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The Vulkan API Is Now Five Years Old And Enjoying Phenomenal Success  Phoronix

Intel Looking To Finally Upstream Linux Driver For Their Gaussian & Neural Accelerator  Phoronix

Found with mobile Intel CPUs across Tiger Lake, Ice Lake, and even Cannon Lake has been the Intel GNA accelerator. This Gaussian and Neural Accelerator is also found with Intel Gemini Lake processors and various development kits. The Intel GNA has been backed by an out-of-tree Linux driver while now the company is finally working to upstream their GNA support in the Linux kernel...

Smart ways to compare files on Linux  Network World

GT Software Announces Releases of NetCOBOL for Linux and .NET Platforms  AiThority

Linux 5.12 pull requests continue coming in for the newly-opened merge window that in turn should see its stable release in late April...

Linux 5.12 Bringing DTPM So You Don't Burn Yourself On Hot Devices  Phoronix

A New Twist to Virtual Desktop Cloud Computing  TechNewsWorld

5 Best free to use Linux Server distributions for 2021 - Linux Shout  H2S Media

The KDE community today released Plasma 5.21 as the latest major release of this open-source desktop...

Metro Exodus to Get Free Enhanced Edition on PC; Linux and Mac Versions Coming Soon  Niche Gamer

Just two months after the release of Qt 6.0, given the quicker release cycle this year, Qt 6.1 Alpha is already available that follows the feature freeze that began earlier this month...

While Slackware carries the badge of being the oldest still maintained Linux distribution, it doesn't see new releases too often and doesn't carry the popularity it once did. In any case, Slackware 15.0 is being prepared as the next release...

Slackware 15.0 On Approach With An Early Alpha Build Available  Phoronix

GT Software Announces Releases of NetCOBOL for Linux and .NET Platforms  StreetInsider.com

GT Software Announces Releases of NetCOBOL for Linux and .NET Platforms  Business Wire

On Monday the crypto subsystem updates were sent in to the Linux 5.12 kernel by crypto maintainer Herbert Xu...

Linux 5.12 Crypto Brings AES-NI Acceleration For CTS, Faster XTS With Retpolines  Phoronix

Linux Operating System Market Share 2020: In-Depth Analysis of Industry Growth Trends & Forecast till 2027 – NeighborWebSJ  NeighborWebSJ

Linux 5.11 brings support for Intel's Software Guard Extensions and AMD's Zen-based CPUs  TechnoSports