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Lightworks 2020.1 is on the way as this professional-grade video editing system's first release of the year and a change in their versioning scheme. Out this week is the first public beta of the still-proprietary video editing system for Windows, macOS, and Linux...

FS-VERITY Seeing Performance Enhancements With Linux 5.6  Phoronix

When we think about what needs to be in place for an open source project to function, one of the first things to come to mind is probably a license. For one thing, absent an approved Open Source Initiative (OSI) license, a project isn’t truly open source in the minds of many. Furthermore, the choice to use a copyleft license like the GNU General Public License (GPL) or a permissive license like Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) can affect the sort of community that grows up around and uses the project.

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LLVM 10.0 was branched in mid-January but it took until Thursday to get the first release candidate out the door. That first step towards the release of LLVM 10.0 and sub-projects like Clang 10.0 is now moving along and you can enjoy testing the compiler stack this weekend...

In recent Linux kernel releases we have seen a new gaming keyboard driver, better wireless device support, and a number of new device additions to the Logitech HID driver. With Linux 5.6, there is more Logitech work in tow but not quite as much as the recent kernels...

Logitech Input Device Improvements Continue Coming With Linux 5.6  Phoronix

Logitech Input Device Improvements Continue Coming With Linux 5.6  Phoronix

Valve has just reported their January 2020 numbers from the controversial Steam Survey...

Steam Kicks Off 2020 With Linux Gaming At The Highest Point In A While  Phoronix

Following the recent beta release with a Clang-built kernel option and experimental Zypper as an alternative to DNF, OpenMandriva Lx 4.1 has been released as part of FOSDEM 2020 celebrations over in Brussels...

OpenMandriva 4.1 Released With Clang'ed LTO+PGO Packages, Linux 5.5 + More  Phoronix

The new "cpuidle_cooling" thermal driver in Linux 5.6 is similar to Intel's PowerClamp driver and RAPL framework but is generic for working across CPUs/architectures as an idle cooling driver to cool down CPUs/SoCs by injecting idle cycles at run-time...

Linux 5.6 Adds New CPU Cooling Mechanism With Generic Idle Cooling Driver  Phoronix

Red Hat's Karol Herbst spoke at the FOSDEM 2020 conference in Brussels on the state of the open-source NVIDIA "Nouveau" Linux graphics driver stack...

Chrome OS 81 Dev Channel adds Buster upgrade, Linux disk resizing and username choice to Chromebooks  About Chromebooks

Configuring AWS Linux Servers With LDAP  Security Boulevard

The Linux 5.6 media driver updates have landed in the kernel...

Linux 5.6 Media Updates Bring Improvements For Rockchip Users  Phoronix

Two important pieces of the GNU toolchain saw new releases to kickoff February...

Linux has Fixed Year 2038 Bug in Linux Kernel 5.6  TechViral