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Nmon – Monitor Linux System and Network Performance

Tecmint - Wed, 11/02/2022 - 13:41
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If you are looking for a very easy-to-use performance monitoring tool for Linux, I highly recommend installing and using the Nmon command-line utility. Nmon short for (Ngel’s Monitor), is a fully interactive Linux system

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How to Install EPEL Repository on RHEL, Rocky & AlmaLinux

Tecmint - Wed, 11/02/2022 - 13:40
The post How to Install EPEL Repository on RHEL, Rocky & AlmaLinux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

In this article, you will learn how to install and enable the EPEL repository on RHEL-based Linux distributions to install additional standard open-source software packages by using YUM and DNF package manager. What is

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How to Install Let’s Encrypt SSL Certificate to Secure Nginx on RHEL 9/8

Tecmint - Wed, 11/02/2022 - 12:08
The post How to Install Let’s Encrypt SSL Certificate to Secure Nginx on RHEL 9/8 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

In this article, we’ll guide you on how to generate and install an SSL/TLS certificate obtained for free from Let’s Encrypt Certificate Authority that we’ll be using to secure Nginx webserver HTTP transactions on

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Steam Linux Use Tips Up In October Thanks To The Steam Deck

Phoronix - Wed, 11/02/2022 - 08:55
With the start of the new month comes updated Steam Survey numbers from Valve for the preceding month. Thanks to the continued growth of the Steam Deck and Valve continuing to ramp up their production, Steam on Linux enjoyed another tick up for October...

The Godot Game Engine Now Has Its Own Foundation

Phoronix - Wed, 11/02/2022 - 04:09
The Godot open-source game engine had been part of the Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) as many open-source projects utilize for handling fiscal sponsorship duties and the like while now the Godot Foundation has been established as its own legal entity...

Intel Software Defined Silicon Linux Driver Sees Latest "Intel On Demand" Updates

Phoronix - Wed, 11/02/2022 - 03:35
Going back to late last year Intel began working on a new Linux driver for "Software Defined Silicon" as a means of activating licensed hardware features akin to what they tried a decade ago with the "Intel Upgrade Service" for unlocking extra CPU features. The SDSi driver was merged in Linux 5.18 while this afternoon they sent out a rather sizable update to this controversial driver / hardware feature...

Mesa 22.3 RADV Driver Now Allows Enabling NGG Stream-Out Functionality

Phoronix - Wed, 11/02/2022 - 03:00
It's been 3+ years that the Mesa Radeon Vulkan driver "RADV" has been working on NGG Stream-Out support for making use of the Next-Gen Geometry engine that is in workable shape for some RDNA GPUs. Finally with Mesa 22.3 releasing this quarter, a new environment variable option is allowing the NGG Streamout / Transform Feedback functionality to be flipped on with the RADV driver...

Linux Still Eyes Better Security By Default Enabling Indirect Branch Tracking (IBT)

Phoronix - Wed, 11/02/2022 - 01:49
Indirect Branch Tracking (IBT) is still being eyed for enabling as part of the default Linux x86_64 kernel configurations to provide better out-of-the-box security on supported processors. A patch sent out today continues the upstream discussion over flipping on this feature by default that is part of Intel's Control-flow Enforcement Technology (CET) for helping to defend against jump/call oriented programming attacks...

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