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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: October 27th, 2024  9to5Linux

EasyOS 6.4 now available with support for Zig, a new kernel, visual elements, and more  Notebookcheck.net

Anish Kumars Journey: From Novice To Expert Linux Kernel Developer In ALSA & Audio Systems  Free Press Journal

The post How to Create a Timeshift Snapshot Before Upgrading Linux Mint first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Upgrading your Linux Mint operating system can bring new features, security updates, and improved performance. However, it can also introduce

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NVIDIA GPU Vulnerabilities Allow Attackers To Execute Remote Code on Windows & Linux  CybersecurityNews

The post How to Enable and Manage Clipboard Access in Vim on Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Vim is a powerful text editor that many programmers and writers use because of its features and efficiency. One useful

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The post Peazip – A Portable File Manager and Archive Tool for Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

PeaZip is a free and open-source file management tool that works on multiple operating systems, that offers strong encryption and

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Sway 1.10 Released With GPU Reset Recovery & Other Wayland Enhancements  Phoronix

Sway 1.10 released on Sunday as the newest version of this i3-inspired Wayland compositor for the Linux desktop...

Linux 6.12-rc5 Released With Intel LAM Disabled, ASUS Lunar Lake Laptop Performance Fix  Phoronix

Following a busy week of kernel drama stemming from the Russian sanctions impacting Linux maintainers, Linus Torvalds is out with the Linux 6.12-rc5 weekly test candidate...

Geckium Turns Modern Firefox into Vintage Google Chrome  OMG! Ubuntu!

How to Install OBS Studio on Linux  How-To Geek

Sent out in original patch form this past week and already iterated to a second version this Sunday, a new proposal is underway to introduce "hung_task_detect_count" as a convenient means of tracking the number of times hung tasks are detected since boot...

Using Linux Made Me a Better Windows User, Here’s How  How-To Geek

Install Alpine Linux in Virtual Box [Screenshot Tutorial]  It's FOSS

From Teletype to Terminal Window: The 3 Eras of Unix Terminals  How-To Geek

Linux 6.12-rc5 Disabling Intel's Linear Address Masking "LAM" Due To Security Concerns  Phoronix

Intel merged Linear Address Masking into the Linux kernel last year as a means of allowing user-space to store metadata within some bits of pointers without masking it out before use. LAM can be useful for virtual machines, sanitizers / profiling / memory tagging, and other uses. While the brand new Intel Arrow Lake and Lunar Lake CPUs support LAM, the Linux kernel is now disabling LAM out of security concerns...

For the past year Intel software engineers have been developing a PCIe cooling driver to reduce the PCIe link speed to cope with thermal issues. In the future with PCI Express 6.0 this driver may be further adapted to also reduce the PCIe link width when encountering thermal problems. This cooling driver is now ready for merging with the upcoming Linux 6.13 kernel...