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Linux 5.5-rc5 Released With "Fixes All Over" + A Big Performance Regression Fix  Phoronix

SuperTuxKart 1.1 is here — download the free open source Mario Kart game clone for Linux, Windows, and Mac  BetaNews

While Fedora 32 is already making it so CD / DVD install issues shouldn't block releases given most users are doing USB-based installations for the past number of years, Fedora is still trying to decrease the amount of space the install media takes up regardless of CD/DVD/USB media...

How to install Arch Linux for WSL- Windows Subsystem for Linux  H2S Media

Electronic Arts Swings Banhammer At Battlefield V Linux Gamers, Labels Them Cheaters  Hot Hardware

GNOME Shell 3.35.3 and Mutter 3.35.3 were released today as part of the next development step on the path towards GNOME 3.36 coming out in March...

When navigating the AMD.com driver downloads area the Radeon Software for Linux 19.30 driver is still referred to, which was released back on 5 November. That 19.30 driver series has been around for a while and we've been waiting for the 19.50 series driver to match their recent Windows driver update. It turns out there is a Radeon Software for Linux 19.50 driver that is public albeit not widely advertised...

Radeon Software for Linux 19.50 Quietly Released For Newest Enterprise-Focused Driver Support  Phoronix

Linux 5.5 as of this morning should have one less performance regression in tow if you are running on Debian/Ubuntu or otherwise having AppArmor enabled...

Linux 5.5 Lands Fix For The AppArmor Performance Regression  Phoronix

Linux 5.5 Lands Fix For The AppArmor Performance Regression  Phoronix

As you may recall a few days ago there was the information on the Linux kernel scheduler causing issues for Google Stadia game developers. The scheduler was to blame and in particular Linux's spinlocks. Linus Torvalds has now commented on the matter...

Torvalds' Comments On Linux Scheduler Woes: "Pure Garbage"  Phoronix

While New Year's festivities lightened the development activity this past week, KDE developers still managed to accomplish a fair amount this first week of January...

For those looking for some family-friendly, open-source gaming fun this weekend, SuperTuxKart 1.1 has been released as the Mario Kart inspired cross-platform racing game...

Ahead of this week's Consumer Electronics Show, the Wi-Fi Alliance has announced WiFi 6E...

Building a remote development team presents unique challenges. Trying to build a cross-functional team, full of various personalities, virtually can lead to communication disasters. Fortunately, through planning, smart hiring, training, and communication, project leaders can build and lead virtual development teams successfully.

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At GitHub, Brian Douglas' official title is developer advocate, but the one he prefers to use is "Beyoncé advocate." This is partly because he views the 40 million GitHub users and the Beyhive, Beyoncé's enormous and passionate fan base, similarly. He says his role at GitHub is to "go to bat for the hive"—helping people answer questions and find resources to help them develop on GitHub better.

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It's 2020 and GIMP remains one of the last holdouts for a major software application still relying upon the GTK2 tool-kit even with GTK4 potentially coming around the end of the calendar year. Fortunately, at least, the GIMP 2.99.x development releases on the path to the GTK3-based GIMP 3.0 should be starting up soon...

EA Prevents Linux Users from Accessing Battlefield V  Somag News