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Red Hat today announced the general availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7, the final Full Support Phase release of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 platform. As hybrid and multicloud computing helps to transform enterprise IT, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 delivers enhanced consistency and control across cloud infrastructure for IT operations teams while also providing a suite of modern, supported container creation tools for enterprise application developers.

A new variant of the Spectre (Variant 1) side-channel vulnerability has been discovered that affects modern Intel CPUs which leverage speculative-execution, and some AMD processors as well, Microsoft and Red Hat warn. Identified as CVE-2019-1125, the vulnerability could allow unprivileged local attackers to access sensitive information stored in the operating system privileged kernel memory, including passwords, tokens, and encryption keys, that would otherwise be inaccessible. (Source: Hackernews)

SWAPGS Vulnerability in Modern CPUs Fixed in Windows, Linux, ChromeOS  BleepingComputer

Both Microsoft and Redhat have released advisories about a new variant of the Spectre 1 speculative execution side channel vulnerabilities that could allow a ...

CVE-2019-1125 was made public today or also referred to as the "SWAPGS" vulnerability as a new variant of Spectre V1 affecting Windows and Linux with Intel (and according to mixed information, AMD - though the current Linux kernel patches at least seem to only apply to Intel) x86_64 processors...

How To Use Linux for an ESXi NFS Server  Virtualization Review

Tom Fenton explains which Linux distribution to use, how to set up a Network File Share (NFS) server on Linux and connect ESXi to NFS.

How To Use Linux for an ESXi NFS Server  Virtualization Review

Tom Fenton explains which Linux distribution to use, how to set up a Network File Share (NFS) server on Linux and connect ESXi to NFS.

Microsoft Teams may soon have an official Linux app  OnMSFT

An official Microsoft Teams app could soon make its way to Linux if we believe recent comments from a Microsoft engineer on the Teams UserVoice website.

SparkyLinux Gets New Development Cycle Based on Debian GNU/Linux 11 "Bullseye"  Softpedia News

SparkyLinux 2019.08 "Po Tolo" is now available to download.

For just $19, learn the ins and outs of Linux  AndroidGuys

Linux is far and away the most popular open source operating system on the planet. It's found nearly everywhere, and is the heart of many desktops, smart ...

For just $19, learn the ins and outs of Linux  AndroidGuys

Linux is everywhere, including your phones, routers, TVs, and computers. Take yourself from novice to Jedi Master for only $19 with this limited time deal.

How to install Inkscape on a Linux computer from the flatpak repository  H2S Media

I will discuss the installation steps to install Inkscape from the Flatpak repository as that is the easiest way and will not create any kind of trouble.

Linux Mint 19.1 Users Can Now Upgrade to Linux Mint 19.2 "Tina," Here's How  Softpedia News

A step-by-step tutorial with easy to read instructions.

Microsoft, Linux Vendors Fix New SWAPGS Vulnerability in Intel CPUs  BleepingComputer

During the July 2019 Patch Tuesday security updates, Microsoft secretly patched a new variant of the Spectre 1 speculative execution side channel ...

It's been a gripe for many running Linux on low RAM systems especially is that when the Linux desktop is under memory pressure the performance can be quite brutal with the system barely being responsive. The discussion over that behavior has been reignited this week...

For those making use of RHEL7 and not planning to shift to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 anytime soon, RHEL 7.7 is now officially available...

Final Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 version released  ZDNet

Red Hat has just released Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7.

Intel's Iris Gallium3D driver as their new OpenGL Linux driver aiming to be the default Mesa driver by year's end continues seeing more performance optimizations now that the fundamentals are in place. The latest optimization is a one line tweak yielding around one percent higher performance across the board...

Why Canonical views the Snap ecosystem as a compelling distribution-agnostic solution  TechRepublic

Canonical's Martin Wimpress addresses Snaps, Flatpak, and other competing standards, and community unease around Canonical's control of the Snap store.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7, it's a bit better than 7.6 - Open Source Insider  ComputerWeekly.com

Red Hat… no, wait, stop there -- not Red Hat the IBM company, actually just Red Hat -- that's how the company is still putting out news stories. We'll start again, ...

System76 Adder WS is a Linux laptop with a 4K OLED display  Liliputing

Linux computer company System76 sells a range of laptops that come with a choice of Ubuntu Linux or the company's own Pop!_OS operating systems.