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The Debian release team has published their tentative freeze dates for the next major version of their Linux operating system, Debian 11 Bullseye...

Debian 11 "Bullseye" To Begin Code Freeze In Early 2021  Phoronix

We continue to see bits here and there of AMD Family 19h / Zen 3 support coming together for the mainline Linux kernel...

More AMD Family 19h (Zen 3) Code Trickling Into Linux 5.7  Phoronix

GNOME Web Browser "Epiphany" Brings Back PDF Viewing And Dark Theme  Fossbytes

Amazon: Linux-based Bottlerocket is our new OS for hosting containers in the cloud  ZDNet

Following last week's release of GCC 8.4, the GCC 9.3 compiler is out in offering the latest fixes to the newer (and current) GCC 9 compiler series...

AWS has launched a Linux OS  ITProPortal

The Turnip Mesa Vulkan driver for Qualcomm Adreno graphics processors can now handle transform feedback...

While Windows and Linux have seen good 802.11ac "WiFi 5" support and these days are focused on 802.11ax "WiFi 6" with the latest wireless chipsets, FreeBSD is still tackling 802.11ac. But the FreeBSD Foundation is prepared to soon begin sponsoring development work on ironing out their 802.11ac support...

WSL2: Code faster on the Windows Subsystem for Linux!  Microsoft - Channel 9

It's been seven years since Intel launched the "Bay Trail" Atom processors and the Linux fixes for it and the succeeding Cherry Trail continue to materialize for the kernel...

Intel Bay Trail Continues To See Linux Fixes In 2020 - This Time For Time Drifting  Phoronix

Linux Operating System Market Is Changing Drastically? What If History Is Any Guide 2020-2025 | IBM, Ubuntu Linux, Linux Mint etc.  Packaging News 24

The first personal computer I purchased with my own money was a Packard Bell, back in the mid-1990s. What I remember about that computer was that for US$ 1,500, I had an Intel Pentium processor with a few megabytes of RAM, a modem to connect to my dial-up internet, and no other devices for internet connectivity.

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In a previous article, we deployed a couple of simple websites on our k3s cluster. There were non-encrypted sites. Now that's fine, and they work, but non-encrypted is very last century! These days most websites are encrypted. In this article, we are going to install cert-manager and use it to deploy TLS encrypted sites on our cluster.

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Unfortunately, good code won't speak for itself. Even the most elegantly designed and well-written codebase that solves the most pressing problem in the world won't just get adopted on its own. You, the open source creator, need to speak for your code and breathe life into your creation. That's where technical writing and documentation come in.

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One of the latest patch series being worked on by long-time open-source AMD Linux graphics driver developer Christian König is P2P DMA-BUF support...

Peer-To-Peer DMA-BUF Support Being Ironed Out, Patches Pending For AMDGPU  Phoronix

Linux Operating System Market 2020-2024: Key Players, Deployment Type, Regions, Global Growth, Trends, Competitive Landscape, Production, Consumption, Future Scope, Demand Analysis by 2024  News Times