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New Linux Driver Supports Corsair VOID Gaming Headsets

Phoronix - Wed, 08/14/2024 - 18:30
A new driver has been posted for better supporting the Corsair VOID gaming headsets under Linux...

Weston 14.0 Alpha Brings New Wayland Compositor Features

Phoronix - Wed, 08/14/2024 - 18:19
The first alpha release of the Weston 14.0 reference Wayland compositor is now available with a handful of new features...

New Linux Kernel Patches Better Prepare For sched_ext

Phoronix - Wed, 08/14/2024 - 18:13
While Linus Torvalds called for including the "sched_ext" extensible scheduler in Linux 6.11, he ultimately decided not to merge it for Linux 6.11 after some technical issues were raised on the Linux kernel mailing list...

Haiku OS R1 Beta 5 Approaching Soon, New Performance Improvements

Phoronix - Wed, 08/14/2024 - 18:01
The BeOS-inspired Haiku open-source operating system is out with their latest status update that highlights various improvements made in recent weeks...

How to Use Awk Special Patterns ‘BEGIN and END’ – Part 9

Tecmint - Wed, 08/14/2024 - 15:00
The post How to Use Awk Special Patterns ‘BEGIN and END’ – Part 9 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

In Part 8 of this Awk series, we introduced some powerful awk command features, that is variables, numeric expressions, and

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10 Best Linux Desktop Environments of All Time

Tecmint - Wed, 08/14/2024 - 12:00
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One exciting aspect of Linux, unlike Windows and Mac OS X, is its support for numerous desktop environments. This has

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Intel Publishes Updated CPU Microcode For A Variety Of Security & Functional Issues

Phoronix - Wed, 08/14/2024 - 10:11
Intel published a number of new CPU microcode images this Patch Tuesday for addressing various security issues as well as a number of functional issues being addressed across different CPU client and server processor generations...

Intel Begins Queuing Kernel Graphics Driver Changes For Linux 6.12

Phoronix - Wed, 08/14/2024 - 05:12
Intel Linux graphics driver engineers today sent in their first batch of patches to DRM-Next of new material they are prepared to introduce with the upcoming Linux 6.12 kernel cycle...

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