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GraalVM 21.0 Released With Experimental JVM On Truffle

Phoronix - Wed, 01/20/2021 - 13:07
Oracle on Tuesday released GraalVM 21.0 as the latest version of their Java VM/JDK that also supports other languages and modes of execution...

Getting to know Kyeong Sang Kim, Red Hat general manager for Korea

Red Hat News - Wed, 01/20/2021 - 13:00

We’re delighted to welcome Kyeong Sang Kim to Red Hat as a general manager for Korea. In the new role, he will be responsible for Red Hat’s business operations in the country.

New Year, new Red Hat Enterprise Linux programs: Easier ways to access RHEL

Red Hat News - Wed, 01/20/2021 - 13:00

This post highlights new, simplified and low-/no-cost options for deploying RHEL. These are the first of many new programs. To immediately go to the program that interests you:

WireGuard Is Now Available For pfSense

Phoronix - Wed, 01/20/2021 - 09:18
The domination of the open-source WireGuard secure VPN tunnel not only on Linux systems but BSDs too... WireGuard is now available on pfSense, the FreeBSD-based firewall/router focused software platform...

Chrome 88 Released With Security Fixes, Adobe Flash Removed

Phoronix - Wed, 01/20/2021 - 04:05
Google has released Chrome 88 as the latest stable version of their cross-platform web browser...

Fedora 34 Cleared For Btrfs Zstd Compression By Default, DNF/RPM Copy-On-Write

Phoronix - Wed, 01/20/2021 - 03:33
The Fedora Engineering and Steering Committee has unanimously approved several high profile features for the upcoming Fedora 34...

XanMod's Linux 5.10 Kernel Helping Tap Extra Performance With The AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

Phoronix - Wed, 01/20/2021 - 00:57
For those wondering how the likes of the XanMod and Liquorix kernel spins are competing these days with the mainline Linux kernel, here are some fresh benchmarks looking at these popular derivatives of the Linux kernel. XanMod in particular atop Ubuntu can easily help squeeze extra performance out of the system as shown by these benchmarks on an AMD Ryzen 9 5900X desktop.

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