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20 Netstat Commands for Linux Network Management

Tecmint - Wed, 12/08/2021 - 14:05
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netstat (network statistics) is a command-line tool for monitoring network connections both incoming and outgoing as well as viewing routing tables, interface statistics, etc. [ You might also like: 22 Linux Networking Commands for

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Intel Posts Linux Patches Enabling AMX Use Within KVM Guests

Phoronix - Wed, 12/08/2021 - 13:00
One of many exciting features/changes with upcoming Intel Xeon Scalable "Sapphire Rapids" processors is the introduction of Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX). While initial AMX support is premiering with Linux 5.16 due out in stable form as the start of the new year, it currently doesn't allow for KVM virtualized guests to make use of the new capabilities...

FreeBSD 12.3 Released With Updated AMD & Networking Hardware, Password Protected ZIPs

Phoronix - Wed, 12/08/2021 - 08:19
While FreeBSD 13 is the current stable version of this leading open-source BSD operating system, FreeBSD 12.3 shipped today for their N-1 series...

Fedora 36 Planning To Run Wayland By Default With NVIDIA's Proprietary Driver

Phoronix - Wed, 12/08/2021 - 04:36
While all of the software components are out there now for being able to run NVIDIA's proprietary driver stack with modern (GBM-based) Wayland compositors by default, including XWayland support, Fedora Workstation currently defaults to using an X.Org based session with the green binary blob. However, for Fedora 36 next spring they are planning on using the Wayland-based desktop here too...

Intel Posts Updated Driver & Sample Code For "Software Defined Silicon"

Phoronix - Wed, 12/08/2021 - 03:08
Back in September Intel originally posted Linux patches for "Software Defined Silicon" for being able to activate extra CPU features present in the processor's silicon but not exposed by default unless the cryptographically secure process with this SDSi driver was performed. Intel appears to be moving toward allowing licensable processor features that can be activated after the fact and today a new version of that SDSi Linux driver appeared...

Amazon Linux 2022 Performs Well, But Intel's Clear Linux Continues Leading In The Cloud

Phoronix - Wed, 12/08/2021 - 01:00
AWS recently introduced Amazon Linux 2022 in preview form as the latest iteration of their Linux distribution now based on Fedora with various alterations to catering to their customers running it on EC2. Last week were benchmarks looking at Amazon Linux 2022 compared to Amazon Linux 2 and other distributions like CentOS and Ubuntu. In this article we are seeing how Amazon Linux 2022 can compete with Intel's own Clear Linux performance-optimized distribution.

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