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Linus Torvalds Unconvinced By getrandom() In The vDSO & Plans To Reject It For Linux 6.11

Phoronix - Fri, 07/05/2024 - 18:48
While there were plans of adding getrandom() in the vDSO with the upcoming Linux 6.11 merge window to speed up user-space random number generation access, Linus Torvalds is unconvinced by the work and intends to reject any pull request with it for Linux 6.11...

Raspberry Pi OS Brings Labwc Wayland Compositor As Optional Alternative To Wayfire

Phoronix - Fri, 07/05/2024 - 18:24
The Raspberry Pi Foundation has released Raspberry Pi OS 2024-07-04 as the newest update to this default operating system for Raspberry Pi ARM single board computers...

How to Edit PDF Files on Linux with ONLYOFFICE Docs

Tecmint - Fri, 07/05/2024 - 12:57
The post How to Edit PDF Files on Linux with ONLYOFFICE Docs first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

For Linux users, editing PDF files has never been an insurmountable problem due to the availability of free PDF editors

The post How to Edit PDF Files on Linux with ONLYOFFICE Docs first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

Debian General Resolution Hopes To Move Useful "tag2upload" Forward

Phoronix - Fri, 07/05/2024 - 08:32
A Debian General Resolution was called following a lengthy and contentious period among Debian stakeholders on moving forward tag2upload, a system that lets Debian developers and maintainers more easily carry out source-only uploads by using a signed Git tag...

Linux Looking To Make 5-Level Paging Support Unconditional For x86_64 Kernel Builds

Phoronix - Fri, 07/05/2024 - 03:48
It's been nearly one decade since Intel began working on 5-level paging support for the Linux kernel to allow for greater virtual and physical address space with expanding memory sizes. The 5-level paging kernel-side bits were upstreamed back in Linux 4.12 in 2017 and enabled by default since 2019 with Linux 5.5. Intel CPUs for a while (since Ice Lake) have supported 5-level paging and AMD CPUs too since Zen 4. The Linux kernel may move to unconditionally enabling 5-level paging support for x86_64 kernel builds...

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