Spotify - Hackaday

Google News - Wed, 09/22/2021 - 19:00

Building A Custom Linux Single Board Computer Just To Play Spotify Hackaday

Better Support & Performance For OpenACC Kernels Is Coming To GCC

Phoronix - Wed, 09/22/2021 - 18:40

While the GNU Compiler Collection has supported OpenACC for a few years now as this parallel programming standard popular with GPUs/accelerators, the current implementation has been found to be inadequate for many real-world HPC workloads leveraging OpenACC. Fortunately, Siemens has been working to improve GCC's OpenACC kernels support...

Aya Makes It Easy To Write Rust-Based eBPF Programs For The Linux Kernel

Phoronix - Wed, 09/22/2021 - 17:57

Aya was presented during this week's Linux Plumbers Conference for improving the eBPF developer experience by allowing Rust programs to easily run within the kernel...

Aya Makes It Easy To Write Rust-Based eBPF Programs For The Linux Kernel - Phoronix

Google News - Wed, 09/22/2021 - 17:57

Aya Makes It Easy To Write Rust-Based eBPF Programs For The Linux Kernel Phoronix

Ubuntu Touch OTA-19 Released - Still Based On Ubuntu 16.04

Phoronix - Wed, 09/22/2021 - 15:40

UBports on Tuesday released Ubuntu Touch OTA-19 as the latest refinement to this Ubuntu Linux spin for smartphones and tablets...

Ktube Media Downloader lets you download YouTube videos easily on Linux - Technology Zimbabwe

Google News - Wed, 09/22/2021 - 15:33

Ktube Media Downloader lets you download YouTube videos easily on Linux Technology Zimbabwe

My favorite LibreOffice productivity tips

opensource.com - Wed, 09/22/2021 - 15:01

LibreOffice is my productivity application of choice. It's one of the most potent reasons for recommending Linux distributions to educators and students, whether PK-12 or higher education. Now that the school year is upon us, I thought I would recommend some LibreOffice shortcuts and tips that might save you valuable time.

Work faster with keyboard shortcuts

I use a lot of keyboard shortcuts. Here are the most common shortcuts that apply to all LibreOffice applications.

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