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GhostBSD Shifts Base To FreeBSD 13.0, Improvements For OpenZFS 2.0

Phoronix - Fri, 04/30/2021 - 17:06
It was just earlier this month that FreeBSD 13.0 released while already GhostBSD has issued a new release of this desktop-oriented operating system re-based against the new FreeBSD 13.0 base...

Manuel Sabban - Linux Journal

Google News - Fri, 04/30/2021 - 15:00
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Access an alternate internet with OpenNIC

opensource.com - Fri, 04/30/2021 - 15:00

In the words of Dan Kaminsky, the legendary DNS hacker, "the Internet's proven to be a pretty big deal for global society." For the Internet to work, computers must be able to find one another on the most complex network of all: the World Wide Web. This was the problem posed to government workers and academic IT staff a few decades ago, and it's their solutions that we use today.


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Building an open infrastructure for civic participation

opensource.com - Fri, 04/30/2021 - 15:00

Open source is living through a curious moment: just like sharing movements in academia and communities once helped develop open source, open source is now inspiring the development of communities.


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LFCA: Learn Serverless Computing, Benefits and Pitfalls – Part 15

Tecmint - Fri, 04/30/2021 - 13:54
The post LFCA: Learn Serverless Computing, Benefits and Pitfalls – Part 15 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Serverless technology has generated a lot of hype in the tech community evoking a lot of curiosity and receiving some backlash to a little extent. It’s a technology that began with the launch of

The post LFCA: Learn Serverless Computing, Benefits and Pitfalls – Part 15 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

Apple Magic Mouse 2, Microsoft SAM Support Added For Linux 5.13

Phoronix - Fri, 04/30/2021 - 08:31
When it comes to Apple hardware support in the Linux 5.13 kernel not only is support for the Apple M1 SoCs added but the Magic Mouse 2 is also finally being supported in full by the mainline kernel. Plus there are other various interesting HID subsystem updates too this kernel cycle...

Total War: Rome Remastered Released For Linux

Phoronix - Fri, 04/30/2021 - 08:13
The previously announced Total War: Rome Remastered that was announced by Feral Interactive is now released...

QEMU 6.0 Released With AMD SEV-ES Encrypted Guest Support, Experimental Multi-Process

Phoronix - Fri, 04/30/2021 - 04:40
QEMU 6.0 is out today as the newest feature release for this processor/machine emulator and virtualizer that serves as an important part of the open-source Linux virtualization stack...

Ubuntu 21.04 - X.Org vs. Wayland Linux Gaming Performance

Phoronix - Fri, 04/30/2021 - 02:30
One of the most significant underlying changes with the recent release of Ubuntu 21.04 is the default GNOME Shell desktop environment is running the Wayland-based session by default rather than the traditional X.Org Server session. But what does this mean for the Linux gaming performance on Ubuntu 21.04? Here are some (X)Wayland vs. X.Org benchmarks.

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