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8 Useful ‘Debian Goodies Utilities’ for Package Management

Tecmint - Mon, 02/12/2024 - 16:00
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Debian-goodies is a package that includes toolbox-style utilities used to manage Debian and its derivative systems such as Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Kali Linux, etc. The

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How to Delete User Accounts and Their Home Directories in Linux

Tecmint - Mon, 02/12/2024 - 14:00
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As a System Administrator in Linux, you may have to remove a user’s account after some time when a user account may become dormant for

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GNOME Mutter 46 Beta A Win For Gamers & VM Users, Other Last Minute Changes Too

Phoronix - Mon, 02/12/2024 - 09:35
GNOME Shell and the Mutter compositor today issued their GNOME 46 Beta releases with some notable changes ahead of the API/ABI and feature freezes for the GNOME 46 desktop due for release in March...

Linux 6.8-rc4 Released With Bcachefs & NTFS3 File-System Fixes, Transmeta Crusoe Fix

Phoronix - Mon, 02/12/2024 - 04:48
As more exciting than the Super Bowl (at least for some of us) is the new Linux 6.8-rc4 kernel available for testing...

AMDGPU Driver Changes Begin For Linux 6.9: RAS ACA Framework, SEQ64 Infrastructure & Fixes

Phoronix - Sun, 02/11/2024 - 22:06
AMD has begun queuing AMDGPU Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) kernel graphics driver updates in DRM-Next ahead of the Linux 6.9 merge window kicking off next month...

TrenchBoot Progress For Adding More Security & Integrity To The Boot Process

Phoronix - Sun, 02/11/2024 - 19:49
TrenchBoot has been in development for several years now by Oracle, 3mdeb, and other stakeholders for providing greater security and integrity to the Linux boot process via measured launch of the OS using a Dynamic Root of Trust Measurement (DRTM) backed by Intel Trusted Execution Technology (TXT) and AMD Secure Startup. Much progress was made over 2023 while more work is ahead in 2024 for furthering the TrenchBoot efforts...

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