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AMD Prepares Linux Driver For New Feature: FreeSync Panel Replay

Phoronix - Fri, 06/16/2023 - 19:10
FreeSync Panel Replay is a new feature for AMD Ryzen laptops with the DCN v3.1.4 display block or newer for helping to reduce power usage when the screen contents are unchanged...

Arm Ethos-U Linux Driver Posted For Machine Learning Processor

Phoronix - Fri, 06/16/2023 - 18:43
Arm and NXP engineers have posted the initial open-source Linux driver patches for an Ethos-U driver for their machine learning processor to enable Linux to dispatch AI inference jobs to the hardware. It's yet another inference/accelerator driver working its way toward the mainline kernel but is off to a rocky start with many code issues being raised...

NsCDE 2.3 Released For Modern Desktop Looking Like The Old CDE

Phoronix - Fri, 06/16/2023 - 18:29
A new version of the "Not so Common Desktop Environment" is now available, a modern Linux desktop that continues to mimic the look and feel of the old CDE Unix desktop environment...

Google Limiting IO_uring Use Due To Security Vulnerabilities

Phoronix - Fri, 06/16/2023 - 18:07
While IO_uring has been one of the greatest Linux kernel innovations in recent years for helping to deliver more performant and efficient I/O, it's also been home to various security vulnerabilities. Due to ongoing security issues, this interface for asynchronous I/O is being restricted or outright disabled across Google products...

How To Create A File In Linux: Echo, Touch, Tee and Cat Commands

Tecmint - Fri, 06/16/2023 - 16:00
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Files are one of the most important objects of any operating system and Linux is not an exception. Files provide a reliable way of storing

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Steam Linux Client Beta Adds New Scaling Setting Override

Phoronix - Fri, 06/16/2023 - 10:24
While yesterday brought a major update to the Steam client stable series, tonight brings a new update to the Steam beta series with some notable enhancements to the Linux client...

Protect your supply chain from disasters

Red Hat News - Fri, 06/16/2023 - 08:00
Disasters that affect companies can take many forms: public health, terrorism and war, and extreme weather. They can also affect companies in different ways, including needing to shut down offices, helping affected employees and regaining access to networks and computers. It’s a multifaceted challenge but, for the purposes of this blog, we’re going to focus on anticipating and responding to supply chain challenges due to natural disasters such as hurricanes, typhoons, floods, earthquakes, wildfires and droughts. These are not unusual challenges. In 2020, there were 22 separate billion-d

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