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The 3 tiers of Linux distribution difficulty  ZDNet

The three tiers of Linux distribution difficulty  ZDNet

Wayland Protocols 1.31 has been released and this collection of protocols is now headlined by the addition of fractional scaling support!..

Wayland Protocols 1.31 Released With Fractional Scaling Support  Phoronix

The U-Boot open-source bootloader that is widely used for embedded devices has finally landed support for HTTP and TCP along with a basic "wget" implementation for downloading images via HTTP/TCP...

CACI's Archon Joins Red Hat Embedded Partner Program - HS Today  HSToday

COI Uno5 Projector with 800 ANSI lumens brightness will shortly begin crowdfunding  Notebookcheck.net

Fresh versions of Ubuntu Touch, Mir display server, and Unity arrive  The Register

Stellaris 3.6 'Orion' is a big free update to many parts of the game  GamingOnLinux

Back in September was a big patch set working out classes of tasks for hybrid CPUs and more properly implementing Intel Thread Director for Linux. This work to better the performance/efficiency of modern Intel Core CPUs with a mix of P and E cores has now advanced past the "request for comments" stage with a new patch series sent out on Monday...

Intel Advances Linux "IPC Classes" Design To Improve Load Balancing For Hybrid CPUs  Phoronix

Intermediate Java Linus Developer - Centurion - R700k PA at e-Merge IT Recruitment  IT-Online

Intermediate Java Linus Developer - Centurion - R700k PA at e-Merge IT Recruitment - Gauteng Centurion  IT-Online

Apple SoC CPUFreq Linux Driver Moves Closer To Mainline  Phoronix

The Apple SoC CPUFreq driver worked on by the Asahi Linux crew for CPU frequency scaling with the M1 and M2 chips under Linux looks like it could soon be reaching the mainline kernel...

Return to Monkey Island gets a GOG release  GamingOnLinux

Return to Monkey Island gets a GOG release  GamingOnLinux

Cryptsetup 2.6 Released With Support For Apple FileVault2  Phoronix

Cryptsetup 2.6 is now available as the newest version of this utility for managing disk encryption on Linux systems in conjunction with the DMcrypt kernel module...

ClamAV as one of the leading open-source anti-virus / anti-malware toolkits for Linux / Windows / BSDs has finally reached the version 1.0 milestone...