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Clang CFI Support Upstreamed For Linux 5.13 - But Only On ARM64 For Now

Phoronix - Fri, 04/30/2021 - 17:26
Now that Clang LTO support landed in Linux 5.12 and cleared the blocker on CFI support, that LLVM Clang control-flow integrity (CFI) capability is now upstream for Linux 5.13...

GhostBSD Shifts Base To FreeBSD 13.0, Improvements For OpenZFS 2.0

Phoronix - Fri, 04/30/2021 - 17:06
It was just earlier this month that FreeBSD 13.0 released while already GhostBSD has issued a new release of this desktop-oriented operating system re-based against the new FreeBSD 13.0 base...

Manuel Sabban - Linux Journal

Google News - Fri, 04/30/2021 - 15:00
Manuel Sabban  Linux Journal

Access an alternate internet with OpenNIC

opensource.com - Fri, 04/30/2021 - 15:00

In the words of Dan Kaminsky, the legendary DNS hacker, "the Internet's proven to be a pretty big deal for global society." For the Internet to work, computers must be able to find one another on the most complex network of all: the World Wide Web. This was the problem posed to government workers and academic IT staff a few decades ago, and it's their solutions that we use today.


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Building an open infrastructure for civic participation

opensource.com - Fri, 04/30/2021 - 15:00

Open source is living through a curious moment: just like sharing movements in academia and communities once helped develop open source, open source is now inspiring the development of communities.


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LFCA: Learn Serverless Computing, Benefits and Pitfalls – Part 15

Tecmint - Fri, 04/30/2021 - 13:54
The post LFCA: Learn Serverless Computing, Benefits and Pitfalls – Part 15 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Serverless technology has generated a lot of hype in the tech community evoking a lot of curiosity and receiving some backlash to a little extent. It’s a technology that began with the launch of

The post LFCA: Learn Serverless Computing, Benefits and Pitfalls – Part 15 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

Apple Magic Mouse 2, Microsoft SAM Support Added For Linux 5.13

Phoronix - Fri, 04/30/2021 - 08:31
When it comes to Apple hardware support in the Linux 5.13 kernel not only is support for the Apple M1 SoCs added but the Magic Mouse 2 is also finally being supported in full by the mainline kernel. Plus there are other various interesting HID subsystem updates too this kernel cycle...

Total War: Rome Remastered Released For Linux

Phoronix - Fri, 04/30/2021 - 08:13
The previously announced Total War: Rome Remastered that was announced by Feral Interactive is now released...

QEMU 6.0 Released With AMD SEV-ES Encrypted Guest Support, Experimental Multi-Process

Phoronix - Fri, 04/30/2021 - 04:40
QEMU 6.0 is out today as the newest feature release for this processor/machine emulator and virtualizer that serves as an important part of the open-source Linux virtualization stack...

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