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Canonical To Stick With 10 Year Support Cycle For Ubuntu LTS Releases

Phoronix - Tue, 10/24/2023 - 20:30
Given recent talk of upstream Linux Long-Term Support (LTS) kernels likely being reduced from six to two year support windows moving forward, Canonical today decided to re-affirm their support for ten years of support with Ubuntu Long Term Support versions...

RADV Vulkan Driver Lands Initial Support For GFX11.5 "RDNA3 Refresh"

Phoronix - Tue, 10/24/2023 - 18:46
Samuel Pitoiset of Valve's open-source Linux graphics driver team has landed initial support for GFX11.5 "RDNA3 refresh" graphics within the RADV Vulkan driver for the upcoming Mesa 23.3...

Intel Video Acceleration Drivers Begin Preparing For Arrow Lake S

Phoronix - Tue, 10/24/2023 - 18:37
While Meteor Lake isn't shipping until December, Intel's open-source Linux engineers for months have already been working on 15th Gen Arrow Lake (as well as Lunar Lake, among their other processor lines) for getting the driver support in order. The latest early hardware enablement to talk about is the initial Arrow Lake S support coming to their video acceleration drivers...

5 Tools to Scan a Linux Server for Malware and Rootkits

Tecmint - Tue, 10/24/2023 - 18:00
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There are constant levels of high attacks and port scans on Linux servers all the time, while a properly configured firewall and regular security system

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15 Useful ‘sed’ Command Tips and Tricks for Linux SysAdmins

Tecmint - Tue, 10/24/2023 - 16:40
The post 15 Useful ‘sed’ Command Tips and Tricks for Linux SysAdmins first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Every system administrator has to deal with plain text files on a daily basis. Knowing how to view certain sections, how to replace words, and

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13 Best Tiling Window Managers for Linux in 2023

Tecmint - Tue, 10/24/2023 - 14:15
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As the name suggests, Linux Window Managers are responsible for coordinating how application windows work. They run quietly in the background of your operating system,

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12 Best Notepad++ Alternatives for Linux in 2023

Tecmint - Tue, 10/24/2023 - 13:19
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Notepadd++ is a completely free source code editor created as a replacement for Notepad on Windows – is written based on Scintilla in C++ and

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