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NVIDIA has submitted some patches to add hardware acceleration to XWayland, making it a step closer to enabling proprietary NVIDIA drivers on Wayland-powered sessions: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/merge_requests/587
GitLab
Xwayland: Support hardware accelerated rendering with the proprietary NVIDIA driver (!587) · Merge requests · xorg / xserver ·…
These two patches are intended to accompany upcoming support in the proprietary NVIDIA driver for hardware accelerated GL and Vulkan rendering with Xwayland. They shouldn't interfere with the...
Asahi Linux is a project that aims to port the Linux kernel (And other needed tools) to the newly introduced "Apple Silicon Macs" architecture (E.g M1). They'll release an Arch-based distribution soon: https://asahilinux.org/about/
asahilinux.org
About - Asahi Linux
Porting Linux to Apple Silicon
PeerTube v3; The open source decentralized video platform, was just released: https://framablog.org/2021/01/07/peertube-v3-its-a-live-a-liiiiive/
Take the following quiz about the #Linux command line (20 questions) and see how much you would score in these very basic questions!
https://quiz.fosspost.org/quiz/introduction-to-linux-command-line-quiz/
https://quiz.fosspost.org/quiz/introduction-to-linux-command-line-quiz/
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Introduction to Linux Command Line Quiz » FOSS Quiz
Quiz about "Introduction to Linux Command Line Quiz ", take it now to measure how knowledgable you are in that topic!
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Someone just booted Ubuntu 20.04 on their iPhone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrntxWqDuvI&feature=youtu.be
Instructions are at: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/kux9xx/success_iphone_7_with_dead_nand_netbooting/
Instructions are at: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/kux9xx/success_iphone_7_with_dead_nand_netbooting/
YouTube
iPhone 7 booting Ubuntu 20.04 (to tty/command line)
EDIT: GOT IT TO BOOT GUI! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DO8vt34kTh0
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/kvmsfd/success_iphone_7_booting_ubuntu_2004_to_full/
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ORIGINAL THREAD:
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/kux9xx/success_iphone_…
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/kvmsfd/success_iphone_7_booting_ubuntu_2004_to_full/
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ORIGINAL THREAD:
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/kux9xx/success_iphone_…
Arch Linux developers have released a new online website to browse man pages, directly from the browser: https://man.archlinux.org/
🍷Wine 6.0 was just released: https://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-announce/2021-January/000510.html
📱JingOS is a new Linux distribution for tablet/mobile devices, similar to the UI of the iPad: https://www.jingos.com/
Python 3.9.1 was just released, adding support for the newly introduced M1 chips from Apple: https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-391/
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Python Release Python 3.9.1
The official home of the Python Programming Language
8 Must-Try Open Source ERP Systems for your Company or Organization: https://fosspost.org/open-source-erp/
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10 Open Source ERP Software That Are Free
Adhering to the open source definition, check our list of recommended open source ERP software which are currently maintained.
Ubuntu is now "completely usable" on the new M1 Apple chips computers: https://twitter.com/cmwdotme/status/1351838924621099008
Looks quite neat!
Looks quite neat!
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Chris
Linux is now completely usable on the Mac mini M1. Booting from USB a full Ubuntu desktop (rpi). Network works via a USB c dongle. Update includes support for USB, I2C, DART. We will push changes to our GitHub and a tutorial later today. Thanks to the @CorelliumHQ…
Red Hat to give a "No-Cost" Version of self-supported RHEL for small production workloads (16 machines) and development teams: https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/new-year-new-red-hat-enterprise-linux-programs-easier-ways-access-rhel
Redhat
New Year, new Red Hat Enterprise Linux programs: Easier ways to access RHEL
Introducing new no-cost RHEL programs for small production deployments and enterprise development teams.
This month is the porting month it seems, as someone just ported Android 10 to RISC-V architecture: https://github.com/T-head-Semi/aosp-riscv
GitHub
GitHub - T-head-Semi/riscv-aosp: Patches & Script for AOSP to run on Xuantie RISC-V CPU
Patches & Script for AOSP to run on Xuantie RISC-V CPU - T-head-Semi/riscv-aosp
A serious security vulnerability was discovered in "sudo". It is recommended that you update your systems ASAP if effected: https://blog.qualys.com/vulnerabilities-research/2021/01/26/cve-2021-3156-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-sudo-baron-samedit
Qualys
Sudo Vulnerability CVE-2021-3156: Root Access Risk | Qualys
CVE-2021-3156 in Sudo (Baron Samedit) lets unprivileged users escalate privileges. Understand the technical details and recommended solutions for mitigation.
Someone was somehow able to steal the Perl.com domain name from its owners, which was used as one of the biggest resources about the Perl programming language: https://twitter.com/briandfoy_perl/status/1354535622069919748
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Huh, it looks like there was some snafu with the https://t.co/cM17zmX6Km domain registration and now it's registered under someone else. If you know how to fix this sort of thing, we'd like your help.
Google is throwing #Chromium browser under the bus, as it is removing the Sync support from it and removing the API keys which it gave to Linux distributions.
https://hackaday.com/2021/01/26/whats-the-deal-with-chromium-on-linux-google-at-odds-with-package-maintainers/
https://hackaday.com/2021/01/26/whats-the-deal-with-chromium-on-linux-google-at-odds-with-package-maintainers/
Hackaday
What’s The Deal With Chromium On Linux? Google At Odds With Package Maintainers
Linux users are more likely than most to be familiar with Chromium, Google’s the free and open source web project that serves as the basis for their wildly popular Chrome. Since the project&#…
Announcing LibreOffice New Generation
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2021/01/29/announcing-libreoffice-new-generation/
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2021/01/29/announcing-libreoffice-new-generation/
The Document Foundation Blog
Announcing LibreOffice New Generation - The Document Foundation Blog
Today we’re announcing a new project: LibreOffice New Generation. This isn’t about the software, but about the people behind it. As you probably know, LibreOffice is made by a worldwide community of certified developers and volunteers, working on the source…