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How to Secure Your Ubuntu Server with UFW, Fail2ban, and AppArmor

Tecmint - Thu, 05/08/2025 - 15:00
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When setting up an Ubuntu server for production, securing the system is crucial to ensure its stability, safety, and accessibility.

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How to Create a Backup Script for Important Files in Linux

Tecmint - Thu, 05/08/2025 - 12:00
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On a Linux system, having regular backups is critical to protect your data, keep it safe, and make recovery easier

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Python 3.14 Reaches Beta With New Tail-Call Interpreter For Better Performance

Phoronix - Thu, 05/08/2025 - 08:21
Python 3.14 Beta 1 is now available in working toward this next major Python release due out in early October...

Intel Teases New Arc Pro Graphics Cards Ahead Of Computex

Phoronix - Thu, 05/08/2025 - 06:43
Intel is teasing new Arc Pro graphics cards coming to market...

New GNOME Executive Director Named: Steven Deobald

Phoronix - Thu, 05/08/2025 - 02:12
Last July it was announced Holly Million was stepping down as the GNOME Foundation's Exeuctive Director after less than a year at the helm. Richard Littauer took over as interim Executive Director while this week a new GNOME Foundation Executive Director was hired...

Mesa 25.1 Released With Many Open-Source Vulkan Driver Improvements

Phoronix - Thu, 05/08/2025 - 01:23
Mesa 25.1 is out today as the new quarterly feature release for this set of open-source user-space graphics drivers primarily consisting of OpenGL and Vulkan driver support on Linux systems...

Fwupd 2.0.9 Released With Firmware Updating Support For Intel Arc Battlemage

Phoronix - Thu, 05/08/2025 - 00:35
Following his recent PremDay talk on LVFS/Fwupd, Richard Hughes of Red Hat today released Fwupd 2.0.9 as the newest feature release for this open-source firmware updating utility for Linux systems...

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