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Ubuntu 21.10 Radeon Gaming With KDE Plasma vs. GNOME Shell + Wayland vs. X.Org

Phoronix - Mon, 10/18/2021 - 20:14
With last week's release of Ubuntu 21.10, here are some fresh benchmarks looking at the Linux gaming performance on this new release while testing both the GNOME Shell 40 default desktop to that of its KDE Plasma 5.22 based option. Both the X.Org and Wayland sessions for KDE and GNOME were benchmarked for seeing how the Linux gaming performance compares with the Radeon open-source GPU driver stack.

Habana Labs For Linux 5.16 To Bring Peer-To-Peer Support With DMA-BUF

Phoronix - Mon, 10/18/2021 - 18:38
The drama around DMA-BUF code for the Habana Labs AI driver appears to be wrapping up with the Linux 5.16 cycle that is coming up...

How to Install ModSecurity for Nginx on Debian/Ubuntu

Tecmint - Mon, 10/18/2021 - 18:14
The post How to Install ModSecurity for Nginx on Debian/Ubuntu first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

It is every developer’s desire to deploy secure web applications which are safe from threats. On most occasions, this is effortless said than done. The frequency of websites being hacked keeps rising as hackers

The post How to Install ModSecurity for Nginx on Debian/Ubuntu first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

Mesa 22.0 Lands Some Patches Toward OpenCL Image Support

Phoronix - Mon, 10/18/2021 - 17:29
Mesa 22.0-devel is one step closer to having OpenCL image support that is sought after by many individuals for allowing more OpenCL-enabled desktop software to work nicely with this open-source OpenCL component in Mesa...

Linux 5.15-rc6 Ticks Up In Size, Stops Using AMD SME By Default

Phoronix - Mon, 10/18/2021 - 16:33
Linus Torvalds is out with Linux 5.15-rc6 and its increase in size has him slightly worried...

4 Linux tools to erase your data

opensource.com - Mon, 10/18/2021 - 15:01

One of the best ways to keep your data secure is by only writing data to an encrypted hard drive. On a standard drive, it's possible to view data just by mounting the drive as if it were a thumb drive, and it's even possible to display and recover even deleted data with tools like Scalpel and Testdisk.


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Get memory use statistics with this Linux command-line tool

opensource.com - Mon, 10/18/2021 - 15:00

In my programming work, I often need to know the memory used by web applications. A rough estimate is usually enough before getting down to details and browser profiling tools.


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Awards roll call: August to October 2021

Red Hat News - Mon, 10/18/2021 - 12:00

From workplace accolades to product wins, we are proud to be able to highlight some aspects of our company and the recognition they’ve received in the past few months. Let's check them out!

How I use open source to play RPGs

opensource.com - Sun, 10/17/2021 - 22:04

I play a lot of tabletop role-playing games (RPGs), in terms of both frequency and variety. Generally, I prefer playing RPGs in person with friends, but over the past two years, I've been playing online.

At first, I wasn't sure how to run a long-term game online. I knew there were a lot of tools out there to make it possible, but none of them interested me until I discovered the world of open source online tabletop gaming. With a small collection of open source applications, I've been able to run all my games exclusively on open source.


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