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HolesWarm Malware Exploits Unpatched Windows, Linux Servers  Threatpost

Not-a-Linux distro review: SerenityOS is a Unix-y love letter to the ‘90s  Ars Technica

Six dozen patches working on the PREEMPT-RT locking infrastructure for real-time kernels is now queued up in TIP's "locking/core" branch and will presumably be sent in for the Linux 5.15 merge window coming up quickly...

Asahi Linux progress: Apple Silicon OS works – though it's 'rough around the edges' and has no GUI acceleration  The Register

Linux on Mars!  IT PRO

Install and Use Curl on Debian 11 Bullseye Linux  H2S Media

The post How to Install KDE Plasma in Linux Desktop first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

KDE is a well-known desktop environment for Unix-like systems designed for users who wants to have a nice desktop environment for their machines, It is one of the most used desktop interfaces out there.

The post How to Install KDE Plasma in Linux Desktop first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

Proposed: Allow Building The Linux Kernel With x86-64 Microarchitecture Feature Levels  Phoronix

A set of two patches posted this week would allow the Linux kernel to be easily built with the different x86-64 micro-architecture feature levels supported by the latest LLVM Clang and GCC compilers...

In the world of constantly evolving data, one question often pops up: How is it possible to seamlessly replicate data that is growing exponentially and coming from an increasing number of sources? This article explains some of the foundational open source technologies that may help commoditize database replication tasks into data warehouses, lakes, or other databases.

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One of the many advantages of Java, in my experience, is its ability to deliver applications in a neat and tidy package (called a JAR, or Java archive.) JAR files make it easy for users to download and launch an application they want to try, easy to transfer that application from one computer to another (and Java is cross-platform, so sharing liberally can be encouraged), and easy to understand for new programmers to look inside a JAR to find out what makes a Java app run.

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For a long time, there were two basic tests for releasing open source: "Does it do what I need it to do?" and "Does it compile?"

Sure, it was nice if it did things for others, but more than anything else, it at least needed to be fun for the developer and run at all for others. Then with the rise of package management, things leveled up a bit: "Is it packaged?" Shortly after that, the increasing popularity of test-driven development added another requirement: "Do the tests pass?"

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As part of that major milestone we asked Red Hatters who have been using or contributing to Linux since the early days about their experiences. Today we’re talking to Richard Jones who has been using Linux since the early 1990s, joining Red Hat in 2007. Richard is now a Senior Principal Software Engineer in Red Hat’s R&D Platform team.

In addition to Tuesday seeing the Zink sub-allocator merged for sharply improving the performance of this OpenGL-on-Vulkan implementation within Mesa, the Zink Gallium3D code subsequently merged support for OpenGL compatibility contexts...

Zorin OS 16 is the Windows 11-like Linux distribution Microsoft doesn't want you to know about  BetaNews

Sent out last year was a "request for comments" on "Maple Tree" as a new data structure for the Linux kernel. The latest version of the Maple Tree patches were sent out today with mixed results but for where gains are being made they can be quite significant...

Maple Tree v2 Patches For The Linux Kernel - 13~840% Faster For Malloc Threads Test Case  Phoronix

CentOS replacement AlmaLinux free on Azure, Microsoft to provide global network of mirrors  The Register

Mesa's Zink Gallium3D code for implementing OpenGL-over-Vulkan can now run a heck of a lot faster with the newest Mesa 21.3 code...

30 Years of Linux History Told via Distros  TechNewsWorld