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The "char/misc" area of the kernel continues to be quite busy for Linux 5.9 included as a sort of "catch-all" for the Linux kernel drivers not properly jiving within other areas. While there previously was talk of formally making a hardware accelerator subsystem for the Linux kernel for fitting some of the drivers currently living under char/misc, as of Linux 5.9 that still has not materialized...

Char/Misc Is Still Quite Busy With Linux 5.9 Still Lacking An "Accelerator" Subsystem  Phoronix

Char/Misc Is Still Quite Busy With Linux 5.9 Still Lacking An "Accelerator" Subsystem  Phoronix

The first beta of the forthcoming Mageia 8 is now available, the Linux distribution that traces its roots back to Mandriva/Mandrake...

Is There Room for Linux Workstations at Your Organization?  ITPro Today

ARM Now Defaulting To Schedutil Governor, Other Power Management Work For Linux 5.9  Phoronix

There are a number of notable power management changes to find with the Linux 5.9 kernel...

Tough Apollo Lake box offers IP40 protection  LinuxGizmos.com

New NASA Animation Shows Mars' Creepy Greenish “Nightglow”  Futurism

New NASA Animation Shows Mars' Creepy Greenish “Nightglow”  Futurism

Daily Deal: The Complete 2020 Learn Linux Bundle  Techdirt

Following the recent Intel Comet Lake Celeron and Pentium CPU benchmarking against other x86_64 Intel/AMD CPUs, here was a bit of fun... Seeing how these budget Intel CPUs compare to a Raspberry Pi 4 in various processor benchmarks, all tested on Debian Linux...

For those using Wine in a production environment for running Windows software on Linux, Wine 5.0.2 is out as the latest stable update...

Wine 5.0.2 Released With Fixes For Various Games, Windows Applications  Phoronix

COVID19 Outbreak Memory Management Units market to see huge growth by 2025 | Motorola, Linux Kernel, Atmel, Keil, Axis Communications, ARM  Levee Report

How to upgrade openSUSE Leap to SUSE SLES 15  TechRepublic

There are a few driver core changes for the Linux 5.9 kernel worth mentioning...

Linux 5.9 Exposes Device Link Details Via Sysfs, Allows Hiding DebugFS From User-Space  Phoronix

Linux Server Security: 10 Linux Hardening & Security Best Practices - Hashed Out by The SSL Store™  Hashed Out by The SSL Store™

MS Office Alternative Software for Linux Market 2020 Developments in Future, Growth Drivers, Industry Challenges, Major Key Players, Incredible Possibilities by Forecast 2025  Galus Australis