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How to Recover Deleted Files in Linux Before They’re Gone

Tecmint - Wed, 05/06/2026 - 12:00
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You deleted a log file mid-session, a running process is still writing to it, and ls shows nothing, but the

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Fedora Yet To Decide On x86_64-v3 Packages For Fedora Linux 45

Phoronix - Wed, 05/06/2026 - 09:13
Last month a Fedora Linux change proposal was shared proposing that Fedora 45 be built with x86_64-v3 packages to complement the generic x86_64 (v1) packages currently being compiled. This has the possibility of providing greater performance out of packaged Fedora software but comes with the cost of greater burdens on web mirrors, QA / testing, and related infrastructure impact. The Fedora Engineering and Steering Committee "FESCo" decided today to wait on coming to a decision over this Fedora 45 change proposal...

Flatpak 1.17.7 To Track The Age Of Configurations For Providing Much Better Performance

Phoronix - Wed, 05/06/2026 - 08:35
Flatpak 1.17.7 is now available for continuing to advance open-source app sandboxing and distribution on the Linux desktop. Some interesting new features are in tow with this Flatpak update plus there is also an updated XDG-Desktop-Portal release too...

Why automated OS upgrades still need a human in the loop

Red Hat News - Wed, 05/06/2026 - 08:00
There's a lot of pressure on many of us to use more AI to facilitate our jobs. This may sound familiar to you:"Where’s the AI?" the boss asks, somewhere between desperate and annoyed."Upgrades are deterministic! You can't use something that works MOST of the time!" the IT team replies. The boss replies, “But Alice built a new app environment in 2 hours with Claude Code! You've got servers that have been on my non-compliance list for 2 years." The boss has a point, but the fact is that upgrades don't lend themselves to "Just let the AI do it."So the IT folks (and the application owners) ten

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