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Valve's Gamescope Compositor Adds AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution Support

Phoronix - Tue, 02/01/2022 - 17:45
Valve's Gamescope as a Wayland compositor for running games on Linux now has integrated support for AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR)...

View your Linux server's network connections with netstat

opensource.com - Tue, 02/01/2022 - 16:01

I shared some important first steps to help manage your personal Linux server in a previous article. I briefly mentioned monitoring network connections for listening ports, and I want to expand on this by using the netstat command for Linux systems.


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3 ways I configure SSH for privacy

opensource.com - Tue, 02/01/2022 - 16:00

SSH (Secure Shell) is a protocol that enables you to create a verified and private connection, securing the channel using cryptographic keys, to launch a remote shell on another machine. Using this connection, you can execute remote commands, initiate secure file transfers, forward sockets and displays and services, and much more.


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Growing the open source talent pipeline with HBCUs

Red Hat News - Tue, 02/01/2022 - 13:00

When conversations around DEI within the technology industry are brought up, often what you hear is a lack of a strong pipeline or challenges with finding qualified, diverse talent to fill job openings. Having a diverse talent pool is no longer a nice-to-have, it’s a must-have in order to maintain innovation and continue to drive business forward. At Red Hat, we face the same issues and what we have found is that in order to find diverse talent, we need to go to where the talent is.

Transitioning Red Hat’s finance leadership

Red Hat News - Tue, 02/01/2022 - 13:00

Later this year, Laurie Krebs, Red Hat’s senior vice president and chief finance officer (CFO), will retire after five years with the company. Carolyn Nash, currently vice president of global finance, transformations and operations, will be promoted to senior vice president and CFO replacing Laurie on April 1st. Until her retirement in July, Laurie will work with Carolyn to ensure a smooth transition.

Intel Alder Lake & Linux Kernel Advancements Made For An Exciting January

Phoronix - Tue, 02/01/2022 - 13:00
Even with the pandemic still ongoing, there were plenty of exciting Linux software advancements and new hardware that made for an exciting January. Here is a look at the past from our Linux / open-source perspective...

x86 Straight Line Speculation Mitigation Being Back-Ported To GCC 11

Phoronix - Tue, 02/01/2022 - 07:39
There sure has been a lot of x86 straight-line speculation happenings in recent months with the compiler-based mitigation being merged for GCC 12 and then beginning with Linux 5.17 the kernel can make use of that new knob for fending off this potential vulnerability. Now the compiler support is even being back-ported to GCC 11...

Redis 7.0 Is Near With "Significant Performance Optimizations"

Phoronix - Tue, 02/01/2022 - 03:16
The first release candidate of Redis 7.0 was made available today. Getting us excited about this updated in-memory key-value database are "significant performance optimizations" among other improvements...

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