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Intel's mystery Linux muckabout is a dangerous ploy at a dangerous time  The Register

High security Linux on USB stick: Surf and work safely with Tails  Market Research Telecast

Ooh, an update. Let's install it. What could possibly go wro-  The Register

I used to stay away from images when working online. Handling and optimizing images can be both imprecise and time-consuming.

Then I found some commands that changed my mind. To create web pages, I use Jekyll, so I've included that in the directions. However, these commands will also work with other static site generators. 

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I love a good game, and I particularly enjoy tabletop games because they have many of the same traits that open source has. When you're playing a card game in real life with friends sitting around a table, you can as a group decide that Jokers are wild. Alternately, you could arbitrarily decide that should a Joker come into play, anyone holding an Ace must discard that Ace. Or when a Queen of Diamonds comes into play, everyone must pass their hand to the player on their right.

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How to run multiple Linux containers in Chrome OS for extra build environments  TechRepublic

AMD's "RDNA" class GPUs support wavefront sizes of 32 and 64 compared to older GCN GPUs at 64 threads. Going back to 2019 RadeonSI began making use of Wave32 for some shaders but now for Mesa 22.0 next quarter there are greater Wave32 improvements that have landed...

Using open source components has become the de facto way to develop modern applications. The increased adoption of open source has brought with it a new set of challenges and obstacles, and Tidelift, for the fourth year in a row, has laun

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How to install Bitwarden server on Ubuntu 20.04 | 22.04 LTS via docker  H2S Media

The post How to Setup Samba Server in RHEL, Rocky Linux and AlmaLinux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Sharing files is an essential part of server administration. It allows sharing of resources across the network which are needed by users to carry out their tasks. One of the widely used file-sharing software

The post How to Setup Samba Server in RHEL, Rocky Linux and AlmaLinux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

Linux 5.16 is coming after a slight delay, offers improved support for Surface devices  Neowin

Is it decadent that I use four different computers each day, at different times?  The Register

Log4Shell explained – how it works, why you need to know, and how to fix it  Naked Security

Linus Torvalds just released Linux 5.16-rc5 and while things are looking normal at this stage, he announced that this 5.16 cycle will drag on longer due to the Christmas / New Year's holidays...

Linux 5.16-rc5 Released - Cycle To Be Extended Due To The Holidays  Phoronix

How to Download, Install, and Use Google Fonts on Ubuntu  MUO - MakeUseOf

OpenRazer as the open-source, community-maintained collection of Razer peripheral support for Linux is out with a new release...

OpenRazer 3.2 Released For Supporting More Razer Peripherals On Linux  Phoronix

As We Prepare For 2022, Linux Still Doesn't Have Standardized Per-Client GPU Stats Reporting  Phoronix

One of the Intel patch series we have been waiting to see mainlined since all the way back in 2018 is around per-client GPU metrics reporting for being able to show various GPU engine activity on a per-process basis. Every once in a while the patches have been revived but have yet to reach mainline. They recently were revved once again, leaving us hope that in 2022 we might finally see this standardized per-client/process GPU statistics reporting land in the mainline kernel...