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Linux 5.12 Performance Is Looking Stable, In Good Shape  Phoronix

Global Linux Software Market 2021 Size, Share, Trends, Growth Outlook with Company Analysis and Forecast to 2026  AlgosOnline

PinePhone: A Linux smartphone a developer could love - Pirate Press  Pirate Press

Last summer, my wife and I sold everything we owned and moved with our two dogs to Hawaii. It's been everything we thought it would be: beautiful sun, warm sand, cool surf—you name it. We've also run into some things we didn't expect: WiFi problems.

Now, that's not a Hawaii problem. It's limited to the apartment we are renting. We are living in a single-room studio apartment attached to our landlord's apartment. Part of the rent includes free internet! YAY! However, said internet is provided by the WiFi router in the landlord's apartment. BOO!

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I've learned that video tutorials are a great way to teach my students, and open source tools have helped me take my video-production skills to the next level. This article will explain how to get started and add artfulness and creativity to your video tutorial projects.

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The open source operating system FreeDOS is a tried-and-true project that helps users play retro games, update firmware, run outdated but beloved applications, and study operating system design. FreeDOS offers insights into the history of personal computing (because it implements the de facto operating system of the early '80s) but in a modern context. In this article, I'll use FreeDOS to explain how file names and extensions developed.

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Google and Red Hat team up with Linux Foundation for software-signing service  IT PRO

Google has announced the 202 open-source projects that will be included as part of this year's Google Summer of Code (GSoC) initiative for getting students involved in free software development...

The best Linux VPN in 2021  Tom's Guide

Intel CPU roadmap shoots for the moon with Lunar Lake drivers hitting Linux years ahead of launch  PC Gamer

Back in 2019 we reported on Intel bringing up a new SoC dubbed "Lighting Mountain" to be used as a network processor and for other use-cases. Intel brought up that initial Linux kernel code for Lightning Mountain in 2019 but since then the code has already begun to fall into disrepair while it looks like it was either punted off as part of MaxLinear's acquisition last year of the Intel Home Gateway Platform Division or otherwise as a result of that was cancelled...

Chinese MIPS64 vendor Loongson announced the 2K1000 back in 2017 and while it has already been succeeded by more advanced chips in the Loongson 3 series, the Linux driver support for the 2K1000 is still coming together...

Loongson 2K1000 Linux Support Still Getting Brought Up With New Kernel Patches  Phoronix

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Flutter 2.0 embedded UI toolkit embraces Windows, macOS and Linux  Electronics Weekly

Flutter 2.0 embedded UI toolkit embraces Windows, macOS and Linux  Electronics Weekly

Sigstore is a Linux Foundation project developed by Google and Red Hat for code signing  Neowin

Among 2020’s biggest buzzwords—unprecedented, pivotal, virtual—one emerged as a defining factor of Red Hat’s success amidst the chaos: resilience. Earlier this month, our President and CEO Paul Cormier outlined our path for 2021, which is built upon the resilience of our people and technology.

VirtIO Sound Driver Coming For Linux 5.13  Phoronix

The virtual sound driver for VirtIO has been queued up into the sound-next code ahead of the Linux 5.13 merge window this spring...