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Amazon Working On New Proactive Memory Reclamation For The Linux Kernel

Phoronix - Thu, 06/10/2021 - 19:00
For over a year Amazon engineers have been working on DAMON as a new means of monitoring data accesses under Linux. That patch series has yet to be mainlined but continues being worked on with the intention of getting it upstreamed when ready. More recently the engineers involved have been working on a DAMON-based page reclamation implementation for the Linux kernel in dealing proactively dealing with systems having high memory load...

GRUB 2.06 To Be Succeeded By... GRUB 2.11 Bootloader Next Year

Phoronix - Thu, 06/10/2021 - 17:16
Following this week's release of the big and long overdue GRUB 2.06 bootloader release, there is already development talk and action for the next release. Succeeding GRUB 2.0, GRUB 2.02, GRUB 2.04, and GRUB 2.06 is now going to be a bit of a version shakeup with GRUB 2.11 to be the next release...

Why choose open source for your home automation project

opensource.com - Thu, 06/10/2021 - 15:01

Let's face it. The point of technology is to make life better.

Of course, what qualifies as "better" varies for people, depending on what they need at any given moment. Still, technology has the unique ability to affect lives at many different stages. For some people, technology offers a relaxing afternoon of entertainment, while for others, it provides navigational assistance, improved health care, or more precise scientific research.


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Install and remove software packages on FreeDOS

opensource.com - Thu, 06/10/2021 - 15:00

On Linux, you may have used a package manager to install or remove packages. For example, the default package manager on Debian Linux is the deb command, and the default package manager on Fedora Linux is the dnf command. But did you know that FreeDOS has a package manager, too?


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6 Interesting Funny Commands of Linux (Fun in Terminal)

Tecmint - Thu, 06/10/2021 - 14:06
The post 6 Interesting Funny Commands of Linux (Fun in Terminal) first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

In our past following articles, we’ve shown some useful articles on some funny commands of Linux, which shows that Linux is not as complex as it seems and can be fun if we know

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20 Funny Commands of Linux or Linux is Fun in Terminal

Tecmint - Thu, 06/10/2021 - 14:00
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Linux is fun! Huh. OK, so you don’t believe me. Mind me at the end of this article you will have to believe that Linux is actually a fun box. 1. Command: sl (Steam

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Rocky Linux 8.3 RC1 Released – Download DVD ISO Images

Tecmint - Thu, 06/10/2021 - 13:25
The post Rocky Linux 8.3 RC1 Released – Download DVD ISO Images first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Ever since RedHat pulled the plug on the CentOS project, the opensource community has been working tirelessly round the clock to provide formidable alternatives to CentOS 8 which was renowned for its stability, reliability,

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Intel Publishes A Bunch Of Code Samples For Helping To Optimize For Their Latest CPUs

Phoronix - Thu, 06/10/2021 - 13:00
Intel has maintained a lengthy "Optimization Reference Manual" for showing developers how to optimize code for their latest CPU microarchitectures, but accompanied by their latest manual update is now a lot of actual code samples for easing the process of learning about Intel's optimization techniques for taking full advantage of their latest processors...

What’s new with Red Hat Co.Lab

Red Hat News - Thu, 06/10/2021 - 12:00

As we head into the second half of 2021, it’s a good moment to share a few updates on our latest Co.Lab activities and how, even remotely, we’re still bringing STEM education to students. What’s new you might ask? It’s the evolution. We’re continuing the evolution that began last year out of necessity brought on by the pandemic.

Linux 5.13 To Allow Controlling The Second Fan On The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 9

Phoronix - Thu, 06/10/2021 - 12:00
For those thinking about picking up a Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 9 laptop powered by Intel's latest-generation "Tiger Lake" processors, that model will see its second fan now properly supported by the current Linux 5.13 cycle...

Google Working On Open-Sourcing Their Fibers User-Space Scheduling Framework

Phoronix - Thu, 06/10/2021 - 06:45
For a number of years Google has developed Fibers (not to be confused with Google Fiber, their fiber Internet service) as a user-space scheduling framework. While it hasn't been open-source, the few public papers and talks on Google Fibers has been quite interesting for great performance and a novel design. Finally though Google is working towards open-sourcing Fibers and hoping to get the necessary Linux kernel modifications upstreamed...

Intel Finishes Linux 5.14 Graphics Driver Feature Work With More Alder Lake P Code

Phoronix - Thu, 06/10/2021 - 06:20
Intel's open-source graphics driver engineers have sent in their final feature pull request to DRM-Next of new material they are wanting incorporated into Linux 5.14...

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