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Fedora 34 due out in April is shaping up to be a very exciting feature release as usual with this Red Hat sponsored Linux distribution continuing to live on the bleeding-edge of the open-source software ecosystem. Fedora Workstation 34 in particular is heavy on updates and new features, led by the GNOME 40 desktop...

Complementing today's AMD EPYC 7003 series review with the initial testing on the EPYC 7F53, 7713, and 7763 processors, here are some additional raw data points in full for those interested in an even more diverse look at the performance...

Git 2.31 is out today as the newest version of this distributed revision control system...

Old Linux storage bugs, new security patches  ZDNet

How to Install and Configure Tmux for Linux  MUO - MakeUseOf

How to install npm and nodejs 14.x on Kali Linux - Linux Shout  H2S Media

Towards the end of last year FreeBSD imported a WireGuard kernel module. That initial WireGuard port to FreeBSD was sponsored by firewall company Netgate but the code quality was found to be poor and made without much involvement from upstream WireGuard developers. That FreeBSD WireGuard kernel code is now in the process of being replaced by a much better implementation...

How to block users from setting up their own cron jobs on Linux  TechRepublic

Pocket P.C. handheld Linux computer is getting a price hike  Liliputing

With today's AMD EPYC 7003 "Milan" launch there is also the public availability of AOCC 3.0 as their LLVM/Clang downstream now carrying patches for optimized Zen 3 support...

AMD AOCC 3.0 Released As Zen 3 Optimized LLVM Clang 12 Based Compiler  Phoronix

AMD EPYC 7003 "Milan" Linux Benchmarks - Superb Performance Review  Phoronix

It's been one and a half years already since the EPYC 7002 "Rome" processors launched. It's hard to think it's been that long due not only to the pandemic but the incredible performance of these Zen 2 server processors. The EPYC 7002 series continues to largely outperform Intel's Xeon Scalable processors and while Ice Lake is coming soon, for now AMD is expanding their lead with today's EPYC 7003 "Milan" processor launch. We have begun our testing of AMD EPYC Milan processors in recent weeks under Linux and have preliminary performance figures to share today as well as more information on these next-gen server/HPC processors.

JingPad A1 is a Linux tablet powered by JingOS  Liliputing

Decade-old Linux kernel vulnerabilities are threatening device security  ITProPortal

Open-source team details the complexities in bringing Linux to Apple’s M1 Macs  9to5Mac

How to Install Wine on Ubuntu to Run Windows Software  MUO - MakeUseOf

How to Install Wine on Ubuntu to Run Windows Software  MakeUseOf

How to remove legacy communication services on Linux  TechRepublic

Decade-old Linux kernel bugs are putting devices at risk  TechRadar