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In-Kernel SMB3 File Server Looks To Land In Linux 5.15

Phoronix - Mon, 08/30/2021 - 17:42
One of the very first pull requests for Linux 5.15 now that its merge window is open following the Linux 5.14 release is to merge KSMBD, the in-kernel SMB3 protocol file server...

How to Install PgAdmin on Rocky Linux and AlmaLinux

Tecmint - Mon, 08/30/2021 - 15:22
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PgAdmin 4 is an open-source, powerful, and front-end PostgreSQL database administration tool. PgAdmin 4 allows administrators to seamlessly manage PostgreSQL databases from a web browser and run SQL queries among other database tasks. It’s

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Print from anywhere with CUPS on Linux

opensource.com - Mon, 08/30/2021 - 15:01

I have a printer in my office, but sometimes I work on my laptop in another room of the house. This isn't a problem for me for two reasons. First of all, I rarely print anything on paper and have gone months without using the printer. Secondly, though, I've set the printer to be shared over my home network, so I can send files to print from anywhere in the house. I didn't need any special equipment for this setup. It's accomplished with just my usual Linux computer and the Common Unix Printing System (CUPS).


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Write a guessing game in ncurses on Linux

opensource.com - Mon, 08/30/2021 - 15:00

In my last article, I gave a brief introduction to using the ncurses library to write text-mode interactive applications in C. With ncurses, we can control where and how text gets displayed on the terminal.


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Celebrating 30 years of the Linux kernel and the GPLv2

Red Hat News - Mon, 08/30/2021 - 12:00

The Linux kernel has had a huge technological impact on the world, but it couldn't have been at the center of this without the provisions of the GNU General Public License 2.0.

Vulkan 1.2.190 Released With SPIR-V Integer Dot Product Support

Phoronix - Mon, 08/30/2021 - 12:00
Vulkan 1.2.190 resolves several issues with the specification, but most exciting with this routine Vulkan API update is the introduction of two new extensions...

Linux 5.14 Released With New Hardware Support, Core Scheduling, MEMFD_SECRET

Phoronix - Mon, 08/30/2021 - 06:30
As expected Linus Torvalds promoted Linux 5.14 to stable in providing the latest features, hardware support, and other improvements ahead of the autumn 2021 Linux distribution releases...

AMD Yellow Carp + Another Water Cooling Pump Head To Linux's Hardware Monitoring Code

Phoronix - Mon, 08/30/2021 - 05:45
The Linux hardware monitoring "HWMON" subsystem for the 5.15 cycle is already seeing the AMD SB-RMI driver and AMD Cezanne Zen 3 APU temperature monitoring while there was also some last-minute additions around AMD next-gen "Yellow Carp" temperature reporting and separately support for another water cooling pump...

Yet-To-Be-Released Intel "Bz" WiFi Chipset To Be Supported By Linux 5.15

Phoronix - Mon, 08/30/2021 - 03:00
While the Linux 5.15 merge window opening is imminent, merged today to net-next were the latest batch of wireless driver updates for this next kernel version. Notable to this batch of WiFi driver updates was the new Intel material...

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