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We've already been looking forward to Linux 5.6 with already there being a lot of good stuff coming and now it's even more exciting: at least the prerequisites have been merged overnight for Multipath TCP (MPTCP) support!..

Multipath TCP Support Is Working Its Upstream - First Bits Landing With Linux 5.6  Phoronix

Time is quickly running out to get new code into DRM-Next ahead of the upcoming Linux 5.6 merge window. AMD on Thursday did send out another feature pull request with some interesting additions worth mentioning...

AMD Has More Radeon Graphics Driver Code Ready For Linux 5.6  Phoronix

GNOME 3.35.3 is out today as the latest development release on the road to GNOME 3.36...

The long awaited release of OpenWrt 19.07 took place this week for this Linux distribution popular for embedded, primarily networking devices...

Linus Torvalds: Avoid Oracle's ZFS kernel code on Linux until 'litigious' Larry signs off  ZDNet

Mozilla Thunderbird 68.4.1 Released for Linux, Windows, and Mac  Softpedia News

Future Scope of Linux Operating System Market In-Depth Analysis and Forecasts to 2026 | IBM, Ubuntu Linux, Linux Mint, Elementary OS  BulletintheNews

As a sysadmin, every day I am faced with problems I need to solve quickly because there are users and managers who expect things to run smoothly. In a large environment like the one I manage, it's nearly impossible to know all of the systems and products from end to end, so I have to use creative techniques to find the source of the problems and (hopefully) come up with solutions.

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Back in early 2014, I purchased my first ARM-based computer, a SolidRun CuBox-i4. My goal for the CuBox was to have a headless device (e.g., no display) that takes up minimal space in the audio equipment shelf, makes minimal noise, and serves music files to my digital-to-analog converter (DAC) and thus to the rest of the stereo. On paper, the CuBox was a perfect fit.

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What does it mean to be the "right" person in a DevOps environment? That's the question that Josh Atwell, senior tech advocate at Splunk, tried to answer in his Lightning Talk at All Things Open 2019.

"Being the right person for DevOps is being more than just your ops/dev role," says Josh. "In order to be the right person for DevOps, you have to be improving yourself, and you have to be working to improve for others."

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When a new file system is created on a partition on a disk in Linux, and the kernel keeps aside space for inodes during the initial structuring of the file system. The number of...

The XanMod Kernel Is Working Well To Boost Ubuntu Desktop / Workstation Performance  Phoronix

It's been four years since last testing out the XanMod kernel as a spin of the Linux kernel with various patches and extra tuning designed to offer better desktop/workstation performance, similar to the Liquorix kernel. But given the recent Liquorix kernel testing and discussions over kernel schedulers and more, here are some fresh benchmarks of the latest XanMod kernel. Long story short, I am quite impressed by these latest XanMod results.

Linus Torvalds: “Don't use ZFS”  OS News

Linux-friendly modules showcase i.MX8M Mini and Nano  LinuxGizmos.com

AMD "Pollock" is a new chip similar to Dali and looking like it may be used for some Ryzen embedded purposes. AMD Pollock was plumbed into the Linux driver yesterday and was the first time we've heard this codename...

AMDGPU Linux Driver Adding Support For The AMD Pollock  Phoronix

KDE Plasma Welcomes Windows 7 Refugees to the Linux Side  BleepingComputer