Open-source News

How to install Windows Subsystem for Linux in Windows 11  KnowTechie

Project Wakefield is the recently established OpenJDK initiative to implement native Wayland support within Java...

How Can You Install Google Browser on Debian?  Linux Journal

X.Org Server 21.1 is now officially available as this first xorg-server update in three years and what began development as X.Org Server 1.21 prior to the versioning change...

X.Org Server 21.1 Released With Variable Rate Refresh In Modesetting Driver, Other Work  Phoronix

Best Linux desktop for 2021: Which one should you buy?  TechRepublic

Tiny SBC runs Linux on new RAM-equipped Allwinner RISC-V SoC  LinuxGizmos.com

A Simple Guide to Using the netstat Command in Linux  MUO - MakeUseOf

Intel Announces 12th Gen Core "Alder Lake" CPUs, Linux Tests Forthcoming  Phoronix

Intel is using their inaugural Intel Innovation virtual event today to formally announce the highly-anticipated 12th Gen Core "Alder Lake" processors. These first desktop processors built on their "Intel 7" process and employ a hybrid architecture will be available in retail channels next week. Today we can talk more about Alder Lake specifications and features while our Linux performance benchmarks and support analysis will come once the Alder Lake review embargo expires next week.

Along with announcing Alder Lake and other hardware advancements, Intel is using their new Innovation event kicking off today to also talk more about their vast collection of software... This follows Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger's comments from earlier in the week around a bias towards open-source and a pledge to openness. As part of this, Intel is today announcing a new and unified Developer Zone...

How to install the Tsurugi Linux distribution  TechRepublic

How to Convert Between Linux Packages Using Alien  MUO - MakeUseOf

SUSE heads for the Edge Computing with SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1  ZDNet

Linux Foundation: confidential computing market to reach $54 billion in 2026  ZDNet

Samsung Becomes The Latest Tech Giant To Launch A Game Streaming Service  Mashable India

Axle.ai Launches Connectr 2021 software for Windows, Mac and Linux  MarTech Series

It's been just shy of one month since Qt 6.2 debuted as the first Qt6 Long-Term Support (LTS) release and ported many of the remaining modules over from Qt5. Shipping today is now Qt 6.2.1 as the first point release with more than two-hundred fixes...

After stalling last year when it was queued up in HID's "for-5.10/nintendo" branch only to not make it into HID-next at the time, that threshold has now been crossed with the latest Nintendo Switch controller driver now ready for introduction in Linux 5.16. This open-source driver enables the Nintendo Switch Joy-Con and Pro controllers to work under Linux with a mainline kernel driver...

Along with the Apple Silicon PCIe driver, another new driver for supporting Apple Silicon (primarily with a focus on the Apple M1 for now) with the upcoming Linux 5.16 cycle is a new pinctrl/GPIO driver...