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Ahead of the Linux 5.12 merge window expected to open at end of day tomorrow, assuming Linux 5.11 is out on schedule, there is already a pending pull request with a big feature addition: IDMAPPED mounts...

How to start Firefox Kiosk Mode Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Linux Shout  H2S Media

Two weeks ago with Wine-Staging 6.1 it was at nearly 800 patches atop the upstream Wine code-base while for Wine-Staging 6.2 it has fallen to just a 669 patch difference...

Plasma 5.21 is due for release on 16 February and as such developers have been busy working on bug fixing for the final stretch of development...

Plasma 5.21 Continues Seeing Lots Of Fixes Ahead Of Next Week's Release  Phoronix

An informal case study suggests that since Debian enacted its Code of Conduct and began participating in the Outreachy internship program hasn't helped in increasing female participation within the open-source project but is actually trending lower compared to the early years of this original GNU/Linux distribution...

In 2021, there are more reasons why people love Linux than ever before. In this series, I'll share 21 different ways to use Linux. Here I'll explain why so many programmers choose Linux.

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In the movie The Secret of My Success, Brantley Foster (played by Michael J. Fox) expresses the exact thought that goes through every new graduate's mind: "How can I get any experience until I get a job that gives me experience?"

The hardest thing to do when starting a new career is to get experience. Often this creates a paradox. How do you get work with no experience, and how do you get experience with no work?

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How to open Firefox with URL in Linux via command line - Linux Shout  H2S Media

One year after OpenMandriva Lx 4.1 released, OpenMandriva Lx 4.2 is now available. Continuing to make OpenMandriva Lx rather unique among Linux distributions is its use of the LLVM Clang compiler by default rather than GCC. Another unique "selling point" of OpenMandriva is its AMD Zen optimized version where the entire package set is rebuilt with Zen optimizations...

OpenMandriva Lx 4.2 Released For This Linux Distro Built By The Clang Compiler  Phoronix

Linux Software Market Set for Healthy Growth after COVID19 Pandemic – NeighborWebSJ  NeighborWebSJ

Proton 5.13-6 is out in time for the weekend Linux gamer in providing the latest functionality for this Wine downstream that powers Steam Play for running Windows games on Linux...

OpenMandriva Lx 4.2 Linux distribution now available for PC, Raspberry Pi, and more  BetaNews

Google proposes way for Fuchsia OS to run Android and Linux programs ‘natively’  9to5Google

What better way to celebrate Valentine's Day weekend with some wine... Wine 6.2 is out as the latest bi-weekly development snapshot for running Windows games and applications on Linux/macOS...

How to install Snap Store GUI on CentOS 7 or 8 Linux - Linux Shout  H2S Media

Over the past year there has been much chatter about Enterprise Linux Next within the Fedora camp and now this special interest group (SIG) is finally getting underway...

Fedora's "Enterprise Linux Next" Taking Flight To Experiment With Next-Gen RHEL Changes  Phoronix

The Origin of Linux and Reasons to use Linux  Technotification