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OverlayFS On Linux 5.15 Improves Performance, Copies Up More Attributes

Phoronix - Wed, 09/08/2021 - 19:02
OverlayFS continues to be used by Linux IoT/embedded devices and other use-cases as a union mount file-system. With Linux 5.15 the OverlayFS file-system continues to improve...

Facebook Opens Up CacheLib As Their New Caching Engine

Phoronix - Wed, 09/08/2021 - 18:22
Facebook last week formally announced CacheLib as their new open-source caching engine designed for web scale services and to make for effective non-volatile memory caching to offset the increasing costs of DRAM...

Intel Working On DP 2.0 Panel Replay Power Savings For Linux

Phoronix - Wed, 09/08/2021 - 17:57
Last month Intel's open-source Linux graphics driver engineers began posting patches working on DisplayPort 2.0 support for their driver with DG2/Alchemist now set to be Intel's first GPU supporting the newest DP standard. DP 2.0 enablement work continues with Panel Replay being the latest feature being worked on for their Linux driver...

Linux 5.15 Hit By Some Early Performance Regressions But Quickly Reverted

Phoronix - Wed, 09/08/2021 - 17:37
In addition to Linus Torvalds dealing with the -Werror fallout, separately in kernel land there were also some significant performance regressions introduced during the Linux 5.15 that led to Linus reverting some of the changes...

How I migrated a WordPress website to a new host

opensource.com - Wed, 09/08/2021 - 15:01

Have you ever needed to migrate a WordPress website to a new host? I have done it several times and found the process to be quite easy. Of course, I don't use the recommended methods for doing most things, and this is no exception–I use the easy way, and that is what I recommend.

This migration is non-destructive, so it is simple to revert to the original server if that should be necessary for any reason.


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Debug a web page error from the command line

opensource.com - Wed, 09/08/2021 - 15:00

Sometimes when managing a website, things can get messed up. You might remove some stale content and replace it with a redirect to other pages. Later, after making other changes, you find some web pages become entirely inaccessible. You might see an error in your browser that "The page isn't redirecting properly" with a suggestion to check your cookies.


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16 Top Command Examples in Linux [Monitor Linux Processes]

Tecmint - Wed, 09/08/2021 - 14:26
The post 16 Top Command Examples in Linux [Monitor Linux Processes] first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

In our previous articles, we have covered the basics of ls command and cat command. In this article, we are trying to explore the top command which is one of the most frequently used

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10 Commands to Collect System and Hardware Info in Linux

Tecmint - Wed, 09/08/2021 - 12:31
The post 10 Commands to Collect System and Hardware Info in Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

It is always a good practice to know the hardware components of your Linux system is running on, this helps you to deal with compatibility issues when it comes to installing packages, drivers on

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Linux 5.15's New "-Werror" Behavior Is Causing A Lot Of Pain

Phoronix - Wed, 09/08/2021 - 08:48
Landing this past weekend was the surprise move by Linus Torvalds to enable "-Werror" behavior by default for all kernel builds. That compiler flag addition makes all warnings be treated as errors, which in turn stops the kernel build. As expected, this change has led to quite a mess...

GhostBSD 21.09.06 Released For This FreeBSD-Based Desktop OS

Phoronix - Wed, 09/08/2021 - 06:07
GhostBSD 21.09.06 is now available as the latest release of this desktop-minded, FreeBSD-based operating system...

Linux 5.15 KVM Defaults To The New x86 TDP MMU, Enables AMD SVM 5-Level Paging

Phoronix - Wed, 09/08/2021 - 02:43
The Linux 5.15 Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) changes this cycle are quite exciting on the x86 (x86_64) front with several prominent additions...

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