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How to Force cp Command to Overwrite without Confirmation

Tecmint - Fri, 10/02/2020 - 12:54

The cp command (which stands for a copy) is one of the commonly used commands on Linux and other UNIX-like operating systems, for copying files and directories. In this guide, we will show how

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Steam On Linux Ticks Closer To 1.0%, AMD CPUs Now Power A Third Of Linux Gaming Systems

Phoronix - Fri, 10/02/2020 - 12:00
Valve has updated their monthly Steam Hardware/Software Survey statistics for September and they indicate the closest we've seen in a while for Steam on Linux closing back in on the 1.0% threshold...

Ubuntu 20.10 Beta Released For Testing

Phoronix - Fri, 10/02/2020 - 08:26
The Ubuntu 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" beta is now available for testing of Ubuntu Desktop / Cloud / Server products as well as derivatives like Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Kylin, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Studio, and Xubuntu...

OpenZFS 2.0-RC3 Released With Bug Fixes, Intel QAT Support For Newer Kernels

Phoronix - Fri, 10/02/2020 - 06:50
The third release candidate of OpenZFS 2.0 is now available for this open-source ZFS file-system implementation currently for Linux and FreeBSD platforms...

PHP 8.0 RC1 Released

Phoronix - Fri, 10/02/2020 - 05:29
The first release candidate of the big PHP 8.0 is now available for testing...

Ghostbusters - Linux 5.10 To Bring Rewritten Spectre Mitigations For 64-bit ARM

Phoronix - Fri, 10/02/2020 - 03:00
Linux 5.10 is set to bring a major rework to the Spectre mitigation handling for the 64-bit ARM architecture...

Another Kernel Optimization Being Worked On That Can Help IO_uring Performance

Phoronix - Fri, 10/02/2020 - 01:36
It's always great starting off a new month seeing new work on low-level kernel optimizations...

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