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Linux 5.14 To Allow EXT4 Journal Checkpoints From User-Space For Extra Privacy

Phoronix - Mon, 06/07/2021 - 17:51
Queued up now into the EXT4 file-system's "dev" tree is the recent work on a journal checkpoint ioctl (EXT4_IOC_CHECKPOINT) and optional support for TRIM/discard or zero-out support on journal flushes. This is the work that came about in recent months in working to ensure the privacy of deleted file names from the system...

Vulkan 1.2.180 Released With Two New Extensions

Phoronix - Mon, 06/07/2021 - 17:11
Vulkan 1.2.180 is out as the latest revision to this graphics/compute interface. Vulkan 1.2.180 comes with a number of fixes/clarifications to the spec plus the addition of two more extensions...

How to Migrate from CentOS 8 to AlmaLinux 8.4

Tecmint - Mon, 06/07/2021 - 15:42
The post How to Migrate from CentOS 8 to AlmaLinux 8.4 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

In our earlier guide, we walked you through the installation of AlmaLinux 8.4. If you have CentOS 8 installed, an automated migration script is available to help you migrate seamlessly to the latest version

The post How to Migrate from CentOS 8 to AlmaLinux 8.4 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

Identify security properties on Linux using checksec

opensource.com - Mon, 06/07/2021 - 15:02

Compiling source code produces a binary. During compilation, you can provide flags to the compiler to enable or disable certain properties on the binary. Some of these properties are relevant to security.

Checksec is a nifty little tool (and shell script) that, among other functions, identifies the security properties that were built into a binary when it was compiled. A compiler might enable some of these properties by default, and you might have to provide specific flags to enable others.


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Test arbitrary pod failures on Kubernetes with kube-monkey

opensource.com - Mon, 06/07/2021 - 15:01

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 - Mon, 06/07/2021 - 15:00
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...

Automate tasks with BAT files on FreeDOS

opensource.com - Mon, 06/07/2021 - 15:00

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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How Red Hat and Microsoft helped Andreani Logistics Group address rapid increase in demand

Red Hat News - Mon, 06/07/2021 - 12:00

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.

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