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GnuPG 2.3 Released With New Experimental Key Database Daemon, TPM 2.0 Daemon

Phoronix - Thu, 04/08/2021 - 22:55
Werner Koch announced the availability today of GnuPG 2.3 as the start of the (fairly stable, effectively production ready) test releases leading up to the GnuPG 2.4 stable update...

GCC 10.3 Compiler Released With AMD Zen 3 Tuning Backported, Nearly 200 Bug Fixes

Phoronix - Thu, 04/08/2021 - 21:39
GCC 10.3 is out today as the latest stable release of the GNU Compiler Collection, weeks ahead of the GCC 11.1 feature release as the first stable version of GCC 11...

AMD Finally Flipping On ASPM For Navi 1x To Lower Power Consumption

Phoronix - Thu, 04/08/2021 - 18:36
AMD engineers have a patch pending to improve the idle power consumption for Radeon RX 5000 "Navi 1x" GPUs on Linux...

Fedora 35 Looking To Make Use Of Debuginfod By Default

Phoronix - Thu, 04/08/2021 - 17:54
Red Hat engineers spearheaded the work on Debuginfod for being able to fetch debuginfo/sources from centralized servers for a project to cut-down on manually having to install the relevant debug packages manually on a system as well as that occupying extra disk space and just being a hassle. The Fedora project is now getting their Debuginfod server off the ground and for Fedora Linux 35 are planning to make use of it by default...

XScreenSaver 6.0 Released With Increased Security, Better EGL & GLSL/GLES 3.0 Support

Phoronix - Thu, 04/08/2021 - 17:39
XScreenSaver as the open-source screensaver solution for Linux as well as macOS systems this last week reached version 6.0. With XScreenSaver 6.0 comes increased security and other enhancements...

5 commands to level-up your Git game

opensource.com - Thu, 04/08/2021 - 15:01

If you use Git regularly, you might be aware that it has several reputations. It's probably the most popular version-control solution and is used by some of the biggest software projects around to keep track of changes to files. It provides a robust interface to review and incorporate experimental changes into existing documents.


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System Administrator - News | Europeana Pro

Google News - Thu, 04/08/2021 - 15:00
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Reiser4 Ported Early To The Linux 5.12 Kernel

Phoronix - Thu, 04/08/2021 - 15:00
Normally we don't see the out-of-tree Reiser4 file-system ported to new Linux kernel releases until after the inaugural stable release, but this time around Reiser4 has seen an early port to the near-final Linux 5.12 kernel...

Protect external storage with this Linux encryption system

opensource.com - Thu, 04/08/2021 - 15:00

Many people consider hard drives secure because they physically own them. It's difficult to read the data on a hard drive that you don't have, and many people think that protecting their computer with a passphrase makes the data on the drive unreadable.

This isn't always the case, partly because, in some cases, a passphrase serves only to unlock a user session. In other words, you can power on a computer, but because you don't have its passphrase, you can't get to the desktop, and so you have no way to open files to look at them.


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How to Install TeamViewer 15 on RHEL/CentOS/Fedora and Debian/Ubuntu

Tecmint - Thu, 04/08/2021 - 14:05
The post How to Install TeamViewer 15 on RHEL/CentOS/Fedora and Debian/Ubuntu first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Teamviewer is a cross-platform, powerful, and secure remote access and control software that can connect to multiple devices simultaneously. It is an all-in-one solution for remote support which can be used for desktop sharing,

The post How to Install TeamViewer 15 on RHEL/CentOS/Fedora and Debian/Ubuntu first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

Partner Experience at Red Hat Summit

Red Hat News - Thu, 04/08/2021 - 12:00

Each year at Red Hat Summit we look forward to showcasing unique partner stories and our joint successes in helping customers achieve open hybrid cloud innovation. This year, we are pleased to introduce the Partner Experience: an integrated, immersive experience for partners within the Red Hat Summit 2021 event.

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