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The DRM kernel graphics/display driver updates were sent in today for the ongoing Linux 5.12 merge window. Two of the biggest features are VRR/Adaptive-Sync now being supported for Intel Gen12/Xe Graphics while on the AMD side there is initial "OverDrive" overclocking support for their newest RDNA 2 GPUs...

Steps to install PHP 8 on Debian Server - Linux Shout  H2S Media

Prepare to work towards a Linux administrator with this $59 training  ZDNet

Prepare to work toward a Linux administrator job with this $59 training  ZDNet

The Perseverance Mars rover just took Linux to another planet  TechRadar

As expected, the new port of the Linux kernel to the Nintendo 64 game console from the 90's is now being mainlined in 2021 with the Linux 5.12 kernel.....

Nintendo 64 Support Mailed In For The Linux 5.12 Kernel  Phoronix

Nintendo 64 Support Mailed In For The Linux 5.12 Kernel  Phoronix

Microsoft Announces Azure IoT Edge Modules for Linux on Windows in Public Preview  InfoQ.com

The Raspberry Pi Pico Can't Run Linux. But It Can Run Fuzix.  Hackaday

The Raspberry Pi Pico Can't Run Linux. But It Can Run FUSIX.  Hackaday

Now that Mesa 21.1 has OpenGL 4.6 support for Zink, the attention is turning to fixes for the OpenGL Conformance Test Suite and juicing as much performance as possible out of this OpenGL on Vulkan driver layer within Mesa...

Linux OS Market to Reach $15.64 Billion by 2027; Increasing Investment in Integration of the Product in Desktop Computers will Aid Growth, says Fortune Business Insights(TM)  Stockhouse

Linux OS Market to Reach $15.64 Billion by 2027; Increasing Investment in Integration of the Product in Desktop Computers will Aid Growth, says Fortune Business Insights™  Yahoo Finance

Portal 2, Valve's puzzle platform game that has been around for a decade already, is now seeing Vulkan rendering support added by leveraging DXVK...

DXVK 1.8 is out as the newest feature release of this translation layer for Direct3D over Vulkan...

DXVK 1.8 Released With Support For More Direct3D Games  Phoronix

vRAN Ecosystem Market: Classification, Opportunities, Types, Applications, Status and Forecast to 2024 | NEC Corporation , Aricent, Linux Foundation, Xilinx, ARM Holdings – KSU | The Sentinel Newspaper  KSU | The Sentinel Newspaper

Google Chromebooks run on Linux, but normally the Linux they run isn't particularly accessible to the user. Linux is used as a backend technology for an environment based on the open source Chromium OS, which Google then transforms into Chrome OS. The interface most users experience is a desktop that can run Chrome browser apps and the Chrome browser itself. And yet underneath all that, there's Linux to be found.

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Several years ago, I applied for a marketing job at a tech company. I got called back for the phone screening and had a delightful conversation with the recruiter. The next day, I got an email from the recruiter saying that I was not “technical” enough to move forward to the next round of interviews. I was shocked. 

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