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Intel open-source engineers are back around with a new take on introducing a PECI subsystem for the Linux kernel to ultimately make their Xeon servers more attractive and friendly for OpenBMC usage...

Intel Gets Back To Years-Long Journey Upstreaming PECI  Phoronix

The End of Linux is Nigh? - Linux & Unix  BleepingComputer

How to Install and Configure Mutt With Gmail on Linux  MUO - MakeUseOf

The Khronos Group recently released a new minor point release to the OpenCL 3.0 specification...

Kobo Clara HD becomes an E Ink Linux tablet with the help of postmarketOS  Liliputing

Linux 5.14 Features From Secret Memory Areas To New Hardware, Core Scheduling, Legacy IDE Dropped  Phoronix

With last night's release of Linux 5.14-rc1 the merge window is officially over for this next version of the Linux kernel. With that, here is a look at the highlights for the forthcoming Linux 5.14 kernel based upon our original reporting during the merge window.

Pi IoT In Python Using Linux Drivers -1-Wire And The DS18B20  iProgrammer

DigiKam as the popular open-source image organizer is out with its version 7.3 feature release...

Linux Mint 20.2 is a bit more insistent about updating but not as annoying as Windows or Mac, team promises  The Register

Canonical and Microsoft: Securing, strengthening, and simplifying your Linux Stack  Microsoft - Channel 9

OpenBLAS as the popular open-source high performance BLAS/LAPACK implementation has seen a new release with more CPU/architecture specific work as well as some new common optimizations...

WinMagic MFA, Encryption Solution for Linux Endpoint Devices Proves It Can Enable US Federal Agencies to Meet Biden's Cybersecurity Deadline  PR Web

Triple buffering and deep color support are two of the features still being worked on for GNOME by Ubuntu maker Canonical...

New Linux kernel 5.14 release candidate is out: Here's what's inside  ZDNet

1. New Linux kernel 5.14 release candidate is out: Here's what's inside  ZDNet
2. Linux kernel sheds legacy IDE support, but driver-dominated 5.14 rc1 still grows  The Register
3. Linux 5.14 kernel: New and exciting features coming to the release  TechRepublic
4. Linux Kernel Nixes IDE Support In the Latest 5.14 Release Candidate  Tom's Hardware
5. New Linux release candidate cuts thousands of lines of unnecessary code  TechRadar
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Microsoft has its own Linux distro called CBL-Mariner  BetaNews

5 Things Pop!_OS Linux Does Better Than Windows 11  Fossbytes

Mesa's V3DV Vulkan driver for newer Broadcom VideoCore graphics IP that is most notably used by the newer Raspberry Pi single board computers now has support for geometry shaders as its latest feature...