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While Intel is normally quite good with their new hardware support being in good shape well ahead of launch, their new code for supporting the ENQCMD functionality for the Data Streaming Accelerator (DSA) with Xeon "Sapphire Rapids" has been an exception. This summer the mainline Linux kernel disabled ENQCMD support since the code was "broken beyond repair" while now Intel engineers have sent out a new series looking to get it re-enabled...

An Open Printing micro-conference took place today during the Linux Plumbers Conference 2021 week. While it's hard to get excited about printers in 2021, it is exciting the renewed effort around CUPS with it now being back to effectively led by the community and CUPS founder Michael Sweet who left Apple. CUPS 2.4 is coming as the first feature release in quite a while and then CUPS 2.5 followed by CUPS 3.0 are already being talked about with features being discussed...

OpenVPN has been implementing a kernel module for data channel offload (DCO) capabilities to enhance the performance of this virtual private network system...

OpenVPN DCO Linux Kernel Module Aims To Offer Faster VPN Performance  Phoronix

How to ZIP a Folder in Linux  MUO - MakeUseOf

Windows admins running Linux warned of threat  IT World Canada

Ubuntu Linux 21.10 'Impish Indri' official wallpapers now available for download  BetaNews

Raspberry Pi IoT In C - The Linux GPIO Driver  iProgrammer

This Ubuntu Linux version of 'Windows 11' is available to install now  BetaNews

Linux 101: What are stopped jobs on Linux and how to use them?  TechRepublic

Linux Foundation survey shows companies desperate to hire open-source talent  ZDNet

How you can boot Microsoft's own Linux distribution: CBL-Mariner 2021 Tips - Bollyinside  BollyInside

How to install WineHQ on Debian 11 Bullseye  H2S Media

Kali Linux 2021.3 released with new tools  The Register

Kali Linux 2021.3 released with new tools  The Register

Try this Linux web browser dedicated solely to web applications  TechRepublic

NVIDIA has released their latest 470 series Linux driver point release...

DXVK 1.9.2 is out as the newest version of this key library necessary to the success of Valve's Steam Play (Proton) by translating Direct3D 9/10/11 calls to Vulkan for a much more performant Windows gaming experience on Linux...

How to Access BBSes in Linux Using Telnet 2021 Tips - Bollyinside  BollyInside

While Oktoberfest was once again cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic (then again, due to the state of the ad industry / ad-block users we haven't had any European meet-up / open-source gathering in years), the wiesn would have kicked off this past weekend. So as is tradition, there is the Phoronix Premium Oktoberfest sale where you can join the ad-free service as a reduced rate. If you enjoy the daily, original Linux and open-source content on Phoronix with plenty of benchmarking, you can do so at a reduced rate...