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Microsoft Open-Sources TensorWatch AI Debugging Tool | Linux.com | The source for Linux information  Linux.com

Microsoft Research open-sourced TensorWatch, their debugging tool for AI and deep-learning. TensorWatch supports PyTorch as well as TensorFlow eager ...

Sysdig Injects More AI into Container Security | Linux.com | The source for Linux information  Linux.com

At the Black Hat USA conference, Sysdig today announced it has extended the capabilities of Sysdig Secure to include runtime profiling and anomaly detection ...

Microsoft Research open-sourced TensorWatch, their debugging tool for AI and deep-learning. TensorWatch supports PyTorch as well as TensorFlow eager tensors, and allows developers to interactively debug training jobs in real-time via Jupyter notebooks, or build their own custom UIs in Python. (Source: InfoQ)

At the Black Hat USA conference, Sysdig today announced it has extended the capabilities of Sysdig Secure to include runtime profiling and anomaly detection enabled by machine learning algorithms with Kubernetes environments. At the same time, Sysdig unveiled Falco Rule Builder, a more flexible user interface (UI) for creating runtime security policies, which integrates tightly with Sysdig Secure.

Red Hat Launches Enterprise Linux 7.7 | Linux.com | The source for Linux information  Linux.com

Red Hat today announced the general availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7, the final Full Support Phase release of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ...

The FFmpeg project released a new major version of their open-source and cross-platform multimedia framework used by numerous games and applications, FFmpeg 4.2. Dubbed "Ada," the FFMpeg 4.2 series introduces some exciting new features and improvements, among which we can mention support for decoding AV1 files via the libdav1d library, support for ARIB STD-B24 caption (profiles A and C) based on the libaribb24 library, and support for decoding HEVC 4:4:4 content in nvdec and cuviddec.

Red Hat today announced the general availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7, the final Full Support Phase release of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 platform. As hybrid and multicloud computing helps to transform enterprise IT, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 delivers enhanced consistency and control across cloud infrastructure for IT operations teams while also providing a suite of modern, supported container creation tools for enterprise application developers.

A new variant of the Spectre (Variant 1) side-channel vulnerability has been discovered that affects modern Intel CPUs which leverage speculative-execution, and some AMD processors as well, Microsoft and Red Hat warn. Identified as CVE-2019-1125, the vulnerability could allow unprivileged local attackers to access sensitive information stored in the operating system privileged kernel memory, including passwords, tokens, and encryption keys, that would otherwise be inaccessible. (Source: Hackernews)

SWAPGS Vulnerability in Modern CPUs Fixed in Windows, Linux, ChromeOS  BleepingComputer

Both Microsoft and Redhat have released advisories about a new variant of the Spectre 1 speculative execution side channel vulnerabilities that could allow a ...

CVE-2019-1125 was made public today or also referred to as the "SWAPGS" vulnerability as a new variant of Spectre V1 affecting Windows and Linux with Intel (and according to mixed information, AMD - though the current Linux kernel patches at least seem to only apply to Intel) x86_64 processors...

How To Use Linux for an ESXi NFS Server  Virtualization Review

Tom Fenton explains which Linux distribution to use, how to set up a Network File Share (NFS) server on Linux and connect ESXi to NFS.

How To Use Linux for an ESXi NFS Server  Virtualization Review

Tom Fenton explains which Linux distribution to use, how to set up a Network File Share (NFS) server on Linux and connect ESXi to NFS.

Microsoft Teams may soon have an official Linux app  OnMSFT

An official Microsoft Teams app could soon make its way to Linux if we believe recent comments from a Microsoft engineer on the Teams UserVoice website.

SparkyLinux Gets New Development Cycle Based on Debian GNU/Linux 11 "Bullseye"  Softpedia News

SparkyLinux 2019.08 "Po Tolo" is now available to download.

For just $19, learn the ins and outs of Linux  AndroidGuys

Linux is far and away the most popular open source operating system on the planet. It's found nearly everywhere, and is the heart of many desktops, smart ...

For just $19, learn the ins and outs of Linux  AndroidGuys

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How to install Inkscape on a Linux computer from the flatpak repository  H2S Media

I will discuss the installation steps to install Inkscape from the Flatpak repository as that is the easiest way and will not create any kind of trouble.

Linux Mint 19.1 Users Can Now Upgrade to Linux Mint 19.2 "Tina," Here's How  Softpedia News

A step-by-step tutorial with easy to read instructions.

Microsoft, Linux Vendors Fix New SWAPGS Vulnerability in Intel CPUs  BleepingComputer

During the July 2019 Patch Tuesday security updates, Microsoft secretly patched a new variant of the Spectre 1 speculative execution side channel ...