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KDE KWin Introducing Item-Based Scenes For Improved Wayland Support

Phoronix - Mon, 04/12/2021 - 20:02
More KDE KWin Wayland improvements are coming down the pipe...

Intel DG1 Graphics Card Nears Working State On Linux

Phoronix - Mon, 04/12/2021 - 19:00
While these kernel patches aren't expected to land until the Linux 5.14 kernel cycle later in the summer, a set of 19 patches published on Monday morning begin allowing a test system to boot with the DG1 graphics card...

MSM DRM Driver Picks Up Initial Support For The Snapdragon SC7280

Phoronix - Mon, 04/12/2021 - 17:59
The MSM DRM driver changes have been sent to DRM-Next for this Freedreno aligned project providing open-source graphics/display driver support for Qualcomm SoCs...

Intel Rocket Lake Target Added To GCC 11

Phoronix - Mon, 04/12/2021 - 17:44
While Intel is often very proactive in adding new CPU families to the open-source GCC and LLVM/Clang compilers where it tends to land a year or more in advance of the processors actually shipping, occasionally there are slipups. Today in fact the "Rocket Lake" support finally was merged into GCC 11 days ahead of that compiler release and after the CPUs were already launched at the end of March...

6 open source tools and tips to securing a Linux server for beginners

opensource.com - Mon, 04/12/2021 - 15:02

Because so much of our personal and professional data is available online today, it is important for everyone—from professionals to general internet users—to learn the basics of security and privacy. As a student, I've been able to gain experience in this area through my school's CyberPatriot initiative, where I've had the opportunity to interact with industry experts to learn about cyber breaches and the basic steps to establish a system's security.


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Encrypt your files with this open source software

opensource.com - Mon, 04/12/2021 - 15:01

Many years ago, there was encryption software called TrueCrypt. Its source code was available, although there were no major claims that anyone had ever audited or contributed to it. Its author was (and remains to this day) anonymous. Still, it was cross-platform, easy to use, and really, really useful.


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