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Sudo Bug Gives Root Access to Mass Numbers of Linux Systems  Threatpost

Finally with the upcoming Linux 5.12 cycle is support for Variable Rate Refresh (VRR) / Adaptive-Sync for Intel Tiger Lake "Gen12" Xe Graphics and newer...

Linux 5.12 Bringing VRR / Adaptive-Sync For Intel TIger Lake / Xe Graphics  Phoronix

Linux security and growing cyberthreats: Everything you need to know  TechGenix

PSA: If your PC runs Linux, you should update Sudo now  XDA Developers

Linux 5.10 LTS Will Only Be Maintained Until EOY 2022 Unless More Companies Step Up  Phoronix

Linux malware uses open-source tool to evade detection  BleepingComputer

Announced a few years ago was the notion of "extended" LTS kernel versions whereby the long term support cycle would span six years rather than the usual two years for LTS kernels in providing maintenance and bug/security fixes to the codebase. This means Linux 5.4 LTS is supported until the end of 2025, Linux 4.19 until the end of 2024, and even Linux 4.19 until the end of 2024. But with the recently minted Linux 5.10 LTS at least for now it's only being committed to maintenance until the end of next year...

Linux 5.10 LTS Will Only Be Maintained Until EOY 2022 Unless More Companies Step Up  Phoronix

10 Best Linux Distros for Developers  MakeUseOf

A new Radeon power management feature with RDNA2 graphics processors being exposed by the open-source Linux driver is Duty Cycle Scaling in the name of power/thermal management with a focus on low-power hardware...

AMD RDNA2 "Duty Cycle Scaling" Will Turn Off The GPU Under Heavy Load For Relief  Phoronix

Cyber Security Today – Executives targeted with Office365 scam, update Unix and Linux systems, phone numbers stolen from Facebook and advice for Data Privacy Day  IT World Canada

Feature development on LLVM 12.0 has ended along with associated sub-projects like Clang and libc++. Feature work now shifts to LLVM 13.0 while the LLVM 12 stable release should be out in just over one month's time...

CentOS Linux ending because "Red Hat simply refused to invest in it"  Techradar

CentOS Linux ending because "Red Hat simply refused to invest in it"  Techradar

Nearly a decade ago we were intrigued by Unvanquished as one of the most interesting open-source game/engine projects of the time. It was peculiar in going through dozens of alpha releases prior to drying up a few years ago. There hasn't been any major release yet past the prior alpha state but the project is in fact still moving along and issued their first new (point) release of the year as well as rolling out a new online updater...

A late change to GCC 11 is recognizing the -std=c++23 compiler option but without actually enabling any new features of this next major version of the C++ programming language...

This past holiday season, I decided to add some extra joy to our house by setting up a DIY light display. I used a Raspberry Pi, a programmable light string, and Python.

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The D programming language is often advertised as a system programming language due to its static typing and metaprogramming capabilities. However, it's also a very productive scripting language.

Python is commonly chosen for scripting due to its flexibility for automating tasks and quickly prototyping ideas. This makes Python very appealing to sysadmins, managers, and developers in general for automating recurring tasks that they might otherwise have to do manually.

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