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Internxt: Open Source Secure Cloud Storage for Linux

Tecmint - Mon, 07/22/2024 - 13:18
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There are countless cloud storage platforms that provide safe and secure storage space for your files. Popular cloud storage apps

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XZ Patches For The Linux Kernel Updated, Drops "Jia Tan" As A Maintainer

Phoronix - Mon, 07/22/2024 - 03:11
Back in March were a set of patches to the Linux kernel's XZ embedded compression implementation with the project having switched from public domain to the BSD Zero Clause License along with other changes to update that in-tree code. Since then the notorious XZ backdoor situation was discovered in the upstream XZ project. With those major issues behind, Lasse Collin today sent out an updated set of patches for updating the in-tree XZ code for the Linux kernel...

Mesa 24.2 Enjoyed Some Last Minute Code Cleaning & Modernization

Phoronix - Sun, 07/21/2024 - 21:30
Just prior to the Mesa 24.2 code branching / feature freeze on Thursday, two merge requests landed working on cleaning up some Mesa interfaces and code modernization...

Linux 6.11 Hardening Makes FineIBT Default Configurable At Build Time

Phoronix - Sun, 07/21/2024 - 21:08
Kees Cook submitted all of the hardening updates this week for the Linux 6.11 merge window in beefing up the kernel's defenses against various attack vectors and vulnerabilities...

LXQt 2.0 Desktop Planned For Availability In Fedora 41

Phoronix - Sun, 07/21/2024 - 18:43
A change proposal was raised this week for upgrading Fedora's LXQt desktop offering to the recently released LXQt 2.0 for the upcoming Fedora 41 release...

Initial AMD SEV-SNP KVM Guest VM Support Merged Into Linux 6.11

Phoronix - Sun, 07/21/2024 - 18:34
The Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) updates for Linux 6.11 have been merged and it's a very exciting one for AMD EPYC servers with SEV-SNP guest VM support finally being in the mainline kernel...

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