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On Tuesday the Load Value Injection (LVI) attack was disclosed by Intel and security researchers as a new class of transient-execution attacks and could lead to injecting data into a victim program and in turn stealing data, including from within SGX enclaves. While Intel has publicly stated they don't believe the LVI attack to be practical, one of their open-source compiler wizards did go ahead and add mitigation options to the GNU Assembler as part of the GCC toolchain. Here are benchmarks showing the performance impact of enabling those new LVI mitigation options and the significant impact they can cause on run-time performance in real-world workloads.

The Linux terminal is getting a major overhaul and new features in Chrome OS 82  Chrome Unboxed

Global Smart TV Software Market By Type (Android Software, Linux  openPR

How do you flush DNS cache on Linux? Read to find out!  Gizmo Posts 24

Security with Extended Berkeley Packet Filter and PAM  Security Boulevard

The Debian release team has published their tentative freeze dates for the next major version of their Linux operating system, Debian 11 Bullseye...

Debian 11 "Bullseye" To Begin Code Freeze In Early 2021  Phoronix

We continue to see bits here and there of AMD Family 19h / Zen 3 support coming together for the mainline Linux kernel...

More AMD Family 19h (Zen 3) Code Trickling Into Linux 5.7  Phoronix

GNOME Web Browser "Epiphany" Brings Back PDF Viewing And Dark Theme  Fossbytes

Amazon: Linux-based Bottlerocket is our new OS for hosting containers in the cloud  ZDNet

Following last week's release of GCC 8.4, the GCC 9.3 compiler is out in offering the latest fixes to the newer (and current) GCC 9 compiler series...

AWS has launched a Linux OS  ITProPortal

The Turnip Mesa Vulkan driver for Qualcomm Adreno graphics processors can now handle transform feedback...

While Windows and Linux have seen good 802.11ac "WiFi 5" support and these days are focused on 802.11ax "WiFi 6" with the latest wireless chipsets, FreeBSD is still tackling 802.11ac. But the FreeBSD Foundation is prepared to soon begin sponsoring development work on ironing out their 802.11ac support...

WSL2: Code faster on the Windows Subsystem for Linux!  Microsoft - Channel 9

It's been seven years since Intel launched the "Bay Trail" Atom processors and the Linux fixes for it and the succeeding Cherry Trail continue to materialize for the kernel...

Intel Bay Trail Continues To See Linux Fixes In 2020 - This Time For Time Drifting  Phoronix

Linux Operating System Market Is Changing Drastically? What If History Is Any Guide 2020-2025 | IBM, Ubuntu Linux, Linux Mint etc.  Packaging News 24

The first personal computer I purchased with my own money was a Packard Bell, back in the mid-1990s. What I remember about that computer was that for US$ 1,500, I had an Intel Pentium processor with a few megabytes of RAM, a modem to connect to my dial-up internet, and no other devices for internet connectivity.

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