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Another Round Of Intel CET Patches, Still Working Toward Linux Kernel Integration

Phoronix - Sat, 08/21/2021 - 18:40
While Intel is normally very punctual in providing support for major new CPU features under Linux and often landing them well in advance of general hardware availability, their work around Control-flow Enforcement Technology (CET) has taken a long longer than normal and is still going through new rounds of code review to get accepted into the mainline Linux kernel...

"NAX" Linux Security Being Worked On For Helping Fend Off Fileless Malware Attacks

Phoronix - Sat, 08/21/2021 - 18:04
Due to the growing threat posed by file-less malware attacks where malware code is executed from anonymous executable memory pages that aren't backed by data on the file-system, the "NAX" Linux security module has been seeing work recently for helping to protect against such scenarios...

KDE Plasma Introduces A New Overview Effect, Many Wayland Fixes

Phoronix - Sat, 08/21/2021 - 17:45
It's been another busy week in KDE land with the seemingly never ending improvements to the Plasma Wayland session as well as introducing some new features like a new Overview Effect...

How to set up your printer on Linux

opensource.com - Sat, 08/21/2021 - 15:00

Even though it's the future now and we're all supposed to be using e-ink and AR, there are still times when a printer is useful. Printer manufacturers have yet to standardize how their peripherals communicate with computers, so there's a necessary maze of printer drivers out there, regardless of what platform you're on. The IEEE-ISTO Printer Working Group (PWG) and the OpenPrinting.org site are working tirelessly to make printing as easy as possible, though. Today, many printers are autodetected with no interaction from the user.


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Proton 6.3-6 Released With More Games Running, Optional NVIDIA DLSS Support

Phoronix - Sat, 08/21/2021 - 07:39
It's been nearly two months since Proton 6.3-5 released for powering Valve's Steam Play for enjoying Windows games on Linux. The latest Proton update was just released with many improvements...

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