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Linux malware Kobalos steals credentials using hacked OpenSSH software  BetaNews

Ubuntu Linux Finally Gets A New Installer After 16 Years  Forbes

Try out GUI Linux distro on a free online virtual machine using browser - Linux Shout  H2S Media

Renesas Simplifies 5G Networks with Industry's First IEEE 1588 Synchronization Software in Clear Source Code Format  Business Wire

Mesa 21.1 has merged a common dispatch framework for use by Vulkan drivers to allow for better code sharing and the possibility of some Vulkan extensions to be more easily supported across all drivers...

Released last month was Phoronix Test Suite 10.2 while now it's been succeeded by Phoronix Test Suite 10.2.1 as a point release to this quarter's stable series...

New Linux malware steals SSH credentials from supercomputers  BleepingComputer

AMD’s GPUs and CPUs are becoming seriously popular with Linux gamers  Techradar

AMD’s GPUs and CPUs are becoming seriously popular with Linux gamers  TechRadar

AMD’s GPUs and CPUs are becoming seriously popular with Linux gamers  Techradar

AMD’s GPUs and CPUs are becoming seriously popular with Linux gamers  TechRadar

For the better part of a year now we've seen patches for Intel's kernel graphics driver working on fair low-latency scheduling that in part has been inspired by the design of BFS/MuQSS. While it's too late for seeing the work land with Linux 5.12, the latest batch of 57 patches were sent out this week...

Intel Graphics Driver Low-Latency Scheduling Revived For A Smoother UX  Phoronix

What is auto mounting USB devices - Linux & Unix  BleepingComputer

Factorials and unscrambling words with bash on Linux  Network World

Kobalos – A complex Linux threat to high performance computing infrastructure  We Live Security

This Linux malware is hijacking supercomputers across the globe  ZDNet

Linux Operating System Market 2021: Potential growth, attractive valuation make it is a long-term investment | Know the COVID19 Impact | Top Players: IBM, Ubuntu Linux, Linux Mint, Elementary OS, openSUSE, etc. | InForGrowth  Murphy's Hockey Law

A combination of new year updates and updating benchmarks ahead of Ice Lake Xeon / Rocket Lake / Ryzen 5000 series mobile / EPYC 7003 Milan has led to a number of new and updated test profiles being available via the Phoronix Test Suite and OpenBenchmarking.org...

I work with media, and when you work with any kind of media, you learn pretty quickly that standardization is a valuable tool. Just as you wouldn't try to add a fraction to a decimal without converting one or the other, I've learned that it's not ideal to combine media of differing formats. Most hobbyist-level applications make the conversion process invisible to the user as a convenience. Flexible software aimed at users needing control over the fine details of their assets, however, often leave it up to you to convert your media to your desired format in advance.

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