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The AMD ROCm Debugger "ROCgdb" is maintained as a fork of the GNU Debugger (GDB) with support added for the heterogeneous debugging of the ROCm compute platform. ROCgdb works well and is distributed as part of the ROCM stack. The good news is that AMD is also working on getting this AMDGPU/ROCm debug support added into the upstream GDB debugger...

FreeBSD 14 has been out as stable since last November, but for those still on the FreeBSD 13 stable series, FreeBSD 13.3 beta was released this weekend ahead of its planned stable release in March...

Pimp My Linux (Unix) Command Line | by Beyond Boundaries | Beyond T3CH | Feb, 2024  Medium

On newer Lenovo ThinkPad laptops (2024+ models) there is a new key combination appearing to make it easy to switch between ACPI Platform Profiles for toggling your power/performance preference of the system. With the Linux 6.9 kernel coming in a few months this key will now work under Linux too...

Linux 6.9 To Support The Power Profile Key On New Lenovo ThinkPads  Phoronix

Transform Your Steam Deck Into A Handheld Computer  TheGamer

How to Use the mkfs Command on Linux  How-To Geek

Top 5 Linux distros for gaming in 2024  Sportskeeda

A quick look back at Corel Linux OS, another attempt to make a competing Windows-like OS  Neowin

A quick look back at Corel Linux OS, another attempt to make a competing Windows-like OS  Neowin

The latest all-in-one liquid cooler receiving a Linux driver to monitor pump speeds and coolant temperatures as well as managing radiator fan speeds under Linux is the ASUS ROG RYUJIN II 360...

ASUS ROG RYUJIN II 360 AIO Cooler Gets A Linux Driver  Phoronix

Cracking the Code: Navigating Complex Linux Interview Questions  Medium

How to Flush Your DNS Cache in Ubuntu  How-To Geek

Tails 6.0 RC1 now available: you can start testing the privacy-focused Linux distribution  BetaNews

Linux: Hide Your Shell Passwords with sshpass  The New Stack

Intel's hybrid core handling for modern Intel Core CPUs with a mix of P and E cores has largely been in good shape under Linux for a while. Intel Thread Director support has come along with various Linux kernel improvements to better handle task placement between the P and E cores. One area seeing new work now though is for virtual machines (VMs) running on Intel hybrid systems with a new Linux kernel patch series working on Thread Director Virtualization...

Intel Thread Director Virtualization Patches Boost Some Workloads By ~14%  Phoronix

In case you missed it debuting last week was Niri v0.1 as a new, scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor inspired by the GNOME extension PaperWM. Out today is a follow-on release with more fixes and a few additional features for this new Wayland compositor...

Tails 6.0 Anonymous OS Launches February 27th Based on Debian 12 Bookworm  9to5Linux