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Linux PPPD Has A 17 Year Old Vulnerability That Could Lead To Remote Code Execution  Phoronix

For those wondering how the Threadripper 3990X is performing with the upcoming Linux 5.6 kernel, here are benchmarks of a recent development snapshot of Linux 5.6 as well as benchmarking all of the major kernel releases going back to Linux 5.1...

Linux 5.1 To Linux 5.6 Benchmarks On The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X  Phoronix

Linux 5.1 To Linux 5.6 Benchmarks On The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X  Phoronix

Microsoft releases PowerShell 7 for Windows, macOS and Linux  Help Net Security

Mesa's OpenGL threading "glthread" support has been around for a while but come Mesa 20.1 next quarter will be further improvements to this performance feature...

Git is a Linux command to help you manage versions of your work. It's been ported to BSD, macOS, Windows, and more. It serves as the basis for popular code-hosting services, including open source services like GitLab and NotABug, and even to popular proprietary services. In short, Git has taken software development (and a few other industries) by storm.

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How to Use pushd and popd on Linux  How-To Geek

Agile continues to take the world by the storm. The latest report from the Standish Group Chaos Study presents interesting findings: Projects based on agile principles have significantly higher success rates than traditional projects based on the waterfall methodology.

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Zaloha.sh is a tiny and simple shell script used to synchronize two local directories: a source directory and a backup directory. It employs standard Linux/Unix tools such as find, sort, awk, mkdir, rmdir, cp...

Communicating with other users on the Linux command line  Network World

Following the release of Mesa 20.0 in mid-February, the first point release to this quarter's Mesa 3D feature series is now available...

GNOME Genius, one of the oldest GNOME programs and what served as the desktop's original calculator, has finally been ported to GTK3 and seen a new release in 2020...

Zorin OS 15.2 Linux distribution is here, and you should switch from Windows immediately  BetaNews

Seco spins 3.5-inch Ryzen Embedded SBC plus a managed Linux distro  LinuxGizmos.com

Seco spins 3.5-inch Ryzen Embedded SBC plus a managed Linux distro  LinuxGizmos.com

How to install and use the NordPass password manager on Linux  TechRepublic

Three ways to install Blender 3D software on your Chromebook  Chrome Unboxed

Samba 4.12 is out this week as a big update to this prominent SMB/CIFS implementation for file exchange and printer sharing predominantly with Microsoft Windows systems...

Samba 4.12 Released With Performance Improvements, IO_uring Support  Phoronix