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While Intel engineers over the course of the year began upstreaming various elements of the Keem Bay SoC support, the actual Vision Processing Unit (VPU) enabling hasn't been sent out for review until now. Intel has sent out their initial patches for bringing up the Vision Processing Unit on the open-source Linux kernel...

Intel Begins Upstreaming Work For Their Vision Processing Unit On Linux  Phoronix

Global Linux Computer Market Expected To Reach Highest CAGR By 2026: Dell, System76, Purism, Slimbook, TUXEDO Computers etc.  Khabar South Asia

What is Microsoft doing with Linux? Everything you need to know about its plans for open source  TechRepublic

Linux Foundation will offer new entry-level IT certification  ITProPortal

Linux Operating System Market is Expected to exhibiting a CAGR of 19.2% during the forecast period. | Which Regions are Affected Due to COVID- 19?  Fresno Observer

Linux Foundation to offer new entry-level IT certification  TechRadar

Linux Foundation to offer new entry-level IT certification  TechRadar

Bcachefs was sent out for another round of review at the end of October. While it doesn't look like this file-system born out of Linux's block cache code will be mainlined in the immediate near future, it's still on a nice trajectory...

Outreachy interns have been announced for the winter 2020 round. Selected participants are working on various open-source tasks from December through March in exchange for a $5,500 USD stipend to become involved with open-source...

Valve has just updated their Steam Survey results for November, showing how the Linux gaming marketshare continues to evolve during this pandemic-driven year...

Steam On Linux Marketshare Remained Flat For November  Phoronix

How to install and use WinSCP on Ubuntu 20.04 Linux - Linux Shout  H2S Media

Watch Live TV on Linux With Hypnotix: A New IPTV Application Being Developed by Linux Mint Team  It's FOSS

Best Linux distros for power users in 2020  TechRadar

Best Linux distros for power users in 2020  Techradar

Best Linux distros for power users in 2020  TechRadar

MS Office Alternative Software for Linux Market 2020 In-Depth Analysis of Indust  News.MarketSizeForecasters.com

Last month the Microsoft-backed Direct3D 12 Gallium3D driver was merged into Mesa 21.0. This is the driver for allowing graphics/compute APIs like OpenGL and OpenCL to run on top of Direct3D with Windows 10. That work to the Gallium D3D12 code has been continuing with the start of the cross-platform code now being merged...

I'm a habitual Emacs user. I didn't choose Emacs as much as it chose me. Back when I was first learning about Unix, I stumbled upon a little-known feature in a strange application called Emacs, which was apparently hidden away on my computer. Legend had it (and was proven true) that if you typed emacs into a terminal, pressed Alt+X, and typed tetris, you could play a falling-blocks game.

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