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Manjaro Linux 20.2 "Nibia" Is Out With Pop Shell And Material Shell  Fossbytes

The Linux kernel's input subsystem is gaining a new "inhibited" property feature as a policy to temporarily block input from given devices, including not using any event from them as a possible wake-up source...

Linux 5.11 Adding An "Inhibited" Feature To Temporarily Disregard Select Input Devices  Phoronix

System76 introduces Pangolin Linux laptop with Ryzen 4000U  Liliputing

Pandemic did not get in the way of Linux reaching a million commits  iTWire

Andes adds to its Linux-ready RISC-V line-up with L2 and multi-core ready models  LinuxGizmos.com

Andes adds to its Linux-ready RISC-V line-up with L2 and multi-core ready models  LinuxGizmos.com

Ever since AMD has been on a stellar trajectory with their hardware, users have been begging System76 to release an AMD Linux laptop... That's now finally coming with their upcoming Pangolin launch...

Wasteland 3 will release on Mac and Linux before the year's end  AltChar

Wasteland 3 will release on Mac and Linux before the year's end  AltChar

Manjaro 20.2 “Nibia” Released with Linux Kernel 5.9, KDE Plasma 5.20 and GNOME 3.38  LXer

System76 Pangolin Linux laptop is powered by AMD Ryzen 4000 mobile processors  BetaNews

Mesa 20.3 has been released as the Q4'2020 open-source graphics driver update, primarily around providing OpenGL and Vulkan support on the likes of Intel and AMD Radeon graphics along with the reverse-engineered Nouveau support, many smaller drivers especially in the embedded space, and the growing list of CPU-based implementations and other translation efforts...

Following last month's release of the Ryzen 5000 "Zen 3" processors, AMD has now begun publishing their official compiler support for this extremely compelling processor family...

Arch Linux-based Manjaro 20.2 Nibia ready for download with Xfce, GNOME, and KDE  BetaNews

13MP Raspberry Pi 4 cam sells for $99  LinuxGizmos.com

13MP Raspberry Pi 4 cam sells for $99  LinuxGizmos.com

While we are still waiting to see what AMD might do for returning to open-source AGESA or better supporting Coreboot and the like, they are making some inroads with open-source firmware support -- beyond the context of Chromebooks where they continue to engage due to Google's engineering requirements. AMD is working to "align with the industry direction of open-source firmware stacks" with their initial focus being on open-source OpenBMC firmware support for their server platforms...

Manjaro 20.2 is now available as the latest stable version of this Arch Linux derived distribution focused on providing a pleasant and easy-to-use desktop experience...

Linux Operating System Market 2020 Global Industry Trends, Revenue Analysis, Key Players, Statistics, Comp ...  Absolute News Journal