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How to Clone a CentOS Server with Rsync

Tecmint - Mon, 07/20/2020 - 13:21
Cloning is the practice of cloning an exact copy of an existing Live Linux server using the rsync command-line tool. Cloning requires 2 instances of servers – the server to be cloned and the

Linux 5.8-rc6 Kernel Released - "Things Continue To Look Very Normal"

Phoronix - Mon, 07/20/2020 - 07:14
While Linus Torvalds has been concerned by the size of Linux 5.8 at times, he just released Linux 5.8-rc6 and so far things are looking good...

The Small DRM Drivers See Another Round Of Updates For Linux 5.9

Phoronix - Sun, 07/19/2020 - 21:31
In addition to this week bringing an AMDGPU pull request with new GPU support and initial Intel DG1 graphics card support as material for DRM-Next to in turn land with Linux 5.9 in the weeks ahead, there was also another DRM-Misc-Next pull with further material to these smaller drivers...

Zrythm Approaching Beta As An Easy-To-Use, Open-Source Digital Audio Workstation

Phoronix - Sun, 07/19/2020 - 18:15
When it comes to open-source audio software, the Ardour digital audio workstation and Audacity audio editor are the two flagship offerings. But Zrythm continues advancing as another promising open-source digital audio workstation project. Zrythm is currently in a late alpha stage with its newest release this weekend but a beta appears to be on the horizon...

Wine-Staging 5.13 Comes With 669 Patches Atop Upstream Wine

Phoronix - Sun, 07/19/2020 - 17:58
Riding off Friday's Wine 5.13 release, an updated Wine-Staging is now available coming with 669 patches atop the code-base...

Intel's IWD Daemon Has Been Fleshing Out WiFi Display Support

Phoronix - Sun, 07/19/2020 - 15:40
Intel's IWD wireless daemon for Linux systems has been seeing work in recent days on integration around WiFi Display support, a.k.a. WFD / Miracast...

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