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I have covered multiple chaos engineering tools in this series.

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Linux 5.14 Set To Retire The Long-Deprecated RAW Driver For Direct I/O Access  Phoronix

Linux's RAW driver (RAW_DRIVER) for providing direct I/O access to block devices is finally set to be removed with the Linux 5.14 kernel this summer since its deprecation all the way back in the mid 2000s and its use has been discouraged even longer...

Even if you haven't used DOS before, you are probably aware of its command-line shell, named simply COMMAND.COM. The COMMAND.COM shell has become synonymous with DOS, and so it's no surprise that FreeDOS also implements a similar shell called "FreeCOM"—but named COMMAND.COM just as on other DOS systems.

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Linux Software Market Unexpected Growth Seen in Worldwide with Top Key PlayersGoogle, Twitter, Facebook, Amazon, – KSU | The Sentinel Newspaper  KSU | The Sentinel Newspaper

How To Use GNU Basic Calculator (Bc) In Linux For Math Calculation?  Fossbytes

By any measure, 2020 was a challenging year for most organizations. For businesses that specialize in logistics, like the Andreani Logistics Group, the COVID-19 crisis also brought a rapid increase in demand that posed additional challenges. To address the needs of its customers, Andreani turned to Red Hat and Microsoft to deliver systems that could rise to the challenge.

Linux 5.13 hits rc5, isn’t yet calm, Linus Torvalds is only mildly perturbed  The Register

Nvidia’s DLSS Sorcery Is Coming To Linux  Kotaku Australia

Windows to Debian Translation - Linux & Unix  BleepingComputer

Linus Torvalds just released Linux 5.13-rc5 ahead of Linux 5.13 potentially releasing later this month but depending upon how the rest of the cycle plays out could end up in early July...

Linux 5.13-rc5 Is Fairly Average In Size But Not Calming Down Yet  Phoronix

The latest updates to Valve's Proton Experimental build for Steam Play should be offering lower input latency...

Everything You Need to Know About Using Tor Browser on Linux  MUO - MakeUseOf

Version 2.32 of the Git distributed revision control system is now available with a variety of improvements from performance optimizations to usability enhancements and a whole lot of bug fixes...

Git 2.32 Released With Numerous Improvements  Phoronix

Syxsense Releases New Linux Remote Terminal and Troubleshooting Tools  Digital Journal

The Linux x86/x86_64 kernel code already had logic in place for reserving portions of the first 1MB of RAM to avoid the BIOS or kernel potentially clobbering that space among other reasons while now Linux 5.13 is doing away with that "wankery" and will just unconditionally always reserve the first 1MB of RAM...

Linux x86/x86_64 Will Now Always Reserve The First 1MB Of RAM  Phoronix

AMD shouldn't rely on Nvidia to help with FidelityFX Super Resolution - but Linux gamers instead  TechRadar