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After ending out 2021 with an AMDVLK update to fix poor performance on Wayland, AMD today issued AMDVLK 2022.Q1.1 with their first set of changes for the new year...

AMDVLK 2022.Q1.1 Released With Radeon RX 6500 XT Support  Phoronix

The RISC-V architecture updates for the in-development Linux 5.17 kernel have been successfully submitted...

Linux admins urged to patch full-disk encryption bug that allows decryption without a password  www.computing.co.uk

Intel's Media Driver 22.1.1 has been released as their firsr 22.x series open-source GPU video encode/decode software release. This quarterly update introduces new hardware support and a number of feature updates...

After starting off in development more than two decades ago as Kettle, Apache Hop in its current form has now made it to being an Apache Software Foundation top-level project...

These days, we all have a few dozen passwords. Fortunately, the bulk of those passwords are probably for websites, and you probably access most websites through your internet browser, and most browsers have a built-in password manager. The most common internet browsers also have a synchronization feature to help you distribute your passwords between the browsers you run across all your devices, so you're never without your login information when you need it.

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PHP is a widely-used programming language on the web, and it's estimated that nearly 80% of all websites use it. My team at CrowdSec decided that we needed to provide server admins with a PHP bouncer to help ward away bots and bad actors who may attempt to interact with PHP files.

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Linux Malware Rise Can Expose You to Hackers; 3 Top Threats to Watch Out For  iTech Post

VMware has been preparing support for OpenGL 4.3 to be exposed within their VMware virtualization software so that guest VMs can enjoy newer OpenGL support that is accelerated by the host...

Run Windows apps on Linux with Wine 7.0  BetaNews

Debian-based deepin Linux 20.4 is here and you should switch from Windows 11 today!  BetaNews

Wine 7.0 is now officially available for enjoying Windows games and applications on Linux, macOS, and other platforms...

Linux Lock Screen Policy Enables Consistent Device Governance  Security Boulevard

It turns out with enough maneuvering that Microsoft Windows 11 can run well with the open-source Coreboot even with keeping UEFI SecureBoot enabled and meeting Windows 11's TPM requirements and other security measures...

How to Install an RPM File in Linux  How-To Geek

Thanks to Red Hat developer Martin Stránský, he has managed to get the Video Acceleration API (VA-API) working for AV1 content within the Firefox web browser...

How to Change Default Shell on Linux with chsh  BollyInside

How to get Microsoft Office on Linux  OnMSFT.com

2022 Might Be the Year of Linux Malware  How-To Geek