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Made public this week by CPU security researchers at Graz University of Technology and CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security was the research paper published "AMD Prefetch Attacks through Power and Time". The paper points to AMD CPUs suffering from a side-channel leakage vulnerability through timing and power variations of the PREFETCH instruction. The paper argues that AMD CPUs should activate stronger page table isolation by default. AMD has now published their security response where they are not recommending any mitigation changes at this time. But what if Kernel Page Table Isolation (KPTI/PTI) proves necessary for AMD CPUs? Here are some initial benchmarks showing what that performance impact could look like.

Sourcing a file in Linux: Here are the basics of this important concept  TechRepublic

The newest Ubuntu Linux, Impish Indri, arrives  ZDNet

1. The newest Ubuntu Linux, Impish Indri, arrives  ZDNet
2. Download Ubuntu Linux 21.10 Impish Indri  BetaNews
3. Ubuntu 21.10 brings GNOME 40, Linux 5.13, and more  Liliputing
4. Ubuntu Linux 21.10 arrives, bringing developer-focused features and GNOME 40  XDA Developers
5. Linux distribution Ubuntu 21.10 with Gnome 40 and Firefox as snap package  Market Research Telecast
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X.Org Server 21.1 continues running slightly behind schedule but out today is a second release candidate of that upcoming xorg-server version -- the first in more than three years...

How to Transfer Files Between Linux, Android, and iOS Using qrcp  MUO - MakeUseOf

Devuan 4.0 "Chimaera" is officially out today as the latest stable release of this Linux distribution known for being a close rebuild of Debian but without a dependence on systemd...

Microsoft releases Linux version of the Windows Sysmon tool  BleepingComputer

Ubuntu 21.10 "Impish Indri" is now officially available as the latest six-month update to Ubuntu Linux and also serving as the last release prior to the next long-term support cycle, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS...

This course bundle shows you how to automate daily tasks in Linux  BleepingComputer

How to check your CPU in a Linux system  TechTarget

How to Set Date and Time on Rocky Linux 8 Desktop and Server  Linux Shout

How to Set Date and Time on Rocky Linux 8 Desktop and Server  H2S Media

NVIDIA 495.29.05 is out today as the first public Linux driver in the 495 series...

Linux Foundation raises USD 10 mln to secure software supply chain  Telecompaper EN

A class of its own, CNCF & Linux Foundation Kubernetes exam  ComputerWeekly.com

Not only is Ubuntu 21.10 releasing today but over on the BSD side of the table is the debut this morning of OpenBSD 7.0...

Download Ubuntu Linux 21.10 Impish Indri  BetaNews

9-Way H2'2021 Linux OS Performance Comparison On Intel Xeon Scalable Ice Lake  Phoronix

While we recently looked at autumn 2021 Linux distributions on Intel Tiger Lake for seeing how these various latest distributions are competing on client platforms, in today's article is a look at how well the latest Linux distributions perform when using the latest-generation Intel Xeon Scalable 3rd Gen "Ice Lake" server hardware with two Xeon Platinum 8380 processors. AlmaLinux, Arch Linux, CentOS Stream, Clear Linux, Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, and Ubuntu were battling it out on this Intel reference server.