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Linux kernel 5.15 is available, and it has something special for NTFS users  TechRepublic

Linux Foundation to promote dataset sharing and software dev techniques  VentureBeat

Linux 5.15 just arrived - and here's what's inside  ZDNet

Google just tripled its bounty for Linux kernel bugs. Here's why  ZDNet

SQL Server on Linux: Canonical offers official support, AWS Babelfish helps users move to Postgres  The Register

Linux 101: What tech pros need to know  TechRepublic

While Ampere Altra and Altra Max processors are achieving great success using Arm Neoverse N1 based cores, as shared earlier this year Ampere has begun designing their own custom Arm server CPU cores for slated introduction in 2022. The first GCC compiler patch for that next-gen Ampere CPU was quietly posted on Monday...

Python is a popular language for many applications. Those that run as backend services, now in the 2020s, are often run inside containers. For that to work, though, you have to build a container.

Often, with microservice architectures, it makes sense to build a "root" base image, which all of your services get built on. Most of this article focuses on that base image since this is where it is easiest to make mistakes. However, I also cover the applications themselves because a good base without good applications isn't of much use.

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Hive ransomware group extends to cloud-based Linux variants  SC Magazine

Hive ransomware group extends to cloud-based Linux variants  SC Magazine

Red Hat and Intel are collaborating to bring Industry 4.0 transformation to smart manufacturing and energy. See how using open hybrid cloud technologies with intelligent edge solutions can extend the possibilities of IoT use cases.

Intel AMX Support Lands For Linux 5.16  Phoronix

After going through a number of rounds of patch revisions over the past year, Intel's kernel-side changes for supporting Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX) with next-gen Xeon Scalable "Sapphire Rapids" processors has landed for Linux 5.16!..

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The XFCE desktop environment is one among the several desktop environments that you can install on our Linux system to enhance user experience. It’s one of the earliest desktop environments that was first released

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Microsoft Edge introduces Linux version and bug fixes  Socialpost

Back in July Steam on Linux re-crossed the 1.0% marketshare threshold following the announcement of the Steam Deck and continued progress around Steam Play / Proton. The Steam on Linux user-base has continued growing month by month and has hit another high with the numbers published today that cover the month of October...

Steam On Linux Marketshare Hits New Multi-Year High, AMD Powering ~40% Of Linux Gaming Systems  Phoronix

AMD today released Radeon Open eCosystem 4.5 (ROCm 4.5) as the latest version to their open-source GPU compute stack for Linux systems. ROCm 4.5 brings with it a number of new features and improvements but one area on the consumer Radeon side will leave some potential users frustrated...

Radeon ROCm 4.5 Released With HIP Runtime Compilation, Unified Memory Support  Phoronix

The proposed memory "folios" functionality for Linux 5.16 is happening! This low-level change to the Linux memory management code was merged today for this next kernel...