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Linux 5.17 To Support Temperature Monitoring For New AMD Zen Generation

Phoronix - Wed, 11/17/2021 - 19:07
The Linux 5.17 kernel next year will support temperature monitoring for a "new generation" of AMD Zen processors...

NVIDIA Looks To Improve Power Management For Linux VFIO PCIe Devices

Phoronix - Wed, 11/17/2021 - 18:50
NVIDIA is looking to enable run-time power management for the VFIO PCI Linux driver to allow for better power-savings...

Sound Open Firmware For AMD Audio Hardware Arrives, Initially For Renoir ACP

Phoronix - Wed, 11/17/2021 - 18:28
Back in 2018 Intel founded Sound Open Firmware as their effort to provide an open-source audio DSP firmware and software development kit. AMD has begun supporting Sound Open Firmware too now, initially for the Renoir audio co-processor (ACP)...

3 interesting ways to use the Linux cowsay command

opensource.com - Wed, 11/17/2021 - 16:00

Most of the time, a terminal is a productivity powerhouse. But there's more to the terminal than commands and configurations. Among all the outstanding open source software out there, some of it has been written just for fun. I've written about fun commands before, but this article is about just one: the venerable cowsay command.


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How to Monitor Docker Containers with Zabbix Monitoring Tool

Tecmint - Wed, 11/17/2021 - 14:12
The post How to Monitor Docker Containers with Zabbix Monitoring Tool first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Docker is arguably one of the most cherished DevOps tools that streamline the development, deployment, and shipping of applications inside containers. The concept of containerization entails leveraging container images. These are small, lightweight, and

The post How to Monitor Docker Containers with Zabbix Monitoring Tool first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

Google Proposes "Page Table Check" For Fighting Some Types Of Linux Memory Corruption

Phoronix - Wed, 11/17/2021 - 13:00
Last week Google engineers uncovered a reference count underflow issue affecting all Linux kernels going back to v4.14 in 2017. This issue led to memory leaking from one process to another and only uncovered by accident. To address this class of memory corruption issues moving forward, Google is proposing a new "Page Table Check" feature moving forward...

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