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Linux 5.10 Will Be Able To Hibernate + Resume Much Faster

Phoronix - Sun, 10/04/2020 - 12:00
If you frequently put your system(s) through hibernation cycles, the performance should be much better beginning with the soon-to-start Linux 5.10 cycle...

EXT4 Has A Big Optimization For Linux 5.10 For File Overwrites

Phoronix - Sun, 10/04/2020 - 05:00
The EXT4 file-system with the upcoming Linux 5.10 kernel has an optimization yielding big benefits for file overwrites in some circumstances...

Intel Begins Linux Hardware Enablement Work For Meteor Lake

Phoronix - Sat, 10/03/2020 - 20:26
The first patchwork is building up for Intel's "Meteor Lake" on Linux...

Intel Discloses New CPU Instructions, Enhanced Hardware Feedback Interface (EHFI)

Phoronix - Sat, 10/03/2020 - 19:00
Intel updated their programming reference manual this week with some interesting new additions, primarily around user interrupts and the enhanced hardware feedback interface...

KDE Begins Landing "Breeze Evolution" Refresh For Default Theme

Phoronix - Sat, 10/03/2020 - 18:12
KDE developers for more than one year have been working to evolve the default Breeze theme and the work by the KDE Visual Design Group is finally paying off with the initial "Breeze Evolution" changes landing...

Apache's TVM Deep Learning Compiler Picks Up WebAssembly, Better Rust Support

Phoronix - Sat, 10/03/2020 - 15:43
The first release candidate of TVM 0.7, the Apache incubator project providing a deep learning compiler stack, is now available...

University champions open source with new OSPO

opensource.com - Sat, 10/03/2020 - 15:00

Rochester Institute of Technology is establishing Open@RIT, an initiative dedicated to supporting all kinds of "open work," including—but not limited to—open source software, open data, open hardware, open educational resources, Creative Commons-licensed work, and open research.

The new open source programs office aims to determine and grow the footprint of RIT's impact on all things "open," leading to more collaboration, creation, and contribution, on and off campus.


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How to Switch (su) to Another User Account without Password

Tecmint - Sat, 10/03/2020 - 13:59

In this guide, we will show how to switch to another or a specific user account without requiring a password. For example, we have a user account called postgres (the default PostgreSQL superuser system

The post How to Switch (su) to Another User Account without Password first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

XCP-ng 8.2 LTS To Bring Rewritten UEFI, Core Scheduling To Fend Off Side Channel Attacks

Phoronix - Sat, 10/03/2020 - 12:35
XCP-ng as the open-source hypervisor built atop XenServer is preparing for its 8.2 LTS release while this week marked the availability of the first beta...

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