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R600 Gallium3D Now Has Compute Shaders Working With NIR

Phoronix - Mon, 08/10/2020 - 15:34
If you are still rocking a pre-GCN AMD Radeon graphics card on the R600g driver for the HD 2000 through HD 6000 series, you really ought to consider upgrading in 2020, but otherwise at least from the open-source community there continues to be improvements...

How to read Lynis reports to improve Linux security

opensource.com - Mon, 08/10/2020 - 15:02

When I read Gaurav Kamathe's article Scan your Linux security with Lynis, it reminded me of my time as a systems administrator for the US Department of Labor. One of my duties was to keep our Unix servers hardened. Each quarter, an independent verifier came in to review our servers' security status. Each time on the day the verifier was scheduled to arrive, I ran Security Readiness Review (SRR), a scanning tool that used a large set of scripts to identify and report any security findings.


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How I customize my Mac terminal with open source tools

opensource.com - Mon, 08/10/2020 - 15:01

The command line is an important part of every developer's workflow. This makes it important that you set up your terminal in ways that improve your productivity and decrease your frustration.

In this article, I'll explain how I customize my macOS Z shell (zsh) terminal with iTerm2, Oh My Zsh, and Powerline10k. If you're a Mac user and would like to try it, follow along with this how-to. If you're a Linux user, you can read this article about themes and plugins for Zsh.


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Improve your focus and productivity with this Python tool

opensource.com - Mon, 08/10/2020 - 15:00

Limiting distractions helps you focus on your work so you can increase productivity. Prioritizing your tasks, especially when you have too much on your plate, is one way to help you focus on the most important or high-attention things on your list. 


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How to Run Any Linux Distribution Directly from Hard Disk in Ubuntu Using Grub Menu

Tecmint - Mon, 08/10/2020 - 14:40
Most of Linux distributions provide ISO files that are designed and built to run in Live Mode directly from a bootable media such as CD /DVD, Flash/USB cards or even directly from a Hard

XFS Is Packing Many Improvements With Linux 5.9

Phoronix - Mon, 08/10/2020 - 12:01
The XFS file-system has many improvements ready for the Linux 5.9 kernel...

“To be, or not to be,” vulnerable… How customers and partners can understand and track Red Hat security vulnerabilities

Red Hat News - Mon, 08/10/2020 - 12:00

You can avoid the "heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks" of conflicting vulnerability reports by following Red Hat's OVAL feed and security ratings. Here's how...

Linux 5.9 Enables P2PDMA For All AMD CPUs Zen + Newer

Phoronix - Mon, 08/10/2020 - 08:41
The PCI subsystem updates have been sent in for the Linux 5.9 kernel. Peer-to-peer DMA support is now solid for all AMD CPUs of the Zen family or newer...

Intel Emmitsburg Support Begins Appearing In Linux 5.9

Phoronix - Mon, 08/10/2020 - 01:18
Not much is publicly known about Intel's Emmitsburg chipset. Prior to noticing some Linux patches recently referencing Intel Emmitsburg, the only other public mentions of it has been in the context of the Windows HWiNFO program mentioning it in their change-log. With Linux 5.9, Intel has begun adding Emmitsburg support...

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