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New Linux Malware Attacking Apache, Docker, Redis & Confluence Servers  GBHackers

New Linux Malware Attacking Apache, Docker, Redis & Confluence Servers  GBHackers

The first 5 Linux commands every new user should learn  ZDNet

Linux market share passes 4% for first time  HardForum

Linux Malware targets misconfigured misconfigured Apache Hadoop, Confluence, Docker, and Redis servers  Security Affairs

Fedora Workstation has long defaulted to using GNOME's Wayland session by default, but it has continued to install the GNOME X.Org session for fallback purposes or those opting to use it instead. But for the Fedora Workstation 41 release later in the year, there is a newly-approved plan to no longer have that GNOME X.Org session installed by default...

FOSS Weekly #24.10: Second Brain Apps, Kernel Programming, New Linux Apps and More  It's FOSS

The merge request enabling basic OpenGL support for the Wine Wayland driver has been merged to Wine Git this evening as another important step forward for native Wayland support for enjoying Windows games/apps on Linux...

Linux Malware Campaign Targets Misconfigured Cloud Servers  OODA Loop

Cloud-y Linux Malware Rains on Apache, Docker, Redis & Confluence  Dark Reading

Following the news from earlier around George Hotz' Tiny Corp raising new AMD GPU issues and calling for the MES firmware to be open-sourced followed by a positive message from AMD CEO Lisa Su, there's a new update on the matter following a meeting today between Tiny Corp and AMD...

EmuDeck 2.2 adds a new Pegasus Frontend, better Linux support, new emulators  GamingOnLinux

Linux Mint Innovates with Jargonaut App, Enhancing User Support Beyond IRC Capabilities  BNN Breaking

Intel today released their open-source OpenVINO 2024.0 toolkit for optimizing and deploying AI inference across a range of hardware...

Forget Windows and macOS — Linux market share reaches a new high as users search for an alternative  TechRadar

NVIDIA R550 Linux Driver Release: Enhanced Support for GeForce GPUs  BNN Breaking

NVIDIA R550 Linux Driver's Open Kernel Modules Performing Well On GeForce GPUs  Phoronix

Linux Malware Targets Docker, Apache Hadoop, Redis and Confluence  Infosecurity Magazine

With the recent NVIDIA 550.54.14 Linux driver release the R550 series is now out as stable. One of the prominent changes with the NVIDIA R550 Linux driver is bringing the GeForce and workstation GPU support up to "CERTIFIED" quality when using NVIDIA's open kernel modules that are distributed as part of their driver package. Previously the open-source (out-of-tree) kernel modules were just certified for their data center GPUs while now they are basically acknowledging that they are in good shape too for GeForce and workstation products. In this article are some benchmarks of the open and proprietary kernel driver options of the NVIDIA R550 Linux driver.

Linux Malware Campaign Targets Misconfigured Cloud Servers  SecurityWeek