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Just ahead of the Fedora Workstation 34 release where it will be the first major Linux distribution using PipeWire as a modern alternative to PulseAudio and JACK, PipeWire 0.3.26 is now available as the newest big feature release for this audio/video stream server for the modern Linux desktop...

PipeWire 0.3.26 Released With Better Bluetooth Support, Up To 64 Channel Devices  Phoronix

University of Minnesota banned from contributing to Linux kernel  The Verge

1. University of Minnesota banned from contributing to Linux kernel  The Verge
2. Ill-advised research on Linux kernel lands computer scientists in hot water  The Daily Swig
3. University Responds to Ban On Linux Contributions  Tom's Hardware
4. Greg Kroah-Hartman bans University of Minnesota from Linux development for deliberately buggy patches  ZDNet
5. Linux Kernel Dev Bans Updates From The University Of Minnesota For This Crazy Reason  Hot Hardware
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Parrot OS Security edition is a Linux desktop distribution geared for security admins  TechRepublic

How to install Python 2.7 & PIP2 on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Linux - Linux Shout  H2S Media

Windows 10 Preview Release Adds Linux Apps Graphics Support  Redmondmag.com

Linux Computer Market 2021 Is Booming Across the Globe by Share, Size, Growth, Segments and Forecast to 2027 | Top Players Analysis- Dell, System76, Purism, Slimbook, TUXEDO Computers, etc.  Clark County Blog

Earlier this week was a surprising Linux kernel networking commit that removed an IBM engineer as one of the driver maintainers for the IBM Power SR-IOV Virtual NIC driver. Seemingly at issue with this VNIC driver work was the developer using his personal email address in working on the driver in his off-hours. IBM has now clarified their stance on such work...

VKD3D-Proton 2.3 is now available as the latest release of this Steam Play (Proton) component for running Direct3D 12 games over Vulkan...

VKD3D-Proton 2.3 Released With Early DXR Support, Performance Improvements  Phoronix

Academics face backlash after trying to sneak dodgy code into Linux  TechRadar

How to get real-time network statistics for your Linux servers with Guider  TechRepublic

Linux's P-State Performance Governor Shows Unexpectedly Big Boosts For The Intel Core i9-11900K  Phoronix

The P-State and CPUFreq "performance" governors on Linux with desktop Intel/AMD processors can be of help for gaming and other select workloads by tending to keep the CPU clock frequencies higher than the default ondemand (CPUFreq) or powersave (P-State) governors used by nearly all Linux distributions. But with Intel's new Core i9 11900K "Rocket Lake" is a dramatic difference in power and performance between the Intel P-State performance and powersave governors than what we have seen over the years with prior generations of Intel Core processors.

Ill-advised research on Linux kernel lands computer scientists in hot water  The Daily Swig

SiFive Intelligence platform tapped by Tenstorrent and Renesas  LinuxGizmos.com

Optimize and Monitor Your Linux System's Performance With Stacer  MUO - MakeUseOf

5 top open-source infrastructure projects  Network World

Ubuntu 21.04 'Hirsute Hippo' is here to make you hungry hungry for Linux  BetaNews