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Pixman 0.40 Released As First Update In A Year For This Key Library For The Linux Desktop  Phoronix

One week past the end of Linux 5.7 feature development that is marked by the first release candidate, out today like clockwork is the Linux 5.7-rc2 kernel update for testing...

Linux 5.7-rc2 Released With Support For Accommodating Larger AMD CPU Microcode Files  Phoronix

How to use Zoom safely on Linux - Onur Solmaz  Elemental

BleachBit 4.0.0  Neowin

The new generation of IoT and Linux device management platforms, meet the new hot name – Upswift.io  IMC Grupo

How to use Ubuntu linux on-screen keyboard  H2S Media

New Mainframe Models  Toolbox

Pop!_OS 20.04 Beta Benchmarks On The System76 Thelio Major  Phoronix

System76 has released the 20.04 beta of their Ubuntu-based Pop!_OS Linux distribution. This release comes with various improvements and in this article are some initial benchmarks of Pop!_OS 20.04 beta compared to their prior 19.10 release when testing on the System76 Thelio Major with AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X.

The results of the 2020 Debian Project Leader election are in...

Debian Elects A New Project Leader For 2020  Phoronix

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Currently being tested ahead of the Linux 5.8 kernel cycle is a change so the Intel P-State CPU frequency scaling driver will begin defaulting to its passive mode for systems without hardware-managed P-States...

Intel P-State Driver Preparing To Default To Passive Mode For More Systems  Phoronix

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Just weeks after the first Ardour 6.0 pre-release, the release candidate is now available for this big digital audio workstation software update...

The Rust language focused Redox OS open-source operating system is now able to boot the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-core/128-thread processor and run with full multi-threading capabilities...

NVIDIA today issued new beta builds of their Vulkan drivers for Linux and Windows...

NVIDIA 440.66.09 Vulkan Driver Beta For Linux Brings More Fixes  Phoronix