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Why Linux is critical to edge computing

opensource.com - Wed, 02/24/2021 - 16:01

In 2021, there are more reasons why people love Linux than ever before. In this series, I'll share 21 different reasons to use Linux. Linux is the ideal operating system for experimenting with edge computing. 


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Proposed GCC 12 Security Option Would Auto Initialize Automatic Variables

Phoronix - Wed, 02/24/2021 - 16:00
An Oracle engineer has proposed introducing a new "-ftrivial-auto-var-init=" option for the GCC compiler that would allowing initializing automatic variables with either a pattern or zeroes in the name of security...

Set your path in FreeDOS

opensource.com - Wed, 02/24/2021 - 16:00

Everything you do in the open source FreeDOS operating system is done from the command line. The command line begins with a prompt, which is the computer's way of saying, "I'm ready. Give me something to do." You can configure your prompt's appearance, but by default, it's:


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How to Use Two-Factor Authentication with Ubuntu

Tecmint - Wed, 02/24/2021 - 15:23
The post How to Use Two-Factor Authentication with Ubuntu first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Over time, the traditional username and password authentication has proven inadequate in providing robust security to applications and systems. Usernames and passwords can easily be cracked using a plethora of hacking tools, leaving your

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Scaling with partners in 2021: How partner momentum is driving Red Hat success

Red Hat News - Wed, 02/24/2021 - 13:00

Taking a page from Red Hat president and CEO, Paul Cormier’s post, I’d like to take a moment to recognize what the past year has meant for the partner ecosystem and where we go from here. Not for the first time, we heard Paul explain the importance of partners in Red Hat’s story: 

Clang LTO Support Merged For Linux 5.12 Including ARM64 + x86_64

Phoronix - Wed, 02/24/2021 - 09:16
Pop open the champagne as the in-development Linux 5.12 kernel will be able to support link-time optimizations (LTO) in conjunction with the LLVM Clang compiler on not only AArch64 (64-bit ARM) but also x86_64...

VMware Engineer Revises Work On Concurrent TLB Flushes For Linux

Phoronix - Wed, 02/24/2021 - 04:17
After a two year hiatus on the patches, VMware's Nadav Amit has gotten back to working on current TLB flushing support for the Linux kernel in yielding a small but measurable performance improvement...

Early Ubuntu 21.04 Benchmarks Point To Some Slides In Performances But Overall Flat

Phoronix - Wed, 02/24/2021 - 03:31
In yesterday's Linux distribution benchmark comparison on a Ryzen 9 5900X, you may have noticed some of the Ubuntu 21.04 development benchmarks coming in slower than Ubuntu 20.10 but overall a tight race. That is something I've seen now on other systems too -- such as these results to pass along today from an Intel notebook with the latest Ubuntu 20.10 vs. 21.04 development tests...

Linux 5.12 Adds eMMC Inline Encryption For Better Performance, Lower Power Use

Phoronix - Wed, 02/24/2021 - 01:03
Thanks to Google engineers the Linux 5.12 kernel is providing punctual support for eMMC inline encryption that is being ratified with a forthcoming specification update and already being found within some mobile hardware...

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