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Linux is the open-source operating-system kernel and the ecosystem of distributions built on it, spanning desktop, server, and embedded use; distinct from Linux gaming, which has its own topic.
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Linux is the open-source operating-system kernel and the ecosystem of distributions built on it, spanning desktop, server, and embedded use; distinct from Linux gaming, which has its own topic.
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"Flatten The Pick" Linux Patches Progress For Better cgroup Scheduling While Linux Gaming
A month ago I wrote about Linux scheduler work to help boost gaming performance on old 'potato' hardware with Intel engineer Peter Zijlstra noting that Linux cgroup scheduling has continued to be 'a p
Linux 7.1-rc7 Released: Stable Hopefully Next Sunday
Last week Linux 7.1-rc6 was larger than Linus Torvalds wished for and for Linux 7.1-rc7 it has come in still heavier than typically seen this late in the cycle, but is shrinking and making Linus comfo
This Linux distro does one thing and does it perfectly: run Factorio faster than anything else
The Linux kernel yearns for the mines
Linux 7.1-rc7 Adding More AMD Zen 6 CPU Models
Ahead of the Linux 7.1-rc7 test kernel release due out later today, a pull request has been submitted of some 'x86 fixes' for this kernel release
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Kernel.org's IPv6 address ends in ":1991:8:25", the date Linux was announced
I was dig-ing through some hosts to check IPv6 support when I noticed kernel.org's AAAA record: 2600:3c04:e001:324:0:1991:8:25 That suffix (::1991:8:25), is August 25, 1991, the day Linus Torvalds posted his famous annou…
Open source kept my 2009 Logitech G19 alive
TL;DR: Fixed a long-standing bug in the Linux driver for my 2009 Logitech G19. Instead of replacing perfectly good hardware, I repaired the software. This is why I love Linux and open source. Today I fixed a bug in the L…
It looks like Vulkan video decode has finally merged for Firefox 153
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2021722 This should mean out of the box hardware accelerated video decode for Nvidia users without needing hacky third party translation to vaapi or weird permissions or any o…
What's the smallest (in a sense that it could be smuggled in a body cavity and/or well-hidden) commercially available or DIY device that runs full fledged distro of Linux with any form of internet access and GUI? I want to be able to code on it, read e-books, play simple games and doomscroll socials
Context - I'm from Moldova and we have a year of male-only mandatory military service (draft/conscription), during which no personal electronic devices are allowed. I don't want to get out of touch with outside world and…
Mounted a drive to /home/user and now I can't access any of my previous files and can't unmount it
I was attempting to mount a secondary HDD on my system, I formatted it to btrfs and set the mount point to /home/user and it fucked everything up. Trying to unmount it gives the error "target is busy" Am I totally screwe…
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What else can you do with a Linux phone?
I've only had the Jolla C2 for a few days but I'm trying to make it my daily driver for a bit to see what it's like, but I'm most curious to see what capabilities I might be able to get by having a proper Linux phone available. With a terminal built right in, I should be able to add repositories and install other apps, so it'll be interesting to see what can be done. My next order of business will be figuring out how to install common desktop packages like ffmpeg or Distrobox on this device. Jolla C2 Community Phone Brand Jolla SoC
I tried a phone that runs actual Linux, and Android app support made it almost usableWhy make a better operating system in the first place?
There's no way I couldn't start this article without touching on the gigantic elephant in the room: the Windows Subsystem for Linux. It truly says something that, for all the benefits Windows may have over a typical Linux distro, Microsoft decided that one of the ways to make Windows better was to simply... put another operating system inside of it. WSL initially made its debut back in 2016, and since then, it has progressed significantly, going from a purely terminal-based tool to adding support for GUI apps, as well as adding support for systemd, a key component in many Linux distros. The fa
Every good thing in Windows 11 started as a third-party tool Microsoft eventually bought or copied