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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
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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...

Microsoft's Hyper-V DRM Display Driver Will Land For Linux 5.14

Phoronix - Thu, 06/10/2021 - 00:05
Last summer Microsoft engineers posted a DRM kernel display driver for their Hyper-V synthetic video device. One year later after going through a few rounds of code review, this Hyper-V DRM driver will be going mainline with the upcoming Linux 5.14 kernel cycle...

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