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These three Linux features for Chromebooks are getting pushed back to Chrome OS 84 or later  About Chromebooks

With Linux 5.7 the kernel is preparing to use the Schedutil governor more often on Intel systems. That change affects the CPUfreq default as well as the Intel P-State driver when in passive mode. While Schedutil holds a lot of hope, at least on Linux 5.7 with the testing I've done thus far the results show the raw performance slipping while testing on more platforms is forthcoming.

Plex releases media server app Dash, and Plexamp player for Windows, mobile, macOS and Linux  BetaNews

Intel Sends Initial Linux 5.8 Graphics Driver Updates - Adds Ability For Tapping Full EU Perf, More Tiger Lake Bits  Phoronix

Intel Sends Initial Linux 5.8 Graphics Driver Updates - Adds Ability For Tapping Full EU Perf, More Tiger Lake Bits  Phoronix

Less than one week since the release of Linux 5.7-rc1, Intel's large open-source graphics team has already submitted their first pull request to DRM-Next of changes for Linux 5.8...

Besides the long-running FSGSBASE patch series that has the ability to help the performance for CPUs going back years, another engineer on Intel's open-source team has been working on a separate but enticing patch in the name of performance...

An Intel Engineer Has Another Optimization For Possible Performance Degradation On Linux  Phoronix

This Connecticut professor refurbishes old computers and gives them to students in need. Coronavirus has made  Hartford Courant

LibreOffice 6.4.3 Released for Linux, Windows, and Mac  Softpedia News

Mi Observe 10: How-to flash TWRP and root your gadget utilizing Magisk on Home windows and Linux?  Global News Hut

Mi Note 10: How-to flash TWRP and root your device using Magisk on Windows and Linux?  PiunikaWeb

Although the stable version of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (code-named Focal Fossa) is scheduled for release on April 23rd, if you are curious to know what is in it, you can now upgrade to the...

Network routing protocols fall into two main categories: interior gateway protocols and exterior gateway protocols. Interior gateway protocols are used by routers to share information within a single autonomous system. If you are running Linux, you can make your system behave as a router through the open source (GPLv2) routing stack Quagga.

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There are many good reasons to set up WordPress for your classroom. As more schools switch to online classes, WordPress can become the go-to content management system. Teachers using WordPress can provide a number of different educational choices to differentiate instruction for their students. Blogging is an accessible way to create content that energizes student learning. Teachers can write short stories, poems, and provide picture galleries that function as story starters. Students can comment and those comments can be moderated by their teacher.

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The Foundation for Public Code works to enable open and collaborative public-purpose software for public organizations (like local governments) internationally. We do this by supporting software at the codebase level through codebase stewardship. We also publish the Standard for Public Code (draft version 0.1.4 at the time of this writing), which helps open source codebase communities build solutions that can be reused successfully by other organizations.

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XpdfReader is an open source PDF reader for Windows and Linux  Ghacks Technology News

Canonical is transitioning Ubuntu's support in the Amazon AWS environment to have a rolling-release model for its kernel albeit other packages will remain under their traditional stable release update handling. At least though it's good they will be more punctually offering new kernel versions in the cloud..

Ubuntu Begins Offering A Rolling Release Kernel For The Amazon Cloud  Phoronix

How to compress files on Linux 5 ways  Network World