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Vulkan 1.3.291 Published With VK_AMD_anti_lag, AMD Anti Lag Extension

Phoronix - Fri, 07/19/2024 - 18:42
Vulkan 1.3.291 was published this morning and with this specification update comes one prominent new extension: VK_AMD_anti_lag...

Linux 6.11 Brings A Dedicated Bucket Allocator For Better Security

Phoronix - Fri, 07/19/2024 - 18:35
The SLAB pull request landed in Linux 6.11 Git on Thursday with kmem_buckets-based hardening of kernel memory allocations...

11 Lesser Known Useful Linux Commands

Tecmint - Fri, 07/19/2024 - 13:00
The post 11 Lesser Known Useful Linux Commands first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

The Linux command line attracts most Linux enthusiasts. A normal Linux user generally possesses a vocabulary of roughly 50-60 commands

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26 Security Hardening Tips for Modern Linux Servers

Tecmint - Fri, 07/19/2024 - 11:00
The post 26 Security Hardening Tips for Modern Linux Servers first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Everybody says that Linux is secure by default, and to some extent, this is agreed upon (it’s a debatable topic).

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Freedreno Gallium3D Driver Now Enables The Snapdragon X1 Elite/Plus SoC's GPU

Phoronix - Fri, 07/19/2024 - 04:37
The Freedreno Gallium3D driver that started out a decade ago providing reverse-engineered, open-source 3D driver support for Qualcomm Adreno hardware has now enabled support for the X1-85 GPU that is found within the Snapdragon X1 Elite and Snapdragon X1 Plus laptop SoCs...

Fedora 41 Proceeds With AMD SEV-SNP Virtualization Host Support For Confidential VMs

Phoronix - Fri, 07/19/2024 - 02:43
The Fedora change proposal was approved this week by their engineering and steering committee to support AMD SEV-SNP virtualization host support to allow easily launching confidential computing virtual machines (VMs) with Fedora 41...

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