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How World of Warcraft introduced me to Linux

opensource.com - Tue, 04/14/2020 - 15:00

The story behind my career with Linux is a bit unusual. It starts back in 2005; I was working as an auto mechanic at a Nissan dealership in Toledo, Ohio. I had never used a computer for anything other than checking email, browsing the web, and playing World of Warcraft.


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How to Create Your Own IPsec VPN Server in Linux

Tecmint - Tue, 04/14/2020 - 12:50
There are so many benefits of using a VPN (Virtual Private Network), some of which include keeping you safe on the internet by encrypting your traffic and helping you to access blocked content/sites/web applications...

Fedora 33's "Enterprise Linux Next" Effort Approved - Testbed For Raising CPU Requirements, Etc

Phoronix - Tue, 04/14/2020 - 12:04
Fedora 33 later this year will see a new "Enterprise Linux Next" (ELN) buildroot and compose setup for testing new changes potentially destined for the next release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Most notable from the original ELN proposal is on potentially raising the x86_64 CPU requirements. ELN is now approved to take place...

Enterprise Linux for all architectures: Bringing Red Hat Enterprise Linux to IBM z15 and LinuxONE III single frame systems

Red Hat News - Tue, 04/14/2020 - 12:00

If there’s one constant that can be relied upon, it’s that no two organizations will have the same needs or requirements. This is why Red Hat Enterprise Linux supports a broad ecosystem of hardware solutions and public cloud infrastructure, making the world’s leading enterprise Linux platform accessible no matter what your organization’s unique needs may be.

Linux 5.8 To Add Auto-Detection For Using SoundWire On Newer Intel Platforms

Phoronix - Tue, 04/14/2020 - 06:46
While the Linux 5.7 feature merge window just closed yesterday, there is already one feature queued up for Linux 5.8 that caught our eye...

The Desktop CPU Security Mitigation Impact On Ubuntu 20.04

Phoronix - Tue, 04/14/2020 - 00:13
With Ubuntu 20.04 due for release next week, here is a look at how the various CPU vulnerability mitigations compare on that latest Linux software stack when comparing the out-of-the-box mitigations for Spectre, Meltdown, and friends, compared to booting with "mitigations=off" for disabling those mitigations. The desktop tests were done with Intel and AMD processors for reference.

Linux Foundation - iTWire

Google News - Mon, 04/13/2020 - 22:32
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Inkscape 1.0 Release Candidate Emerges For This Excellent Vector Graphics Editor

Phoronix - Mon, 04/13/2020 - 21:52
The release candidate to the long-awaited Inkscape 1.0 emerged at the end of last week for this popular cross-platform SVG/vector graphics editor...

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