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The 5 Best Fast, Reliable, & Secure VPN Services

Tecmint - Mon, 04/08/2024 - 13:00
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If you are a firm believer in browsing the internet securely, then you know how crucial it is to have a reliable VPN service to

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Linux 6.9-rc3 Released With Many Bcachefs Patches

Phoronix - Mon, 04/08/2024 - 04:43
Linux 6.9-rc3 is released and most notable are the Bcachefs fixes to which Torvalds quipped, "if you had a corrupted bcachefs filesystem you'd probably want this, and if you thought bcachefs was stable already, I have a bridge to sell you. Special deal only for you, real cheap." Plus various other fixes throughout...

Arch Linux Increasing Its vm.max_map_count To Help Steam Play Games & Other Software

Phoronix - Mon, 04/08/2024 - 02:28
Similar to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Fedora 39, and other recent Linux distributions increasing its vm.max_map_count default in order to satisfy some Windows games running under Valve's Steam Play (Proton) and other memory-intensive software, Arch Linux is also increasing its default value...

x86-64-v5? Questions Arise Over The Future Of x86-64 Micro-Architecture Feature Levels

Phoronix - Sun, 04/07/2024 - 21:24
While recently there has been more Linux distribution vendor interest in evaluating x86-64-v2 and/or x86-64-v3 baselines for future Linux distribution releases as well as offering optimized packages for higher x86-64 baselines either for x86-64-v3 with being able to assume AVX/AVX2 or in the x86-64-v4 level where AVX-512 is introduced, the prospect of x86-64 micro-architecture feature levels for future processors isn't clear...

Framework Hiring For Open-Source Firmware Development

Phoronix - Sun, 04/07/2024 - 21:08
Framework Computer as the company behind the popular Framework 13 and Framework 16 upgradeable/modular laptops is hiring for an open-source firmware developer...

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