Open-source News

As a nice Christmas present, code merged today to the Linux 6.2 kernel speeds up a core kernel function by a factor of 715x...

Linux 6.2 Speeds Up A Function By 715x - kallsyms_lookup_name()  Phoronix

What are the differences between su and sudo commands?  TechTarget

The Sidecar for Psion – A PPP modem and Linux terminal for RS232 ...  OS News

The 4 Best Apps to Improve Your Typing Speed on Linux  MUO - MakeUseOf

Linux 6.2 Graphics Changes: Intel Arc Graphics Stable, Initial NVIDIA RTX 30 Acceleration  Phoronix

The Linux 6.2 Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) open-source kernel graphics/display driver changes have been merged with a few notable feature additions for users this cycle...

Wine on Wayland sounds like it's coming along nicely  GamingOnLinux

Linux 6.2 Addresses Another "Tasty Target For Attackers"  Phoronix

The x86 memory management updates for the Linux 6.2 merge window have been submitted with two primary additions: addressing another "tasty target for attackers" and separately is also landing of Intel's Linear Address Masking (LAM) functionality...

Google Launches Largest Distributed Database of Open Source Vulnerabilities  The Hacker News

7 ways to look at network connections on Linux  Network World

7 ways to look at network connections on Linux  Network World

Can the Lenovo Yoga 7i (2022) run Linux?  XDA Developers

Released on Sunday was Linux 6.1 and in addition to having many new features making it all the more exciting is that it's expected to be this year's Long-Term Support (LTS) kernel release. As such it will see widespread adoption particularly among servers and much interest from the hyperscalers. For those weighing an upgrade from last year's Linux 5.15 LTS kernel, Linux 6.1 with initial testing on an AMD EPYC Milan-X 2P server has shown a nice speed bump is possible across a wide-range of workloads.

How to install the ClickUp desktop app  TechRepublic

What did Unix fans learn from the end of Unix workstations?  The Register

Play multiplayer Tron in a Windows or Linux terminal window  BetaNews

Radeon Software For Linux 22.40 Driver Released With RX 7900 Series Support  Phoronix

As outlined yesterday the Radeon RX 7900 series can work on the upstream, open-source Linux driver stack if using Linux 6.0+ and Mesa 22.2 (but ideally 22.3+). But if you aren't wanting to jump to a newer kernel version and are running one of the supported enterprise Linux distributions, today AMD released their Radeon Software for Linux 22.40 driver package with Radeon RX 7000 "RDNA3" series support...