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The recently-ended Linux 5.16 merge window saw significant I/O improvements driven primarily by maintainer Jens Axboe's recent focus on relentlessly optimizing the block and IO_uring code for record-setting per-core IOPS. As good as those improvements are, Linux 5.17 should be even better...

Linux 5.17 To Continue With I/O Optimizations, 5~6% Improvement Pending For NVMe  Phoronix

Ubuntu desktop team reports 'proof of concept' systemd on Windows Subsystem for Linux  The Register

Intel passed along news today of their development efforts around Universal Scalable Firmware, a new initiative they are pursuing to simplify and scale firmware development for hardware from edge computing devices to the cloud...

Linux/MS Desktop Support at Datafin Recruitment  IT-Online

Linux Blockchain-Based Platform.  Interactivecrypto

How to Install OpenLiteSpeed Web Server on AlmaLinux 8 / Rocky Linux 8  Linux Shout

Move over Windows, Linux apps can now stream to AWS AppStream 2.0  Windows Central

Best Linux desktops for beginners 2021  ZDNet

MSRcosmos Has Earned the Linux and Open Source Databases Migration to Microsoft Azure Advanced Specialization  NewsPatrolling

Secure development: New and improved Linux Random Number Generator ready for testing  The Daily Swig

How to install a full desktop on a Multipass virtual machine for easier Linux development  TechRepublic

AWS adds Linux app streaming alongside Windows to 'greatly lower' cost  The Register

How to Install Windows Subsystem for Linux in Windows 11  groovyPost

Sick of Windows? Here's how easy it is to install Linux  TechRepublic

SIOS Protection Suite for Linux 9.6 Offers Faster Recovery of SAP HANA Database  Database Trends and Applications

Ubuntu Maker Canonical Planning To Vastly Improve Its Documentation  Phoronix

Back in the day Ubuntu's Wiki was a great resource for Linux documentation but less so these days while the Arch Linux Wiki is often viewed as a gold standard for open-source documentation. Canonical though is now hoping to radically improve the documentation for Ubuntu and its other software offerings...

How has Abcbot been targeting Linux?  TheDigitalHacker

Linux has a serious security problem that once again enables DNS cache poisoning  Ars Technica