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Intel Rocket Lake Target Added To GCC 11

Phoronix - Mon, 04/12/2021 - 17:44
While Intel is often very proactive in adding new CPU families to the open-source GCC and LLVM/Clang compilers where it tends to land a year or more in advance of the processors actually shipping, occasionally there are slipups. Today in fact the "Rocket Lake" support finally was merged into GCC 11 days ahead of that compiler release and after the CPUs were already launched at the end of March...

6 open source tools and tips to securing a Linux server for beginners

opensource.com - Mon, 04/12/2021 - 15:02

Because so much of our personal and professional data is available online today, it is important for everyone—from professionals to general internet users—to learn the basics of security and privacy. As a student, I've been able to gain experience in this area through my school's CyberPatriot initiative, where I've had the opportunity to interact with industry experts to learn about cyber breaches and the basic steps to establish a system's security.


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Encrypt your files with this open source software

opensource.com - Mon, 04/12/2021 - 15:01

Many years ago, there was encryption software called TrueCrypt. Its source code was available, although there were no major claims that anyone had ever audited or contributed to it. Its author was (and remains to this day) anonymous. Still, it was cross-platform, easy to use, and really, really useful.


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Send your scans to a Linux machine over your network

opensource.com - Mon, 04/12/2021 - 15:00

The free software movement famously got started because of a poorly designed printer. Decades later, printer and scanner manufacturers continue to reinvent the wheel, ignoring established and universal protocols. As a result, every now and again, you'll stumble onto a printer or scanner that just doesn't seem to work with your operating system.


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Red Hat named to Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For list for third year in a row

Red Hat News - Mon, 04/12/2021 - 12:00

In February 2020 Red Hat proudly announced that we had earned a place on Fortune’s list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For. At the time, achieving such a distinction seemed guaranteed to be one of the most memorable moments of the year. 2020 had other ideas, though.

Linux 5.12-rc7 Kernel Released - It's Big And Causing Some Concern

Phoronix - Mon, 04/12/2021 - 06:47
The Linux 5.12 stable kernel release is quickly approaching but may be challenged by an extra release candidate...

CopyQ 4.0 - Neowin

Google News - Mon, 04/12/2021 - 02:48
CopyQ 4.0  Neowin

Linux 5.13 Will Stop Restricting CPU Power Metrics Access For AMD Energy Driver

Phoronix - Mon, 04/12/2021 - 00:53
Following the PLATYPUS discovery last year that CPU energy information could be used for possible side channel attacks, the Intel RAPL counters were not only restricted to root but the "amd_energy" driver for exposing CPU energy information on supported Zen series CPUs was also dialed back to root-only in the name of security. Linux 5.13 is introducing a new mechanism so AMD CPUs will be able to still read the energy counters even if not operating as root...

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