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For those looking at Arch Linux powered distributions that provide a quick and easy desktop experience, Manjaro 21.0-rc1 is out today as the newest test release for this popular option...

The JingPad A1 Set to Become "First Consumer Linux Tablet"  MUO - MakeUseOf

Google set to make Linux-based Lacros the new Chromebook browser  Android Central

How to Use the Find Command to Search for Files in Linux  MUO - MakeUseOf

NVIDIA 460.67 Linux Driver Brings A Few Fixes, 5.11 Kernel Compatibility  Phoronix

While we are very eager to see the NVIDIA 470 series Linux driver for at least having Wayland / DMA-BUF support improvements and OpenGL 3.0 support, for now the NVIDIA 460 series is the latest public stable series and today was updated to v460.67...

On Monday, the AMD EPYC 7003 "Milan" launch day, we finally got to see some serious tuning begin for the Zen 3 "Znver3" CPU target in the GCC compiler after that initial code landed at the end of last year. Yesterday a second Zen 3 tuning patch was published and then today a third tuning patch has made it out...

Google brings real-time Live Captions to Chrome for Mac, Windows, and Linux  9to5Google

This week alongside the EPYC 7003 series launch was the introduction of AOCC 3.0 as AMD's Zen-optimized LLVM/Clang downstream. We have started putting this updated compiler through its paces to see what it means for AMD Zen 3 performance.

How to Display a Calendar in Your Linux Terminal with Cal  MUO - MakeUseOf

Samsung for some time now has been working on an in-kernel SMB3 protocol implementation for file sharing across the network with "CIFSD" and it's now been queued into Linux-Next meaning it will likely go for mainline in a coming cycle...

CIFSD In-Kernel SMB3 File-Sharing Server Lands In Linux-Next  Phoronix

Google has released libaom 3.0.0-rc1 as the AOMedia AV1 Codec Library...

Windows-style Linux distributions for switching systems  thedailyguardian.net

As part of planning for Ubuntu 21.04 to use Wayland by default when running on the default GNOME Shell desktop, Ubuntu developers were going to evaluate the standalone XWayland work being pursued by Red Hat initially for Fedora in order to ship newer XWayland code without resorting to releasing a new X.Org Server. That standalone XWayland package is now on its way to the Ubuntu archive...

Standalone XWayland Makes It For Ubuntu 21.04 Along With Linux 5.11, Mesa 21.0  Phoronix

Linux Operating System Market Analysis, Key Company Profiles, Types, Applications and Forecast To 2027 – Cabell Standard  Cabell Standard

10 Best Linux Terminal Emulators With Extra Features [2021]  It's FOSS

Microsoft handheld Xbox console rumors spring up again as AMD Van Gogh APU appears in Linux kernel code with a potential graphics boost  Notebookcheck.net

Linux Operating System Market 2021 Key Trends, Industry Analysis, Statistics, Emerging Trends and Global D ...  Fresno Observer