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MySQL 8.1 Released With More JSON Additions, Other Changes

Phoronix - Tue, 07/18/2023 - 21:23
MySQL 8.1 is available today with the community server builds now available for this latest major update to this popular SQL database server...

New Linux Kernel Code Works On APIC "Decrapification", Suggests Dropping x86 32-bit

Phoronix - Tue, 07/18/2023 - 18:28
There's a lovely new Linux kernel patch series out that's big in working on a major clean-up of the x86 APIC code (or "decrapification" as it's called in the patches) and also bringing up for discussion the idea of killing off x86 32-bit support. It's unlikely the x86 32-bit support will be removed right now, which is "just museum pieces", but as an alternative would be making it SMP-only to at least remove the uni-processor code paths...

Fake Sparse Support Being Worked On For Intel's Open-Source Vulkan Driver

Phoronix - Tue, 07/18/2023 - 18:06
While Intel Arc Graphics continue enjoying performance optimizations with the open-source Linux graphics driver stack, the major limitation facing Arc Graphics on Linux right now for gamers is the lack of sparse residency support that is needed for running many newer games on Linux with Intel graphics -- particularly newer Windows D3D12 titles running on Linux via Valve's Steam Play. It's been a long known limitation and will hopefully be addressed once the Intel Xe kernel driver is introduced, but at least as an interim solution there is now "fake" sparse support being implemented...

Arm Guarded Control Stack "GCS" Patches Debut For The Linux Kernel

Phoronix - Tue, 07/18/2023 - 17:53
A set of 35 patches were posted on Sunday for introducing ARM64 Guarded Control Stack (GCS) support to the Linux kernel. This is akin to x86 Shadow Stack support for hardware-protected stacks of return addresses to help fend off ROP attacks...

Microsoft's CBL-Mariner 2.0.20230630 Ships Security Fixes, Adds In Some Extra Bits

Phoronix - Tue, 07/18/2023 - 17:38
CBL-Mariner 2.0.20230630 is now shipping as Microsoft's newest in-house Linux distribution release...

Programmer vs System Administrator: Which Career Path is Right for You

Tecmint - Tue, 07/18/2023 - 12:31
The post Programmer vs System Administrator: Which Career Path is Right for You first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Careers in the technology space and broad and diverse and require different sets of skills. Programming and Systems Administration are two occupations that stand out

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GNU Shepherd 0.10.2 Service Manager Fixes Some Long-Standing Issues

Phoronix - Tue, 07/18/2023 - 05:00
GNU Shepherd is the Guile-written service manager for handling daemons that is most notably used by the GNU Guix project as an alternative to the likes of SysV and systemd. With today's GNU Shepherd 0.10.2 some long-standing issues have finally been resolved...

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