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With Ubuntu 21.10 due for release this week I've been running various Ubuntu Linux performance comparisons across a variety of hardware and overall this new release is looking to be in great shape. One of the tests I recently carried out for curiosity is seeing how the AMD Zen 2 performance has evolved now over the past two years on Linux going from Ubuntu 19.10 to Ubuntu 21.10.

Linux block subsystem maintainer and IO_uring lead developer Jens Axboe continues making staggering optimizations to the kernel code to squeeze out the maximum performance potential out of his shiny new system...

Largest Open-source and Linux Technology User Group in North America launches at Jeff.pro, led by veteran internet entrepreneur Jeffrey Peterson  PR Web

Microsoft Relies on SUSE Linux for SAP Applications in Azure  WebProNews

The Kubuntu Focus Team Announces the Third-Generation M2 Linux Mobile Workstation  PRNewswire

Ubuntu 19.10 To 21.10: AMD Zen 2 + Radeon Performance On Linux Over Two Years  Phoronix

Krita 5.0 Beta 2 is out today as the newest test release for this very powerful, open-source digital painting program...

Install packages on Linux and Mac using Homebrew  Florida News Times

Installing packages on Linux and Mac with Homebrew  Network World

FontOnLake malware strikes Linux systems in targeted attacks  ZDNet

It was just with Linux 5.15 last month that AMD added a new audio driver for Van Gogh APUs sporting an ACP 5.x audio co-processor (ACP) while now a new driver has been posted for Yellow Carp / Rembrandt with it introducing new ACP 6.x audio co-processor IP...

The EROFS read-only file-system is adding LZMA compression support using a new header/container format called MicroLZMA...

Linux OS Market to Rise at 19.2% CAGR till 2027  GlobeNewswire

To change your hostname on a Linux computer, use the hostnamectl command.

For example, to change your computer's hostname to myhostname:

$ sudo hostnamectl --static \
--transient \
--pretty \
myhostname

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Computers have network addresses, but they're usually difficult for humans to remember. Hostnames are labels intended to help humans refer to a specific computer. Instead of navigating to 192..168.1.4, for instance, you might navigate to  linuxlaptop or linuxlaptop.local.

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How you can Create Command Shortcuts with Aliases in Linux 2021 Tips - Bollyinside  BollyInside

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SSH (Secure Shell) is an open-source network protocol that is used to connect local or remote Linux servers to transfer files, make remote backups, remote command execution, and other network-related tasks via scp command

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Linus Torvalds just pushed out the Linux 5.15-rc5 kernel release with things looking smooth for this stage and hopefully leading to an on-time release in just a few weeks...

Phoronix Test Suite 10.6.1 was released today with various improvements for our cross-platform, open-source, fully-automated benchmarking software...

Phoronix Test Suite 10.6 Released With Various Improvements For Linux Benchmarking  Phoronix