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Mir 1.7.1 was released on Monday and while a point release it's quite a big one...

At least not another hardware vulnerability, but CVE-2020-2732 appears to stem from unfinished code within the Intel VMX code for the Linux kernel's Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) support...

Intel KVM Virtualization Hit By Vulnerability Over Unfinished Code  Phoronix

The Command Line: Getting started with Linux apps on your Chromebook  Chrome Unboxed

Pending GNOME Mutter changes in conjunction with the new PipeWire 0.3 will offer a big improvement in making use of GNOME's screencasting support from Wayland sessions...

Azure Sphere, Microsoft's Linux-Powered IoT Security Service, Launches  Redmond Channel Partner

Seeed's Linux-friendly Gemini Lake SBC starts at $188  LinuxGizmos.com

Seeed's Linux-friendly Gemini Lake SBC starts at $188  LinuxGizmos.com

While GIMP 3.0 remains elusive as the long overdue GTK3 port of this leading open-source image manipulation program, the GIMP 2.10 stable series continues seeing a lot of decent improvements in their subsequent point releases. GIMP 2.10.18 is out today following a botched GIMP 2.10.16 release...

The Current RADV+ACO Mesa Driver Performance For February 2020  Phoronix

As it's been a few weeks since last running a Mesa open-source driver comparison on AMD Radeon graphics hardware, here are some fresh Mesa 20.1-devel benchmarks just a few weeks so far after the Mesa 20.0 branching. These latest Mesa 20.1-devel benchmarks were also run a second time when enabling the RADV ACO shader compiler back-end that's been a focus by Valve developers in enhancing the Linux gaming experience. These results are compared to Mesa 19.2.8 as a baseline for the open-source driver support offered out-of-the-box by Ubuntu 19.10.

Planet Computers' clamshell phone can dual-boot Android and Linux  Engadget

Tiny, Linux-powered Sitara module has dev kit with dual GbE  LinuxGizmos.com

Tiny, Linux-powered Sitara module has dev kit with dual GbE  LinuxGizmos.com

Deviceplane wants to bring over-the-air updates to Linux edge devices  TechCrunch

How to install LibreOffice for Linux on a Chromebook after downloading it as a tar.gz file  About Chromebooks

Aaron Griffin is stepping down as the Arch Linux Project Leader, who has led the distribution since 2007 where under his tenure Arch Linux boomed in popularity. With him stepping away due to minimal time to invest in the project, a process for selecting a new leader has formed...

Hey, remember Microsoft's IoT Linux gear? After two years, Azure Sphere is finally here  The Register

Linux Gamers And Creators Should Pay Attention To Arch-Based Salient OS  Forbes

While the Linux 5.5 kernel landed Broadcom BCM2711 SoC and Raspberry Pi 4 enablement, one of the loose ends has been getting the open-source "VC4" DRM driver wired up for the display hardware on this latest Raspberry Pi. Patches are now pending for VC4 DRM to provide that display support and could potentially see it mainlined for Linux 5.7...