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Tuxedo Stellaris 15 is a Linux gaming laptop with Intel or AMD processors, NVIDIA graphics  Liliputing

Following yesterday's release of the Linux 5.13 kernel, the GNU folks have released GNU Linux-libre 5.13-gnu as their downstream that strips out support for loading binary-only firmware/microcode, blocks the ability to load binary-only kernel modules, and other sanitization work in the name of software freedom...

Look into binary files on Linux  Floridanewstimes.com

The Hantro media driver within the Linux kernel for supporting the Hantro IP-based VPU found in Rockchip and NXP i.MX8M SoCs is seeing improvements with the in-development Linux 5.14 kernel...

Peering into binary files on Linux  Network World

Linux apps are finally coming to Skylake Chromebooks... but does it matter?  Android Police

Too little, too late: Linux app support is finally coming to Skylake Chromebooks  Android Police

1. Linux Kernel 5.13 officially launches with support for M1 Macs  9to5Mac
2. Apple's M1 now supported by Linux kernel in version 5.13  AppleInsider
3. Linux kernel now officially supports Apple M1  TechRadar
4. Linus Torvalds launches Linux 5.13 after just seven release candidates  The Register
5. Linux 5.1.3 adds official support for Apple's M1 chip but it's only the start  iMore
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Linux Kernel 5.13 officially launches with support for M1 Macs  9to5Mac

Fotoxx: Manage and Edit Large Photo Collections on Linux  It's FOSS

Linux 5.13 Release – Notable changes, Arm, MIPS and RISC-V architectures  CNX Software

The Fedora Engineering and Steering Committee has said "yes" to using Yescrypt for hashing shadow passwords with this distribution's next release. Using Yescrypt in place of SHA256/SHA512 should lead to greater security for new user accounts...

Among the early pull requests for the just-opened Linux 5.14 merge window are the scheduler updates that includes the introduction of Core Scheduling. The Core Scheduling functionality has been in the works for the past few years by multiple vendors for better securing SMT systems following various vulnerabilities coming to light around Hyper Threading...

Core-Scheduling For Linux 5.14 To Reduce SMT/HT Information Leak Risks, Side Channels  Phoronix

The KVM changes were submitted early ahead of the now-open Linux 5.14 merge window...

Unable to boot from USB pen drive.. - Windows 7 - BleepingComputer  BleepingComputer

Linux offers a lot of commands to help users gather information about their host operating system: listing files or directories to check attributes; querying to see what packages are installed, processes are running, and services start at boot; or learning about the system's hardware.

Each command uses its own output format to list this information. You need to use tools like grep, sed, and awk to filter the results to find specific information. Also, a lot of this information changes frequently, leading to changes in the system's state.

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Keeping program configurations separate from code is important. It enables non-programmers to alter configurations without having to modify the program's code. With compiled binary executables, that would be impossible for non-programmers because it not only requires access to source files (which we do have with open source programs) but also a programmer's skill set. Few people have that, and most people don't want to learn.

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Apple's M1 now supported by Linux kernel in version 5.13  AppleInsider

On Linux, you may be familiar with the standard Unix archive command: tar. There's a version of tar on FreeDOS too (and a bunch of other popular archive programs), but the de facto standard archiver on DOS is Zip and Unzip. Both Zip and Unzip are installed in FreeDOS 1.3 RC4 by default.

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