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How to Recover Deleted Files in Linux Before They’re Gone

Tecmint - Wed, 05/06/2026 - 12:00
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You deleted a log file mid-session, a running process is still writing to it, and ls shows nothing, but the

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Fedora Yet To Decide On x86_64-v3 Packages For Fedora Linux 45

Phoronix - Wed, 05/06/2026 - 09:13
Last month a Fedora Linux change proposal was shared proposing that Fedora 45 be built with x86_64-v3 packages to complement the generic x86_64 (v1) packages currently being compiled. This has the possibility of providing greater performance out of packaged Fedora software but comes with the cost of greater burdens on web mirrors, QA / testing, and related infrastructure impact. The Fedora Engineering and Steering Committee "FESCo" decided today to wait on coming to a decision over this Fedora 45 change proposal...

Flatpak 1.17.7 To Track The Age Of Configurations For Providing Much Better Performance

Phoronix - Wed, 05/06/2026 - 08:35
Flatpak 1.17.7 is now available for continuing to advance open-source app sandboxing and distribution on the Linux desktop. Some interesting new features are in tow with this Flatpak update plus there is also an updated XDG-Desktop-Portal release too...

Intel's Vulkan Linux Driver Lands Experimental Support For Descriptor Heaps

Phoronix - Wed, 05/06/2026 - 04:00
After the merge request was open the past three months for code originally authored eight months ago, the Intel "ANV" open-source Vulkan driver for Linux systems is now advertising support for descriptor heaps with the VK_EXT_descriptor_heap extension. But for the moment at least it's treated as experimental...

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