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The toolchain support for the Synopsys DesignWare ARC HS processors is now ironed out with the GNU C Library (glibc) finally mainlining the ARC port...

Synopsys DesignWare ARC HS CPUs Now Supported By GNU C Library  Phoronix

Kernel developers appear to be eager to debate the merits of potentially allowing Rust code within the Linux kernel. Linus Torvalds himself has made some initial remarks on the topic ahead of the Linux Plumbers 2020 conference where the matter will be discussed at length...

1. Linux team approves new terminology, bans terms like 'blacklist' and 'slave'  ZDNet
2. Linux 5.8 Formally Adds The Inclusive Terminology Guidelines  Phoronix
3. Linux kernel project changes terminology to be more inclusive  iTWire
4. Linux team approves new terminology to replace terms like "master/slave,quot; and "blacklist/whitelist,quot; for new Linux kernel source code and associated documentation (Catalin Cimpanu/ZDNet)  Up News Info
5. The Linux Group Approves New Impartial Terminology  Editorials 360
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Linux team approves new terminology, bans terms like 'blacklist' and 'slave'  ZDNet

Apple deploys new Nokia data centre products in Denmark  Outlook India

Apple deploys new Nokia data centre products in Denmark  Outlook India

While Mozilla has been gradually enabling WebRender out-of-the-box in more Windows configurations with succeeding Firefox releases, up to now there hasn't been much visible effort in getting WebRender enabled out-of-the-box for any Linux configurations. But fortunately that is finally changing...

There Finally Is Work On Shipping Mozilla's WebRender For Some Linux Environments  Phoronix

There Finally Is Work On Shipping Mozilla's WebRender For Some Linux Environments  Phoronix

While KDE Plasma 5.19 is already in fairly good shape with regards to its Wayland session, Plasma 5.20 is looking to offer even better support for this native Wayland environment along with many other enhancements...

Merged overnight into the Linux kernel source tree are the new guidelines concerning the use of "inclusive terminology" for future code...

Linux 5.8 Formally Adds The Inclusive Terminology Guidelines  Phoronix

Linux founder Linus Torvalds longs for Apple's ARM-based Mac  Reseller News

Linux Mint 19.3 receives support until April 2023, but you may want to upgrade to the latest version of Mint – Linux Mint 20 – to enjoy the numerous enhancements and cool features. In

Not to be confused with Clang as the well known C/C++ compiler front-end for the LLVM compiler, Cling is a separate project as an interactive, JIT-based C++ interpreter. Cling has been in development for years and at least partially is looking to upstream where possible back into LLVM...

Linux founder Linus Torvalds longs for Apple's ARM-based Mac  Channel Asia Singapore

Linux founder Linus Torvalds longs for Apple's ARM-based Mac  Channel Asia Singapore

SUSE buys Rancher Labs for Kubernetes expertise  TechTarget

Linuxfx: an Ubuntu-based operating system that looks like Windows 10  Liliputing