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How to Watch Blu-rays in VLC (with Menus) in Ubuntu  OMG! Ubuntu!

International Business Machines Webinar: Linux on IBM Z and LinuxONE Transcript  GuruFocus.com

Distrobox 1.7 Improves NVIDIA Support, Wolfi Containers, and Adds New Flags  9to5Linux

Distrobox 1.7 Improves NVIDIA Support, Wolfi Containers, and Adds New Flags  9to5Linux

It's a big day today in the open-source NVIDIA Nouveau/NVK space... The Mesa NVK driver is now officially declared a Vulkan 1.3 conformant implementation by the Khronos Group! In turn the NVK driver is no longer considered experimental and with Mesa 24.1 will build by default for x86/x86_64-based installations...

One of the limitations of AMD's open-source Linux graphics driver has been the inability to implement HDMI 2.1+ functionality on the basis of legal requirements by the HDMI Forum. AMD engineers had been working to come up with a solution in conjunction with the HDMI Forum for being able to provide HDMI 2.1+ capabilities with their open-source Linux kernel driver, but it looks like those efforts for now have concluded and failed...

HDMI Forum Rejects Open-Source HDMI 2.1 Driver Support Sought By AMD  Phoronix

KDE Plasma 6 brings big updates to the desktop environment for Linux-based operating systems  Liliputing

Kali Linux 2024.1 released with 4 new tools, UI refresh  BleepingComputer

KDE 6 Update Arrives With Big Plasma Desktop Updates for Linux  How-To Geek

Besides the integrated RDNA3 graphics making the Ryzen 8000G series desktop APUs interesting, making the AMD Ryzen 5 8500G a fun benchmarking target besides its sub-$200 price tag is having a mix of Zen 4 and Zen 4C cores. Here are some benchmarks looking at the Zen 4 vs. Zen 4C performance and power efficiency when offlining various core combinations on the Ryzen 5 8500G desktop processor.

AMD Zen 4 vs. Zen 4C Performance, Zen 4C Core Scaling With Ryzen 5 8500G  Phoronix

5 years later Valve finally gives Windows compatibility tool Proton a logo  GamingOnLinux

Kali Linux 2024.1 Penetration Testing Distro Is Here with Linux 6.6 LTS, New Look  9to5Linux

NVIDIA Unveils Security Flaws in GPU Drivers, Urges Immediate Updates for Linux Users  BNN Breaking

How to remote desktop to Ubuntu  XDA Developers

NVIDIA disclose new driver security issues - Feb 28  GamingOnLinux

KDE Plasma 6: Revolutionizing Linux desktop with far prettier and superior interface than Microsoft Windows 11  BetaNews

Debian 12.5 Arrived with 42 Security Updates and 68 Bug Fixes  Security Boulevard

Best email client for Linux 2024  ITPro