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It’s been a long journey since the first web server was released back in 1991. For quite a long time, Apache was the only mention-worthy webserver. Over time, however, other open-source web servers have

Debuting this weekend was LuxCoreRender 2.4, the newest version of this impressive open-source physically based renderer...

LuxCore Open-Source Renderer v2.4 Released With CUDA Support, Better Windows Scaling  Phoronix

Linux Foundation expands into the fight against COVID-19  SiliconANGLE

Linus Torvalds has performed his usual Sunday dance and released the Linux 5.8-rc7 kernel as one of the final test releases before Linux 5.8 is declared stable in August...

Linux 5.8-rc7 Released - Coming In Slightly Larger Than Normal  Phoronix

Global Linux-based Set Top Box Market Report: Production Capacity and Consumption Analysis by Regions and Country Wise  Internet Shots

Even without the Samsung OSG support these days, the Enlightenment project continues making nice progress...

While the current Vulkan API is exhaustive enough to implement full-featured Wayland compositors and X11 window managers, to date there hasn't been too much adoption considering OpenGL is still more pervasive among hardware/drivers and it's obviously a significant effort writing a new compositor from scratch. One of the leading (among few) examples of a Vulkan-powered window manager / compositor is ChamferWM, which does continue to be developed. SWVKC meanwhile is one that has been seeing development this year as an alpha-stage Wayland Vulkan compositor...

SWVKC Is A Vulkan-Powered Wayland Compositor Focused On Performance + Correctness  Phoronix

Here Is Why Linux Is a Good Choice of OS for Software Developers  Interesting Engineering

Set to be formally introduced next quarter alongside Phoronix Test Suite 10.0 is the long-overdue overhaul of OpenBenchmarking.org -- the biggest upgrade to our public "cloud" platform for benchmark aggregation and result analytics since its debut nearly one decade ago. Before then, a public beta of OpenBenchmarking.org should get underway in the next few weeks while here is an early look at some of the changes...

Last month on Phoronix were 350+ benchmarks of the AMD Ryzen 3 3300X vs. Intel Core i3 10100, including a number of Linux gaming performance tests. Following that I also ran some tests with the Core i5 10600K tossed in for those that may be weighing between the Ryzen 3 / Core i3 vs. Core i5 for gaming. Here are those additional data points...

Core i3 10100 vs. Core i5 10600K vs. Ryzen 3 3300X Linux Gaming Benchmarks  Phoronix

Core i3 10100 vs. Core i5 10600K vs. Ryzen 3 3300X Linux Gaming Benchmarks  Phoronix

Sigil 1.3.0  Neowin

System76 Reveals An Open Source PC Surprise For AMD Ryzen Fans  Forbes

Making waves just over a year ago in the GNU Compiler Collection community was the "Ranger" project for on-demand range generator that's been worked on for several years at Red Hat. While their goals for GCC 10 didn't pan out, it's looking like in the next few months more of the Ranger infrastructure will land and thus putting it in the window for GCC 11...

Linux on Chromebooks: Here's how to install Linux apps  Android Authority

The Case Against Full-Disk Encryption  LinuxInsider.com