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Linux Software Market Present Scenario, Demand, New Developments and Research Insights – 2025 | Google, RedHat, Amazon, Twitter  Galus Australis

Linux Software Market Present Scenario, Demand, New Developments and Research Insights – 2025 | Google, RedHat, Amazon, Twitter  Galus Australis

Linux-based "PinePhone" And "PineTab" Running The Latest GNOME 3.36  Fossbytes

For some time now, I've been a huge fan of the Raspberry Pi computer in all of its various forms. I have a number of them, and each has a server role to play. Most of the time, they work extremely well, and I'm safe in the knowledge that the small amount of power they consume is keeping the bills down.

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Thanks to applications like Krita and MyPaint, open source software users have all the tools they need to create stunning digital paintings. They are so good that you can see art created with Krita in some of your favorite RPG books.

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How to use the pwd command: 2-Minute Linux Tips  Network World

Best Linux laptops of 2020: the top open-source notebooks  TechRadar

Two-factor authentication, or multi-factor authentication, is not a topic only for nerds anymore. Many services on the internet provide it, and many end-users demand it. While the average end-user might only realize that his preferred web site either offers MFA or it does not, there is more to it behind the scene.

The two-factor market is changing, and changing rapidly. New authentication methods arise, classical vendors are merging, and products have disappeared.

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One of the most frequent critiques of Intel's Clear Linux distribution has been its lackluster support in dealing with proprietary/third-party packages like the Google Chrome web browser and Valve's Steam gaming client. Since last summer, Clear Linux has been working on their third-party packaging support with their unique "bundles" system, but not much has been heard on the matter since...

Intel's Clear Linux Has Code In Place To Begin Handling Proprietary Packages Like Chrome & Steam  Phoronix

Intel's Clear Linux Has Code In Place To Begin Handling Proprietary Packages Like Chrome & Steam  Phoronix

The Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN in short) is a popular central repository of currently 188,714 Perl modules in 40,986 distributions. It is a single location where you can find, download and install any...

Feature work of Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) graphics driver work for Linux 5.7 is winding down now that Linux 5.6 is almost to its sixth release candidate this weekend, but sent in this week by AMD were a few more AMDGPU items though mostly amounting to fixes for their graphics driver...

As the new coronavirus, COVID-19, evolves, we continue to prioritize the health and well-being of both Red Hat associates and the communities where we live and work. In the spirit of transparency, we thought it would be useful if we shared measures Red Hat is taking as a company:

New guidance on March 13, 2020

AMDGPU Driver Sees More Fixes For Linux 5.7 Development  Phoronix

In addition to WebAssembly's growing presence outside of the web browser thanks to various desktop run-times and interesting use-cases, WebAssembly is also popping up in other areas. Google has been working on WebAssembly support for extensions within network proxies typically reserved for C/C++ or the likes of Lua scripts...

Gnome-3.36 “Gresik”, a Desktop Linux on a new Project  Play Crazy Game

Chrome OS 82 will bring major Linux terminal improvements  Liliputing

On Tuesday the Load Value Injection (LVI) attack was disclosed by Intel and security researchers as a new class of transient-execution attacks and could lead to injecting data into a victim program and in turn stealing data, including from within SGX enclaves. While Intel has publicly stated they don't believe the LVI attack to be practical, one of their open-source compiler wizards did go ahead and add mitigation options to the GNU Assembler as part of the GCC toolchain. Here are benchmarks showing the performance impact of enabling those new LVI mitigation options and the significant impact they can cause on run-time performance in real-world workloads.

The Linux terminal is getting a major overhaul and new features in Chrome OS 82  Chrome Unboxed