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A Preliminary Look At Radeon RX 6800 XT Windows Performance vs. Open-Source Linux Drivers  Phoronix

For those wondering how the open-source Radeon Linux graphics drivers compare to the Radeon Software Windows drivers for the recently released Radeon RX 6800 XT, here are some preliminary data points looking at the OpenGL / Vulkan performance between Windows and Linux for RDNA 2.

Linux: One Million Code Commits Over 29 years  Formtek Blog

A Xilinx Zynq Linux FPGA Board For Under $20? The Windfall Of Decommissioned Crypto Mining  Hackaday

One of the big features to look forward to with Intel's Xeon "Sapphire Rapids" is the introduction of AMX as the Advanced Matrix Extensions. While Sapphire Rapids looks to be at least one year out still, the company's open-source compiler engineers have already been hard at work on the software infrastructure support...

Microsoft introduces Azure Hybrid Benefit for Linux in India  Tech Observer

Cyberpunk 2077 is playable on Linux at launch thanks to Steam Play  TechRadar

5 Best Linux Distros to use on Home PC & laptop in 2021 - Linux Shout  H2S Media

CentOS Linux is dead—and Red Hat says Stream is “not a replacement”  Ars Technica

Microsoft rolls out Azure Hybrid Benefit for Linux in India  India TV News

The Linux 5.11 merge window is expected to open next week and while AMD has already queued several rounds of updates into DRM-Next ahead of that period, some last minute items were submitted overnight for this next Linux kernel version and what will be the first major kernel release of 2021...

AMD Has Some Last Minute Updates For The AMDGPU Driver In Linux 5.11  Phoronix

AMD Has Some Last Minute Updates For The AMDGPU Driver In Linux 5.11  Phoronix

Microsoft rolls out Azure Hybrid Benefit for Linux in India  MENAFN.COM

Following the original, first-generation PowerPC CPU support being removed in the Linux 5.10 kernel, the original PowerPC 400 series is also looking like it will now be removed as well from the kernel...

PowerPC 40x Support Slated For Removal From The Linux Kernel  Phoronix

Hands on with the new Raspberry Pi OS release: Here's what you need to know  ZDNet

The Linux Foundation is getting into the access management game  TechRadar

How to change the Vertical Mx linux Taskbar panel to bottom - Linux Shout  H2S Media

Raspberry Pi's V3DV Vulkan driver is on quite a streak lately. In addition to inclusion in Mesa 20.3, Vulkan 1.0 conformance, and Wayland support, more performance work is being pursued with those initial milestones reached...