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

We all know how important it is to keep WordPress sites updated. New updates provide the latest bug and security fixes against any nasties lurking on the web. But, more critically, an outdated site can also lead to poor performance, such as slow loading speed or an outdated look and feel.

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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

Install Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (LAMP) stack on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS  H2S Media

How to install TD Ameritrade’s “thinkorswim” on your Chromebook  Chrome Unboxed

Linux 5.7 Delivering Some Gaming Performance Gains For AMD Radeon Navi GPUs  Phoronix

For those using AMD Radeon "Navi" GPUs, the in-development Linux 5.7 kernel is delivering some minor performance improvements compared to prior kernels.

20 Programs to Analyze and Benchmark Your Hardware  TechSpot

While waiting to see NVIDIA's new open-source play and ultimately how the re-clocking situation will get addressed for Nouveau so modern GeForce GPUs can work at their intended frequencies on this open-source Linux graphics driver stack, at least the display support has been getting into a more reliable state with CRC support on the horizon as a result of NVIDIA's already published documentation...

Nouveau Display CRC Support Being Firmed Up Thanks To NVIDIA's Documentation  Phoronix

FreeBSD may be running great on servers at the likes of Netflix, but when it comes to running the BSD operating system on laptops it still is largely a giant mess...

FreeBSD On Laptops Is Still A Big Challenge But The Slimbook Could Soon Be Running Well  Phoronix

KDE developer Nate Graham is out with his weekly development recap one day early in highlighting the most recent improvements and new capabilities to this open-source desktop environment...

Chromebook vs Laptop: Which One to Buy  Beebom

How to best temporarily change my Web Address? - Linux & Unix  BleepingComputer

Akademy 2020 and GUADEC 2020 Linux Events Move to Online Conferences  LXer

Many activities these days, be they sports, social work, arts or free and open source software, are organized in some sort of community. If backed by a respective legal entity, this not only helps with getting donations and entering contracts but also puts statutes and rules in place that establish the values and ideals all contributors share and abide by.

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