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The Windows 10 Calculator has been ported to Linux  BleepingComputer

For weeks there have been patches getting the Zink OpenGL-on-Vulkan implementation to OpenGL 4.6 while mainline Mesa has been at OpenGL 3.0 support. Thankfully the out-of-tree patch delta is being reduced and this week in Mesa 20.3-devel the code has been upstreamed getting the support level to OpenGL 3.3...

The POWER architecture changes have been submitted for the Linux 5.10 kernel. As expected, the PowerPC 601 support is retired as that original 32-bit PowerPC processor from the early 90's...

PowerPC 601 Support Retired In Linux 5.10 While Continuing To Bring Up POWER10  Phoronix

How to Update Firefox on Ubuntu [Beginner's Tip]  It's FOSS

The perf tool updates have been sent in for the ongoing Linux 5.10 merge window...

NGG (Next-Gen Geometry) ended up being fairly buggy/problematic for Navi but it looks like for the upcoming Radeon RX 6000 (RDNA 2 / Navi 2) launch that it's in better shape...

Linux Operating System Market : 2020 Worldwide Opportunities, Market Share, Key Players and Competitive La ...  Fresno Observer

Three npm packages found opening shells on Linux, Windows systems  ZDNet

How to Switch Kernels on Arch Linux  It's FOSS

Lubuntu is an open-source distribution of Linux based on Ubuntu. It is lightweight, fewer resource hungry, more energy-efficient and uses an LXQT desktop environment. The initial release of Lubuntu has LXDE as their desktop

The post Install Lubuntu 20.04 - A Lightweight Linux Desktop Environment first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

Google and Intel are concerned about a new Linux vulnerability  AlKhaleej Today

OverlayFS as the Linux union mount file-system that allows combining multiple underlying mount points into one is seeing a new feature with Linux 5.10...

Google and Intel are concerned about a new Linux vulnerability  AlKhaleej Today

Google warns of Bluetooth no-click errors on Linux-based devices  AlKhaleej Today

Linux Operating System Market May See a Big Move | IBM, Ubuntu Linux, Linux Mint  PRnews Leader

Sonic Boom: Net OS Touted as Next Linux  EnterpriseAI

Google and Intel are worried about a new Linux vulnerability  TechRadar

The GNU Compiler Collection 11 (GCC 11) will be ending stage one development in mid-November to get the release process underway...

How to recover deleted files in Linux with testdisk  TechRepublic