Open-source News

'Lemon Duck' Cryptominer Aims for Linux Systems  BankInfoSecurity.com

At the end of June AMD quietly released a new version of the AMD Optimizing C/C++ Compiler. Noticing the new release this week, here are some benchmarks of AOCC 2.2 up against LLVM Clang 10 and GCC 10 with Ubuntu Linux while running from an AMD EPYC 7742 2P server for looking at the performance gains possible with the compiler optimizations.

After forgetting to release last week, Mesa 20.2-RC3 is out as the newest test build of this quarterly Mesa3D feature release for the collection of open-source OpenGL/Vulkan drivers...

K-12 Mobile Computing Shipments Operating System Market 2020 Witnessing Enormous Growth by 2028 | Top Key Players: Windows, Linux, iOS, Android  The Daily Chronicle

Microsoft to remove insecure TLS support on its Linux Software Repository  BleepingComputer

Cyber Security Today – Alert to Linux administrators, attack on Outlook and crooks cashing in on online games  IT World Canada

An alpha prototype of openSUSE "Jump" is now available for testing of this new build of openSUSE...

For those looking at enjoying some open-source Linux gaming this weekend, SuperTuxKart 1.2 is out as the Mario Kart inspired racing game that is cross-platform and features the Linux mascot Tux...

Russian Malware Attempts Cyber-Espionage Operations Against US  ClearanceJobs

Linux Operating System Market Analysis, Global Trend And Geography Forecast Till 2026 | Fortune Business Insights  Scientect

Seamlessly Join a Linux Instance to AWS Directory Service for Microsoft Active Directory  idk.dev

Google Using AutoFDO On Linux Meant Up To 12% Less Cycles Spent Within The Kernel  Phoronix

Google Using AutoFDO On Linux Meant Up To 12% Less Cycles Spent Within The Kernel  Phoronix

While a Microsoft engineer was at Linux Plumbers Conference this week talking up their LTO and PGO optimization work for the Linux kernel, Google engineers have now one upped that work by also shipping kernels with AutoFDO optimizations...

Vaughan-Nichols loses his rag over Linux reporting  Fudzilla

Vaughan-Nichols loses his rag over Linux reporting  Fudzilla

The Open Invention Network Aims to Protect Linux and Open-Source Software with a Patent Non-Aggression Pact  CNX Software

Microservices and GraphQL are a great combination, like bread and butter. They're both great on their own and even better together. Knowing the health of your microservices is important because they run important services—it would be foolish to wait until something critical breaks before diagnosing a problem. It doesn't take much effort to let GraphQL help you detect issues early.

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The Open Invention Network Aims to Protect Linux and Open-Source Software with a Patent Non-Aggression Pact  CNX Software

Adoption of DevOps practices at Comcast led to increased automation and configuration of infrastructure that supports applications, back-office, data centers, and our network. These practices require teams to move fast and be self-reliant. Infrastructure is constantly turned upside down, with network traffic moved around it constantly. Good DNS record management is critical to support this level of autonomy and automation, but how can a large, diverse enterprise move quickly while safely governing its DNS assets?

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