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Ultra App Kit is a new cross-platform, user interface toolkit option focused on satisfying the needs of game engines/tooling but also covering needs for other desktop GUI applications...

Linus Torvalds just released Linux 5.14-rc2 as the latest weekly test candidate of the maturing Linux 5.14 kernel...

Out this Sunday is the latest update to GNU Binutils as this important collection of binary utilities common to Linux and other platforms...

Install Teamviewer on Debian 11 or 10 using command terminal  H2S Media

With the alpha release of the Godot 4.0 open-source game engine approaching, a blog post today detailed the current graphics API support plans around this major game engine update...

The end of open source?  TechCrunch

Why the Steam Deck won’t flop like Valve’s Steam Machines  The Verge

Thanks to Canonical's distributed workforce with most of their employees working from home even pre-pandemic and the booming Linux ecosystem, the Ubuntu maker performed very well over 2020 and even grew its headcount back above 500 employees and managed to swing from a loss in 2019 to a profit in 2020...

For those that may have upgraded to an Intel Tiger Lake notebook and making use of the Gen12 Xe Graphics while running a distribution like Ubuntu 21.04, if you are wondering whether upgrading the kernel or Mesa are worthwhile here are some benchmarks...

Early work is underway on Coreboot for AMD's Barcelo as the successor to Lucienne...

Linux 5.15 later this year will bring improvements to the kernel side of Open vSwitch, the open-source virtual multi-layer switch implementation that is commonly used in large virtualized environments...

Patch your Linux, hackers are actively exploiting the “Dirty COW” flaw 2021 Tips  BollyInside

Linux 5.0 shown to boot on ESP32 processor  CNX Software

As the world turns and some folks begin returning to the office, I feel it's a good time to ask our community of open source techies: What's your work-from-home (WFH) uniform?

Do you dress like you would if you were going into the office? Or are you more comfortable in workout clothes or even your PJs? Do you have a template you stick to most days?

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Following the soft freeze and hard freeze, Debian 11 "Bullseye" is now under a full freeze ahead of its official Debian 11 stable release...

How to Install Nessus scanner on Debian 11 or 10 - Linux Shout  H2S Media

How to Check Your Laptop's Battery Health in Linux  MUO - MakeUseOf

Released on Friday was a new version of the Hashcat open-source password recovery tool that now adds an AMD HIP back-end...

With the recent release of System76's Pop!_OS 21.04 if you are thinking about upgrading to this release from Pop!_OS 20.04 LTS or choosing between the two, here are some benchmarks from the AMD Ryzen Threadripper powered System76 Thelio Major.

One year ago was the surprise of Paragon Software wanting to mainline their NTFS Linux kernel driver. The Paragon "NTFS3" kernel driver provides much better read/write support for Microsoft's NTFS file-system than what is available with other kernel or FUSE options for this file-system support on Linux. It looks like this driver might finally be mainlined soon...