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Elektrobit Unveils EB corbos Linux To Augment Advanced Automotive Functions  Mobility Outlook

The post fswatch – Track File and Directory Changes in Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

fswatch is a cross-platform, file change monitor that gets notification alerts when the contents of the specified files or directories are altered or modified. It

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The post Tasksel – Quickly Install Software Groups in Debian and Ubuntu first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

One of the several tasks that a Linux user is bound to handle is software installation. There are possibly two methods, especially on Debian-based distributions

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Steam On Linux Changes The Default Scaling Factor For 4K Displays  Phoronix

With tonight's Steam client beta update they have reduced the default scaling factor for those running it on Linux with a 4K display...

Linux AMDGPU Control Application Adds vBIOS Dumping, Fan Control Hysteresis  Phoronix

LACT 0.5.4 is out as the open-source and independently developed "Linux AMDGPU Control Application" for this community AMD Linux graphics driver control panel option given the lack of any official Radeon GUI management solution from AMD...

Open-source audio editor Audacity 3.5 available for Windows, Linux, and Mac  BetaNews

If all kernel bugs are security bugs, how do you keep your Linux safe?  ZDNet

Firefox Nightly is Now Available for Linux on ARM64  OMG! Ubuntu!

Richard Hughes of Red Hat has announced the released of Fwupd 1.9.17, the newest update to this open-source solution for system and device firmware updating under Linux that is paired with the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS) for a streamlined user experience...

Fwupd 1.9.17 Adds Firmware Updating For ASUS DC201 & Realtek RTS541x  Phoronix

Linux Firmware Updater Fwupd 1.9.17 Adds Support for More Asus and Realtek Devices  9to5Linux

Reverse Engineered MSI WMI Platform Driver Being Worked On For Linux  Phoronix

Submitted for code review this weekend was a new MSI WMI Platform driver that was developed via reverse engineering MSI laptops. Initially this MSI WMI Platform driver is just exposing fan speed sensors but ultimately can be more useful for other Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) features...

Fedora 40 is just around the corner with more spins and flavors than ever  The Register

While there is a growing number of PCIe 5.0 consumer NVMe SSDs available through Internet retailers, when it comes to PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSD data center / enterprise grade solid-state drives there aren't as many yet and even for announced ones they have been relatively in short supply. In preparing for some upcoming Ubuntu 24.04 LTS tests and ahead of next-gen servers arriving, I was recently searching for some new PCIe 5.0 data center solid state drives. Arriving so far are the Kioxia KCD8XPUG1T92 CD8P-R and Kioxia KCMYXVUG3T20 CM7-V PCIe 5 SSDs. Here are a few benchmarks of those drives for those curious about the performance.

AlmaLinux 9.4 beta is out: 4 reasons to consider it for your desktop  ZDNet

The Audacity open-source digital audio editor is out today with a big feature update in the form of Audacity 3.5...

A patch is undergoing work to add Steam Deck IMU support to the HID-Steam kernel driver for supporting the accelerometer and gyroscope sensors of the Steam Deck controller...