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Firefox 123 Delivers Better Linux Gamepad Support + More  OMG! Ubuntu!

With Valve's release today of the Steam Audio SDK 4.5.2 they have made the software development kit fully open-source under an Apache 2.0 license...

For years Wine developers have been after a better synchronization API for the Linux kernel to better match the semantics of Microsoft Windows. Posted back in January was a request for comments on an "NTSYNC" Linux kernel driver to implement Windows NT synchronization primitives for the Linux kernel. At the start of the month a post-RFC version was posted of this open-source driver and today the latest iteration of that work has been published to the kernel mailing list...

Windows NT Synchronization Primitive Driver Updated For The Linux Kernel  Phoronix

Results from Red Hat's 10th Global Tech Trends survey are in, and, as in years past, we explore what the data reveals about where organizations are in their digital transformation initiatives, IT and non-IT funding priorities, and the state of cloud. We surveyed over 700 information technology (IT) leaders worldwide, across various industries and regions, to help us better understand new aspects of technology use and track trends. Here, we highlight key findings and trends from the report and how these results have changed over time.Security remains a top funding priorityIt is no surprise that

The Top Eight Kali Linux Tools [2024]  Simplilearn

For over two years Red Hat's engineers working on the Anaconda installer have been working on a modern web-based installer UI that integrates with Cockpit and is a modern alternative to their GTK-based installer interface for deploying Fedora Linux and eventually RHEL too. The hope was to offer this web UI installer option for Fedora Workstation 40 but that's now been delayed to Fedora 41...

Fedora Workstation's Anaconda Web UI Installer Delayed To Fedora 41  Phoronix

Following the initial AMDGPU driver updates targeting Linux 6.9 that were submitted to DRM-Next one week ago, another batch of AMDGPU feature updates were sent out today ahead of this next kernel cycle kicking off in March...

Calamares 3.3.2 Installer Improves Manual Partitioning and Qt 6 Compatibility  9to5Linux

Do you need antivirus on Linux?  ZDNet

Steampipe: All SQL All The Time  Hackaday

Linux Fu: Forward To The Past!  Hackaday

Thinking about switching to Linux? 10 things you need to know  ZDNet

Thinking about switching to Linux? 10 things you need to know  ZDNet

Sparky Linux is a blazing-fast distro that can keep your older machines running for years  ZDNet

Sparky Linux is a blazing-fast distro that can keep your older machines running for years  ZDNet

Miracle-WM Is a New Tiling Wayland Compositor Based on Mir  9to5Linux

Linux on a $0.15 CH32V003 RISC-V microcontroller #RISCV #Linux  Adafruit Blog

Retro Reimagined: Toaplan's Iconic Shoot 'Em Ups Revived for Linux and Steam Deck  BNN Breaking