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With Ubuntu 20.04 due for release next week, here is a look at how the various CPU vulnerability mitigations compare on that latest Linux software stack when comparing the out-of-the-box mitigations for Spectre, Meltdown, and friends, compared to booting with "mitigations=off" for disabling those mitigations. The desktop tests were done with Intel and AMD processors for reference.

Linux Operating System Market : Which application is anticipated to grow faster?  Science In Me

create virtual machines with Windows, Linux or Android to run inside your iPhone or iPad  Explica

Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 Moving into General Availability with Improved Update Process  InfoQ.com

Linux Foundation  iTWire

Linux Software Market 2020 | Global Top Industrialist are Google, RedHat, Amazon, Twitter  Science In Me

The release candidate to the long-awaited Inkscape 1.0 emerged at the end of last week for this popular cross-platform SVG/vector graphics editor...

Inkscape 1.0 Release Candidate Emerges For This Excellent Vector Graphics Editor  Phoronix

AntiX – A Lightweight systemd-free Linux distribution for old computers  News Lagoon

ASUS has released a new budget graphics card that could actually be great for those wanting to use the open-source NVIDIA (Nouveau) driver stack on Linux...

ASUS Releases Graphics Card That Could Actually Be Great For Open-Source NVIDIA Fans  Phoronix

One of the areas of Intel's Linux support that has been less than ideal is their handling of the Dynamic Platform and Thermal Framework (DPTF) for today's ultrabook. Intel has provided some support with a focus on Google's Chromium OS but it's less than complete and notably missing is support for the more advanced "adaptive policy", but that soon could change...

Intel DPTF Adaptive Policy Being Reverse Engineered For Better Linux Ultrabook Support  Phoronix

Intel DPTF Adaptive Policy Being Reverse Engineered For Better Linux Ultrabook Support  Phoronix

How to Use the Best Linux Office Suite on Android and iOS  Softpedia News

One of the new features to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS for those making use of ZFS On Linux with Canonical's Zsys manager is the automated APT snapshots on package transactions to be able to carry out system rollbacks if needed. An important fix around this functionality is on the way...

ZFS/Zsys Code Seeing Important Performance Fix Ahead Of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS  Phoronix

Not actually Linux distro review deux: GhostBSD  Ars Technica

Not actually Linux distro review deux: GhostBSD  Ars Technica

Windows 10 will soon allow you to search your Linux files from File Explorer  Critical Hit