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Rugged embedded PC supports Linux on Apollo Lake  LinuxGizmos.com

In the past using the Wayland-based GNOME Shell session and other Wayland compositors has generally resulted in a performance hit in going through (X)Wayland but that is much less so these days. Here are some initial benchmarks of Ubuntu 20.04 running various Steam Linux gaming benchmarks both under the default X.Org-based session and then again when using the Wayland session and its (X)Wayland support.

Debian Linux readies an anti-coronavirus hack-a-thon  ZDNet

The previously reported work on split lock detection due to its big performance hit is now queued up for Linux 5.7...

Intel ports AMD compiler code for a 10% performance boost in Linux gaming  PC Gamer

Nearly one year after announcing OpenTelemetry as the merger of the OpenCensus and OpenTracing projects, Google has announced today OpenTelemetry has advanced to its beta phase...

Intel ports AMD compiler code for a 10% performance boost in Linux gaming  PC Gamer

5 best Linux desktop distributions  TechRepublic

news digest: Automation Anywhere's Bot Security, Linux 5.6, and the IntelliSense Code Linter for C++ - SD Times  SDTimes.com

WireGuard VPN makes it to 1.0.0—and into the next Linux kernel  Ars Technica

Greg Kroah-Hartman began sending in his pull requests this morning for the areas of the Linux kernel he oversees. With the staging area changes for Linux 5.7 there is some nice spring cleaning...

Official tailored Swift for Windows support promised in 5.3  The Register

Planet Computers' Astro Slide features a physical keyboard, 5G, Android, and Linux  TechSpot

Linux 5.6 Release – Main Changes, Arm, MIPS & RISC-V Architectures  CNX Software

For those that are normally spinning their own kernels and punctually upgrading to new releases, you will want to hold off on the new Linux 5.6 kernel for the moment if you use the Intel "IWLWIFI" WiFi driver...

In-step with the Linux 5.6 release that mainlined the WireGuard kernel module for this secure VPN tunnel, WireGuard 1.0.0 has now been declared...

Following last night's release of Linux 5.6, the GNU FSFLA folks have put out the Linux-libre 5.6-gnu kernel as their fully-free-software kernel that disallows loading binary kernel modules, disables functionality requiring closed-source firmware/microcode, and other aspects to ensure only free software code is running on the system...

How To Install Ubuntu 20.04 LTS On VirtualBox [Windows, Linux And macOS]  Fossbytes

This 5G smartphone comes with Android, Linux - and a keyboard. Back to the future with the Astro Slide  ZDNet

Back in December was a developer discussion over dropping or forking non-Gallium3D drivers. Since then the Intel "Iris" Gallium3D driver has successfully become the default OpenGL driver for Broadwell/Gen8 and newer while the non-Gallium3D drivers continue to just face bit rot. The discussion over dropping/forking non-Gallium3D Mesa drivers has been reignited...