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Mesa 21.2 is out as the latest quarterly update to this open-source Linux graphics driver stack for user-space, most notably providing the Intel and Radeon OpenGL/Vulkan drivers among others...

Linux Changes Pipe Behavior After Breaking Problematic Android Apps On Recent Kernels  Phoronix

Linux Changes Pipe Behavior After Breaking Problematic Android Apps On Recent Kernels  Phoronix

How to Transfer Files Between Linux, Android, and iOS Using Snapdrop  MUO - MakeUseOf

Running eBPF kernel programs continues to be increasing popular and used for a variety of use-cases in production environments but one of the challenges is around needing to compile the (e)BPF programs for a given kernel while BPF CO-RE has been working to change that. The LLVM Clang compiler already supports the ability for BPF "Compile Once, Run Everywhere" while now Oracle engineers are working to bring the same level of support to GCC...

As part of their work around Trust Domain Extensions (TDX) support for Linux, Intel engineers are proposing a driver filter option for Linux to be able to set allow or deny lists of driver(s) that can or cannot be loaded by the booted kernel...

Over 25% Of Professional Developers Use Linux: Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2021  Fossbytes

Does the Dell XPS 17 support Linux?  XDA Developers

Steam sees Linux share increase riding the Steam Deck wave  Windows Central

How to Replace a Variable in a File Using SED  Linux Journal

The JingPad A1 is a Linux tablet that (kind of) runs Android apps  XDA Developers

My life with Linux: A retrospective  TechRepublic

Steam Deck Popularity Leads to Spike in Linux Use | Game Rant  GameRant

Linux celebrates 30 years of open source goodness  TechRepublic

Arch Linux, Clear Linux, Fedora Compete On The ASUS ROG Strix G15 (Ryzen 9 5900HX)  Phoronix

Following last month's look at the ASUS ROG Strix G15 AMD Advantage laptop with Ryzen 9 5900HX processor and some of the initial hurdles seen on Ubuntu, readers were curious about how well other Linux distributions fared compatibility wise or if offering better performance elsewhere. Here are some tests across Arch Linux, Clear Linux, Fedora Workstation, and Ubuntu 21.04 for reference.

Google: Linux kernel and its toolchains are underinvested by at least 100 engineers  The Register

Qualys partners with Red Hat to improve Linux and Kubernetes security  ZDNet

Password problem during Ubuntu 20.04 installation - Linux & Unix  BleepingComputer

The X.Org Server has picked up a new "-fakescreenfps" option to help with VNC and other remote display scenarios...