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Lenovo Gaming Series WMI Drivers Updated For Enabling Extra Functionality Under Linux

Phoronix - Thu, 01/02/2025 - 19:48
Last month I wrote about a Lenovo Legion Linux driver being posted for enabling more power/performance settings under Linux. Following a significant rework, a second iteration of those patches have now been posted with just being referred to as the Lenovo "Gaming Series" WMI drivers without the Legion reference...

ACD Power/Performance Feature Being Worked On For The GPU Within The Snapdragon X1

Phoronix - Thu, 01/02/2025 - 19:38
For the Qualcomm Adreno X1-85 GPU found within the Snapdragon X1 series of laptop chips, an Adaptive Clock Distribution "ACD" feature is currently being wired up to the open-source MSM kernel driver to help with power and performance...

Linux "steelseries" Driver Being Extended For The SteelSeries Arctis 9 Wireless Headset

Phoronix - Thu, 01/02/2025 - 19:27
Within the mainline Linux kernel has been the open-source SteelSeries HID driver while newly posted patches are tacking on support for the SteelSeries Arctis 9 wireless gaming headset...

5 Most In-Demand Cloud Computing Skills in 2025

Tecmint - Thu, 01/02/2025 - 15:29
The post 5 Most In-Demand Cloud Computing Skills in 2025 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Cloud computing has revolutionized how businesses operate, and its influence continues to grow in 2025. With more companies adopting cloud

The post 5 Most In-Demand Cloud Computing Skills in 2025 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

Steam On Linux Ends 2024 With A Nice Boost To Its Marketshare, AMD Linux CPU Use At 74%

Phoronix - Thu, 01/02/2025 - 09:41
Valve has just published the Steam Survey results for December 2024 and they reflect a nice upward trend for the Linux gaming statistics and a high point in recent times...

Serpent OS To Explore Offline Rollbacks & Tools As A Service

Phoronix - Thu, 01/02/2025 - 09:26
Following the recent Serpent OS alpha builds for this original Linux distribution led by well known developer Ikey Doherty, the project has now outlined both some of their short term and longer term plans for this from-scratch Linux platform...

X.Org Server Development Hit A Decade High For The Number Of Commits In 2024

Phoronix - Thu, 01/02/2025 - 00:53
To much surprise, the X.Org Server Git tree saw the most commits in 2024 going all the way back to 2014... While there were many more commits than in years prior, it's not a sign of resurgence for the X.Org Server with Wayland continuing to become the dominant force on the Linux desktop...

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