Linux Desktop

Linux 5.12-rc1 released as the “Frozen Wasteland” kernel

Void Linux has been working to provide excellent POWER support

AMD Ryzen, EPYC 5 ~ 6% faster ready for use with Linux 5.11

Rust Foundation established to manage the Rust programming language

Debian 10.8 released with dozens of patches, changes to a more parallel build process

AMD Schedutil vs. performance governor benchmarks on Linux 5.11 shows more growth potential

Initial patches posted to bring the Linux kernel to Apple Silicon M1 hardware

Linus Torvalds decides to get NVIDIA RTX 30 “Ampere” support on Linux 5.11

NVIDIA graphics drivers for Windows / Linux affected by a number of security vulnerabilities

HDMI forum that closes access to public specifications is hurting open source GPU drivers

Valve reviews Steam’s Linux market share in December 2020 to 0.74%

“Avoid Burning Yourself” DTPM framework bypassed from Linux 5.11