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Coreboot Adds Support For Apollolake-Powered UP-Squared SBC Maker Board

Phoronix - Thu, 06/20/2019 - 12:06
Coreboot now supports the UP Squared, the new single board computer / maker board based on an Intel Apollo Lake SoC...

Debian vs. Ubuntu: Best Linux Distro for Laptops, Desktops, and Servers - MakeUseOf

Google News - Thu, 06/20/2019 - 08:22
Debian vs. Ubuntu: Best Linux Distro for Laptops, Desktops, and Servers  MakeUseOf

Considering Linux OS for a new project? Debian and Ubuntu are great choices for a Linux PC, laptop, or server. But which is best?

Kubernetes 1.15 Released | Linux.com | The source for Linux information - Linux.com

Google News - Thu, 06/20/2019 - 07:20
Kubernetes 1.15 Released | Linux.com | The source for Linux information  Linux.com

The Kubernetes community has announced the release of Kubernetes 1.15, the second release of 2019. The release focuses on Continuous Improvement and ...

Facebook and the Linux Foundation to create a new foundation for the osquery project - Help Net Security

Google News - Thu, 06/20/2019 - 07:00
Facebook and the Linux Foundation to create a new foundation for the osquery project  Help Net Security

Facebook and the Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, announced plans to create a new foundation for ...

Intel Developing "Data Parallel C++" As Part Of OneAPI Initiative

Phoronix - Thu, 06/20/2019 - 06:50
Intel announced an interesting development in their oneAPI initiative: they are developing a new programming language/dialect...

Kubernetes 1.15 Released

Linux.com - Thu, 06/20/2019 - 06:19

The Kubernetes community has announced the release of Kubernetes 1.15, the second release of 2019. The release focuses on Continuous Improvement and Extensibility. Work on making Kubernetes installation, upgrade and configuration even more robust has been a major focus for this cycle for SIG Cluster Lifecycle.

Librem 5 Dev Kit Can At Least Run Quake II Now, Progress On Adopting Linux 5.2

Phoronix - Thu, 06/20/2019 - 05:48
Purism today issued their June software status update on how things are going with bringing up their privacy-minded Linux software stack for their Librem 5 smartphone. On the software side things are still moving along though still rather primitive with a goal of shipping in Q3. Similarly, this status update lacks any talk of the hardware progress for seeing how that is moving if there is any chance of shipping their planned phone next month after already having been setback twice...

Librem 5 Dev Kit Can At Least Run Quake II Now, Progress On Adopting Linux 5.2 - Phoronix

Google News - Thu, 06/20/2019 - 05:48
Librem 5 Dev Kit Can At Least Run Quake II Now, Progress On Adopting Linux 5.2  Phoronix

Purism today issued their June software status update on how things are going with bringing up their privacy-minded Linux software stack for their Librem 5 ...

Cryptominer Uses Cron To Reinfect Linux Host After Removal - BleepingComputer

Google News - Thu, 06/20/2019 - 05:40
Cryptominer Uses Cron To Reinfect Linux Host After Removal  BleepingComputer

A cryptomining dropper malware has been spotted by security researchers while gaining persistence on Linux hosts by adding cron jobs to reinfect the ...

Malware Dropper Infects Linux Hosts with Resilient Cryptominer - BleepingComputer

Google News - Thu, 06/20/2019 - 05:40
Malware Dropper Infects Linux Hosts with Resilient Cryptominer  BleepingComputer

A cryptomining dropper malware has been spotted by security researchers while gaining persistence on Linux hosts by adding cron jobs to reinfect the ...

The NSA Is Looking To Contribute To A New x86 Security Feature To Coreboot

Phoronix - Thu, 06/20/2019 - 04:52
The US National Security Agency (NSA) has developers contributing to the Coreboot project...

Tech Giants Join Linux Foundation's Connected-Cities Efforts - Data Center Knowledge

Google News - Thu, 06/20/2019 - 03:19
Tech Giants Join Linux Foundation's Connected-Cities Efforts  Data Center Knowledge

Data center operators might be well advised to pay attention to a new project announced by the Linux Foundation in May. Called the Urban Computing ...

Alpine Linux 3.10 Brings Support For Intel's IWD, Better Arm Support

Phoronix - Thu, 06/20/2019 - 02:43
Alpine Linux 3.10 is out today as the newest feature release for this lightweight, security-minded Linux distribution built atop Musl libc and Busybox while catering being quite popular in the container crowd...

Open Invention Network, the Linux-based patent non-aggression community, exceeds 3,000 licensees - ZDNet

Google News - Thu, 06/20/2019 - 02:28
Open Invention Network, the Linux-based patent non-aggression community, exceeds 3,000 licensees  ZDNet

While some businesses remain entangled in patent wars, the companies which have joined the OIN are freeing Linux from patent fights.

How to install the Unity editor on Linux - TechRepublic

Google News - Wed, 06/19/2019 - 22:46
How to install the Unity editor on Linux  TechRepublic

The popular Unity editor is now available for Linux. Get it up and running so you can start developing on your favorite platform.

AMD Navi GPU stack bares all in Linux graphics driver update - PCGamesN

Google News - Wed, 06/19/2019 - 22:19
AMD Navi GPU stack bares all in Linux graphics driver update  PCGamesN

Eight Navi GPU variants have been spotted in Linux driver code. AMD's next-gen RDNA graphics chips are set for launch on July 7, 2019 within the RX 5700 XT ...

Benchmarks Of OpenMandriva's AMD Zen Optimized Linux Distribution Against Ubuntu, openSUSE, Clear Linux - Phoronix

Google News - Wed, 06/19/2019 - 21:36
Benchmarks Of OpenMandriva's AMD Zen Optimized Linux Distribution Against Ubuntu, openSUSE, Clear Linux  Phoronix

Released this week was OpenMandriva Lx 4.0 as the latest major release for this Linux distribution of Mandriva/Mandrake heritage and continues on the ...

Benchmarks Of OpenMandriva's AMD Zen Optimized Linux Distribution Against Ubuntu, openSUSE, Clear Linux

Phoronix - Wed, 06/19/2019 - 21:34
Released this week was OpenMandriva Lx 4.0 as the latest major release for this Linux distribution of Mandriva/Mandrake heritage and continues on the interesting trend of innovations. In addition to continuing to use the LLVM Clang compiler by default rather than GCC, among other changes that position it more uniquely than many other Linux distributions out there, their 4.0 release has a "znver1" spin that is optimized for AMD Ryzen/Threadripper/EPYC processors. Here are benchmarks comparing not only OpenMandriva 4.0's x86-64 and Znver1 options but also how that performance compares to the likes of Ubuntu 19.04, openSUSE Tumbleweed, and Intel's Clear Linux.

Netflix researcher spots TCP SACK flaws in Linux and FreeBSD - Naked Security

Google News - Wed, 06/19/2019 - 20:26
Netflix researcher spots TCP SACK flaws in Linux and FreeBSD  Naked Security

Three vulnerabilities in the FreeBSD and Linux kernels could allow attackers to induce a denial-of-*service* by clogging networking I/O.

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