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Two Decades Late: Mainline Linux Kernel Getting Keyboard / Mouse Driver For SGI Octane  Phoronix

Converseen is an open source batch image processor for Windows and Linux  Ghacks Technology News

Seafile is an open-source, high-performance, secure and enterprise-ready file synchronization and sharing solution built using Python. It features simple data organization using libraries, fast, reliable and efficient synchronization between devices. It comes with built-in...

Mesa 20.0 Now Defaults To The New Intel Gallium3D Driver For Faster OpenGL  Phoronix

After missing their original target of transitioning to Intel Gallium3D by default for Mesa 19.3 as the preferred OpenGL Linux driver on Intel graphics hardware, this milestone has now been reached for Mesa 20.0!..

ZFS On Linux 0.8.3 is out today as the first official update to ZoL since last September...

ZFS On Linux 0.8.3 Released With Many Fixes  Phoronix

ZFS On Linux 0.8.3 Released With Many Fixes  Phoronix

While the Linux 5.5 kernel is expected to be released as soon as this Sunday, a last minute change to the AMDGPU DRM driver makes the Renoir graphics no longer treated as experimental. With that, there is open-source support out-of-the-box rather than being hidden behind a kernel module flag...

AMD Ryzen 4000 Mobile Series "Renoir" Graphics No Longer Experimental With Linux 5.5  Phoronix

Rocket League will drop support for Mac, Linux versions in March  Ars Technica

1. Rocket League will drop support for Mac, Linux versions in March  Ars Technica
2. Rocket League is killing online multiplayer on macOS and Linux  The Verge
3. Rocket League loses Mac and Linux support  Polygon
4. Psyonix ending Rocket League support for Mac and Linux  Daily Esports
5. Rocket League ending MacOS and Linux support in March  Gamasutra
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In addition to WireGuard being part of "net-next" as the networking subsystem material targeting the upcoming Linux 5.6 cycle, there is another big last minute addition to the networking space: the Flow Queue PIE packet scheduler has been merged...

Linux 5.6 To Bring FQ-PIE Packet Scheduler To Help Fight Bufferbloat  Phoronix

Linux 5.6 To Bring FQ-PIE Packet Scheduler To Help Fight Bufferbloat  Phoronix

As last minute material for Mesa 20.0 is making Valve's "ACO" AMD compiler back-end for the RADV Vulkan driver in better shape for GFX6/GCN1.0 graphics hardware...

Checkra1n Jailbreak for Linux Nearing Completion, Could Release Soon  Wccftech

AMD vs. Intel Contributions To The Linux Kernel Over The Past Decade  Phoronix

Driven by curiosity sake, here is a look at how the total number of AMD and Intel developers contributed to the upstream Linux kernel during the 2010s as well as the total number of commits each year from the respective hardware vendors...

ESET to Lead Linux Malware Workshop and Showcase Groundbreaking Amazon Echo KRACK Research at RSA 2020  Business Wire