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In working towards the March release of GNOME 40, the Mutter compositor / window manager is out today with its 40 Alpha release...

Now both Windows 10 and Linux can run on the Apple M1 processor (with tutorial) - MSPoweruser  MSPoweruser

SUSE’s Rancher acquisition brings containerization support  Network World

Open source predictions for 2021  TechRepublic

The Spectre Mitigation Performance Impact On AMD Ryzen 5000 "Zen 3" Processors  Phoronix

What Is the Best Linux Distro for Laptops? | MakeUseOf  MakeUseOf

For those wondering what the current cost is to the default Spectre mitigation protections on the new AMD Ryzen 5000 series "Zen 3" processors, here are a set of performance tests looking at that overhead with the still relevant mitigations applied by default and then if forcing them off. The Zen 3 mitigation overhead was compared then to similar AMD Zen 2 and Zen+ processors.

Linux: The 7 best distributions for new users  TechRepublic

#BPF  Linux Journal

Kevin Dankwardt  Linux Journal

BPF For Observability: Getting Started Quickly  Linux Journal

Developers boot Windows 10 and Linux via virtualization on Apple Silicon Mac  XDA Developers

Syscall User Dispatch Appears Destined For Linux 5.11 To Help Windows Games On Linux  Phoronix

The Syscall User Dispatch support looks like it should be mainlined for the Linux 5.11 kernel. This functionality is important for modern Windows games running on Linux under Wine / Proton...

DXVK 1.7.3 is out as the latest stable update to this project implementing the Direct3D APIs atop Vulkan for accelerating the Linux gaming experience...

DXVK 1.7.3 Released With Fixes, Support For New DXGI Interfaces  Phoronix

Everything You Need to Know About Bash For Loops in Linux  MakeUseOf

Partitioning strategy for future Linux installation - Linux & Unix  BleepingComputer

Benefits of Hosting on A Linux Server  iLounge

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...