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How to Install tar in CentOS, RHEL, and Fedora

Tecmint - Fri, 07/24/2020 - 12:39

tar is a widely used command-line based utility for combining a bunch of files and/or directories into one archive file, commonly known as a tarball for backup or distributions purposes. The tar command is

Linux 5.9 Bringing IBM POWER "System Call Vectored" Support

Phoronix - Fri, 07/24/2020 - 12:04

The Linux 5.9 kernel is set to introduce support for the new IBM POWER System Call Vectored (SCV) ABI with the new SCV and RFSCV instructions. These new instructions can help with performance...

Linux 5.9 Bringing IBM POWER "System Call Vectored" Support - Phoronix

Google News - Fri, 07/24/2020 - 12:04

Linux 5.9 Bringing IBM POWER "System Call Vectored" Support Phoronix

Proposal Raised For GNOME Software Labeling Its Carbon Cost / Environmental Impact

Phoronix - Fri, 07/24/2020 - 06:08

While GNOME software may be free as in beer, at today's GUADEC 2020 annual GNOME developers conference there was a call that GNOME software should label their "embodied carbon cost" as part of collecting more data on the environmental impact of creating said software and working to reduce said impact...

A quick and easy way to lock down SSH - TechRepublic

Google News - Fri, 07/24/2020 - 05:19

A quick and easy way to lock down SSH TechRepublic

military aviation real time software operating systems - Military & Aerospace Electronics

Google News - Fri, 07/24/2020 - 05:07

military aviation real time software operating systems Military & Aerospace Electronics

AMD Ryzen 4000-powered KDE Slimbook Linux laptop is ready to run - ZDNet

Google News - Fri, 07/24/2020 - 04:45

AMD Ryzen 4000-powered KDE Slimbook Linux laptop is ready to run ZDNet

Whiskey Lake panel PCs feature Linux-based HMI tookit - LinuxGizmos.com

Google News - Fri, 07/24/2020 - 04:15

Whiskey Lake panel PCs feature Linux-based HMI tookit LinuxGizmos.com

Chrome 85 Beta Brings WebHID API For Better Gamepad Support, AVIF Image Decode

Phoronix - Fri, 07/24/2020 - 03:27

Following the recent Chrome 84 stable release, Google has now promoted Chrome 85 to beta as their latest feature update to this cross-platform web browser...

FGKASLR Revved For Improving Linux Kernel Security

Phoronix - Fri, 07/24/2020 - 01:34

Intel open-source developer Kristen Carlson Accardi continues work on Function Granular Kernel Address Space Layout Randomization (FGKASLR) as a big improvement over traditional KASLR address space layout randomization...