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Critical Linux Kernel Bug Allows Remote Takeover  Threatpost

Microsoft's latest surprise is adding native Linux support to their Endpoint Manager software...

Intel Core i5 12600K / Core i9 12900K "Alder Lake" Linux Performance  Phoronix

With the Intel 12th Gen Core processors shipping today along with the new line-up of Z690 motherboards, the review embargo lifts for talking about these Intel "Alder Lake" processors. While by now you've likely heard a lot about Intel Alder Lake on Windows and various leaked benchmarks with Windows 11, how does these processors with the new hybrid architecture work and perform on Linux? Here are the initial benchmarks and support information for Intel's Core i5 12600K and Core i9 12900K processors under Ubuntu Linux.

Red Hat engineer Michel Dänzer has uncovered and addressed another performance shortcoming within X.Org's XWayland code...

The first fruits of CentOS Stream: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Beta  ZDNet

Remote code execution flaw patched in Linux Kernel TIPC module  ZDNet

Remote code execution flaw patched in Linux Kernel TIPC module  ZDNet

Facebook's BOLT project for optimizing the performance out of compiled binaries is nearing the point of being added to LLVM's official source tree with its mono repository...

Fedora Linux 35 now generally available  IT-Online

All of the Arm SoC/platform changes were merged on Wednesday evening for the Linux 5.16 kernel cycle...

Mesa 21.3 as the final feature release for this collection of open-source OpenGL and Vulkan drivers isn't yet ready to go as some blocker bugs persist, but available now is the fourth weekly release candidate...

Hunting for Kernel Glitches, DevSec Tools, Edge for Linux, More Ubuntu Outlets  LinuxInsider.com

The first fruits of CentOS Stream: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Beta  ZDNet

UNIX and Linux users find many uses for links, particularly symbolic links. One way that I like to use symbolic links is to manage configuration backups of various IT equipment.

I have a directory structure to hold everything related to documentation, updates, and other files for the computers and devices on my network. Devices can include routers, access points, NAS servers, and laptops, often of different brands and versions. The configuration backups themselves might be deep within the directory tree, e.g. /home/alan/Documents/network/device/NetgearRL5000/config.

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Liz Rice, Chief Open Source Officer at Isovalent, has a few thoughts on core DevSecOps technologies that can help address these concerns. She joins Red Hat Chief Technology Officer Chris Wright in "DevSecOps Decoded," a recent addition to our Technically Speaking series. 

Sent in on Tuesday and since merged to the mainline Linux 5.16 code-base were the power management updates and accompanying ACPI and thermal changes...

Microsoft Edge reaches milestone on cross-platform journey: available on Linux today – OSnews  OS News

The Linux sound subsystem is seeing some useful and significant additions with the Linux 5.16 kernel...

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 drops in beta version  Network World