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Google's OpenSK Offers An Open-Source Rust-Written Security Key Implementation

Phoronix - Fri, 01/31/2020 - 02:56
Google today announced OpenSK as an open-source Rust-based security key implementation supporting FIDO U2F and FIDO2 standards...

Compute module and eval kit run Linux on RISC-V-based PolarFire SoC - LinuxGizmos.com

Google News - Fri, 01/31/2020 - 02:01
Compute module and eval kit run Linux on RISC-V-based PolarFire SoC  LinuxGizmos.com

Compute module and eval kit run Linux on RISC-V-based PolarFire SoC - LinuxGizmos.com

Google News - Fri, 01/31/2020 - 02:01
Compute module and eval kit run Linux on RISC-V-based PolarFire SoC  LinuxGizmos.com

EXT4 Gets Performance Work While XFS Gets 32-Bit Fixes For Linux 5.6

Phoronix - Fri, 01/31/2020 - 01:26
File-system / storage activity is as busy as always during the Linux kernel merge windows...

DXVK 1.5.3 Released - Helps Games Like Skyrim + Mafia II, Direct3D 9 Fixes

Phoronix - Thu, 01/30/2020 - 23:45
Succeeding last week's DXVK 1.5.2 is now a version 1.5.3 release with various fixes...

pidfd_getfd Lands In Linux 5.6 With Use-Cases From LXD To Web Browsers

Phoronix - Thu, 01/30/2020 - 23:39
In addition to the new openat2() system call in Linux 5.6, pidfd_getfd() has landed with growing interest from many different parties for what will be an increasingly used syscall moving forward...

pidfd_getfd Lands In Linux 5.6 With Use-Cases From LXD To Web Browsers - Phoronix

Google News - Thu, 01/30/2020 - 23:39
pidfd_getfd Lands In Linux 5.6 With Use-Cases From LXD To Web Browsers  Phoronix

Crostini keys expired on Chrome OS Dev and Canary? There’s a simple fix - Chrome Unboxed

Google News - Thu, 01/30/2020 - 22:27
Crostini keys expired on Chrome OS Dev and Canary? There’s a simple fix  Chrome Unboxed

Ntablet Android & Linux Tablet Features a Replaceable RK3288 CPU Module, GPIO Board - CNX Software

Google News - Thu, 01/30/2020 - 21:51
Ntablet Android & Linux Tablet Features a Replaceable RK3288 CPU Module, GPIO Board  CNX Software

Systemd-Homed Merged As A Fundamental Change To Linux Home Directories - Phoronix

Google News - Thu, 01/30/2020 - 21:05
Systemd-Homed Merged As A Fundamental Change To Linux Home Directories  Phoronix

Systemd-Homed Merged As A Fundamental Change To Linux Home Directories

Phoronix - Thu, 01/30/2020 - 21:05
Systemd-homed has been merged as the latest (optional) fundamental change to Linux distributions in how home directories are handled...

Need 32-bit Linux to run past 2038? When version 5.6 of the kernel pops, you're in for a treat - The Register

Google News - Thu, 01/30/2020 - 20:50
Need 32-bit Linux to run past 2038? When version 5.6 of the kernel pops, you're in for a treat  The Register

Linux 5.6 Graphics Changes Bring Open-Source NVIDIA Turing, AMD Pollock Enablement

Phoronix - Thu, 01/30/2020 - 20:47
The Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) kernel driver updates were sent in today for Linux 5.6 with plenty of fun features in tow...

AMD Sensor Fusion Hub Driver Revved But Not On Tap For Linux 5.6

Phoronix - Thu, 01/30/2020 - 20:32
Earlier this month AMD finally published their Sensor Fusion Hub driver for Linux to improve the Ryzen laptop support. That new "SFH" driver hasn't been queued as part of any Linux 5.6 pull request but a second version of the driver did make it out this week...

AMD Sensor Fusion Hub Driver Revved But Not On Tap For Linux 5.6 - Phoronix

Google News - Thu, 01/30/2020 - 20:32
AMD Sensor Fusion Hub Driver Revved But Not On Tap For Linux 5.6  Phoronix

Psyonix explains why Rocket League support for MacOS and Linux was pulled - PC Games Insider

Google News - Thu, 01/30/2020 - 19:58
Psyonix explains why Rocket League support for MacOS and Linux was pulled  PC Games Insider

Critical OpenSMTPD Bug Opens Linux and OpenBSD Mail Servers to Hackers - Internet

Google News - Thu, 01/30/2020 - 17:07
Critical OpenSMTPD Bug Opens Linux and OpenBSD Mail Servers to Hackers  Internet

Staging Changes Lighten The Linux 5.6 Kernel By More Than Thirty Thousand Lines

Phoronix - Thu, 01/30/2020 - 16:35
With Linux 5.6 the staging area has seen new functionality but thanks to removing old code it ends up removing a fair number of lines of code from the kernel...

Staging Changes Lighten The Linux 5.6 Kernel By More Than Thirty Thousand Lines - Phoronix

Google News - Thu, 01/30/2020 - 16:35
Staging Changes Lighten The Linux 5.6 Kernel By More Than Thirty Thousand Lines  Phoronix

Linux Kernel 5.6 Source Tree Includes WireGuard VPN - BleepingComputer

Google News - Thu, 01/30/2020 - 16:34
Linux Kernel 5.6 Source Tree Includes WireGuard VPN  BleepingComputer

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