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LoongArch Wires Up Real-Time Kernel Support & Lazy Preemption

Phoronix - Wed, 11/27/2024 - 18:24
Merged for the Linux 6.12 kernel was the long-awaited real-time "PREEMPT_RT" kernel support and allowing it to be enabled across x86/x86_64, ARM64, and RISC-V CPU architectures. With the Linux 6.13 kernel, LoongArch is joining the RT party...

8 Linux Commands to Diagnose Hard Drive Issues in Linux

Tecmint - Wed, 11/27/2024 - 15:56
The post 8 Linux Commands to Diagnose Hard Drive Issues in Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

As a Linux expert with over a decade of experience managing servers, I have seen how crucial it is to

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How to Set Up Nginx Reverse Proxy for Web Apps on Ubuntu

Tecmint - Wed, 11/27/2024 - 14:58
The post How to Set Up Nginx Reverse Proxy for Web Apps on Ubuntu first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

As someone with over 10 years of experience working with Linux systems, I can say that setting up a reverse

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FSF "Excited" For 802.11n WiFi USB Adapter Costing €50 In 2024 Holiday Shopping Guide

Phoronix - Wed, 11/27/2024 - 06:00
In prior years the Free Software Foundation (FSF) has published an Ethical Tech Giving Guide for holiday shopping where they recommend products like old AMD Opteron motherboards and USB to parallel printer cables that "respect your freedoms" and meet their strict free software definitions. Out today is their newest annual FSF Ethical Tech Giving Guide...

AMD GFX9.4.4 CDNA Firmware Published, More GFX950 Changes Point To Being MI350

Phoronix - Wed, 11/27/2024 - 05:26
There are some new open-source/Linux details to note when it comes to the AMD accelerators in the Instinct "CDNA" land...

F2FS Brings Interesting "Device Aliasing" Feature To Linux 6.13 To Carve Out Partition

Phoronix - Wed, 11/27/2024 - 03:17
The Flash Friendly File-System (F2FS) updates were sent out on Monday for Linux 6.13 and include one very interesting new feature for this file-system: device aliasing as a means of being able to temporarily carve out a portion of the partition for other purposes...

Granular Power Savings Patches Posted For Common "uvcvideo" Linux Webcam Driver

Phoronix - Wed, 11/27/2024 - 01:24
Google engineer Ricardo Ribalda has proposed a set of patches for the common "uvcvideo" kernel driver that supports UVC-compliant web cameras and the like to provide granular power saving support...

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