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Apple M1 PCIe Driver Leads The PCI Changes For Linux 5.16

Phoronix - Sat, 11/06/2021 - 18:00
Sent in on Friday by Bjorn Helgaas were all of the PCI subsystem updates for the Linux 5.16 merge window...

KDE Continues Improving Its Scanner Application, Fixing Plasma Wayland Bugs

Phoronix - Sat, 11/06/2021 - 17:37
KDE developers began November working on yet more Plasma Wayland session fixes and other enhancements to their open-source desktop environment...

Open source solar power for anyone

opensource.com - Sat, 11/06/2021 - 15:00

Solar photovoltaic technology, which converts sunlight directly into electricity, has fallen in cost so far that it is now the most inexpensive method of getting electricity, period. If you have any money in the bank and own your home or business, consider investing in solar power for yourself now, as you can do some good for the planet and your wallet simultaneously.

But can you still take advantage of solar if you live in an apartment or aren’t flush with cash?


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It's Been 9 Years Since Valve Rolled Out The Steam Linux Beta

Phoronix - Sat, 11/06/2021 - 12:00
Today marks nine years already since Valve began rolling out their Steam Linux beta client after a very exciting summer. While the initial Steam on Linux excitement phased out a bit after Steam Machines didn't materialize, as we approach a decade with Steam on Linux it's easily as exciting as ever thanks to Steam Play / Proton for allowing massive amounts of Windows games to run on Linux and the imminent release of the Steam Deck that has fueled renewed interest around Linux gaming...

BattlEye Support In Good Shape With Steam Client Beta + Proton Experimental

Phoronix - Sat, 11/06/2021 - 09:35
Back in September it was announced that the BattlEye anti-cheat technology would support Proton with an emphasis on the forthcoming Steam Deck. Now as a nice present for Steam's 9th birthday on Linux, that BattlEye support is coming together...

Wine 6.21 Released, Begins Hacking On MSDASQL

Phoronix - Sat, 11/06/2021 - 07:29
Wine 6.21 is out as the latest bi-weekly development release of this open-source software for enjoying Windows games and applications on Linux...

Bcachefs Gets "Bad@$$" Snapshots, Still Aiming For Mainline Linux Kernel Integration

Phoronix - Sat, 11/06/2021 - 04:06
Kent Overstreet who has been working relentlessly on Bcachefs for over a half-decade now issued his latest status update on this Linux file-system born out of the kernel's block cache code...

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