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Linux 5.9-rc5 Looks Fairly Normal Aside From Wildfires + Performance Regression  Phoronix

The recent rumors panned out and NVIDIA just announced they have reached a definitive deal with SoftBank to acquire Arm...

Scala Launches New Entry-Level and Enterprise Media Players  MyChesCo

KDE 5.74 released: Better Linux experience  Somag News

Back on Friday there was Mark Shuttleworth's comments following some friction within the Ubuntu community and uncertainty over roles. After thinking about it over the weekend, he has decided to go ahead and work to reinstate the Ubuntu Community Council...

Linux Operating System Market Consumption 2020-2026 Post Impact of Worldwide COVID-19 Spread Analysis  Red & Black Student Newspaper

How to install VMware Workstation Player on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Linux Shout  H2S Media

The Latest On The Linux 5.9 Kernel Regression Stemming From Page Lock Fairness  Phoronix

Last week we reported on a Linux 5.9 kernel regression following benchmarks from Linux 5.0 to 5.9 and there being a sharp drop with the latest development kernel. That kernel regression was bisected to code introduced by Linus Torvalds at the start of the Linux 5.9 kernel cycle. Unfortunately it's not a trivial problem and one still being analyzed in coming up with a proper solution. So the short story is it's a work-in-progress while this article has some additional insight and benchmarks done over the course of the past few days.

How to install Kali Linux latest version on USB to use on any PC or laptop  H2S Media

Intel-owned AI startup Habana Labs is working on expanding their "Gaudi" support to now include the NIC network interface found on this AI training accelerator hardware...

Habana Labs' Gaudi NIC Support Being Worked On For Linux Kernel  Phoronix

Kaspersky Warns Intruders are Focusing on Linux Workstations and Servers  Editorials 360

Lukas Larsson of Erlang Solutions is proposing "BeamAsm" as a JIT compiler for the Erlang virtual machine...

Following the very delayed Xfce 4.14, the Xfce 4.16 release is progressing with plans for releasing this year. Xfce 4.16pre1 was released at the end of August while it was the release announcement that was delayed for this lightweight desktop environment update...

In this installment of our "Managing with Open Values" series, I chat again with Braxton, Director of Pricing for a nationwide U.S. insurance company and people manager.

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Cyber attackers are targeting Linux-based workstations and servers, says report  BusinessLine

The second development release of the forthcoming Phoronix Test Suite 10.0-Finnsnes is now available for testing...

GNOME 3.38 is due for release next week while the second and final release candidate is now available as one last chance for testing...

Breaking this weekend is word that NVIDIA and Arm are reportedly close to a deal in which the graphics giant would be acquiring the UK-based chip designer from SoftBank in a deal worth $40 billion USD or more...