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Linux 5.11's Kconfig build configuration updates are bringing some long overdue improvements to its "Qconf" Qt toolkit user interface option for configuring Linux kernel builds...

Linux 5.11 Finally Flushes Out Its Qt4 Code For Configuring Kernel Builds UI  Phoronix

Lilbits: Snapdragon 888 is almost here, a 4K video editor that fits on a 1.44 MB floppy, and Linux phones are real PCs  Liliputing

Open Automation Software Platform now runs on Raspberry Pi  LinuxGizmos.com

How to Use GnuPG for Encryption on Linux  MakeUseOf

Last week the Linux 5.11 power management updates were merged while on Tuesday some additional new material was merged, primarily around Intel's P-State CPU frequency scaling governor when running with the "Schedutil" governor that makes use of the kernel's scheduler utilization data...

Linux 5.11 Intel P-State Schedutil Tuned For Better Efficiency. Avoid Running "Too Fast"  Phoronix

Linux 5.11 Intel P-State Schedutil Tuned For Better Efficiency. Avoid Running "Too Fast"  Phoronix

The Review of GUI LVM Tools  Linux Journal

How to Install Linux on Windows With Dual Boot | Better Programming  Medium

How to play Among Us on your Chromebook  Digital Trends

Want to learn Linux better? Here are some top courses with huge discounts this week  XDA Developers

Windows 10 Competing Well Against Ubuntu 20.10 On The AMD Ryzen 9 5950X  Phoronix

Earlier this month we were a bit surprised to see Windows 10 performing close to Ubuntu 20.10 on the AMD Ryzen 9 5900X. With prior AMD Ryzen (and Intel Core) desktop CPUs we normally are used to seeing Ubuntu Linux exhibit healthy performance advantages over Windows 10 in most workloads. But with Zen 3 the Windows vs. Linux performance is much closer and thus led us to also running Windows 10 vs. Ubuntu benchmarks on the higher-end Ryzen 9 5950X to reproduce the earlier findings.

How to install and use Tor Browser on Linux Mint 20- Error free method  H2S Media

The previously covered VirtIO memory (VirtIO-MEM) work on its Big Block Mode "BBM" will be landing with Linux 5.11...

Linux 5.11 Adding VirtIO-MEM "Big Block Mode"  Phoronix

Fedora 34 is shaping up to be another exciting Fedora Linux release on the feature front. Among the material to look forward to in this spring 2021 Linux distribution release is routing all audio through PipeWire by default, enabling systemd-oomd by default, an independent XWayland package, and more. The latest proposal involves making use of DNF/RPM copy-on-write support atop Btrfs with Fedora 34...

DNF/RPM Copy-On-Write Eyed For Fedora 34 To Speed Up Package Installation  Phoronix

DNF/RPM Copy-On-Write Eyed For Fedora 34 To Speed Up Package Installation  Phoronix