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Linux Mint Aims For More Reliable & Faster Repository Access  Phoronix

Complementing Canonical's existing Ubuntu Pro subscription service for expanded security maintenance, live kernel patching, compliance and hardening, real-time kernel flavor support, and other enterprise/support add-ons, Canonical today announced Ubuntu Pro For Devices...

Canonical Announces Ubuntu Pro For Devices  Phoronix

Open Invention Network, Microsoft, Linux Foundation Continue Open Source Partnership Against Patent Trolls  Open Source For You

An earlier fix to the Nouveau open-source NVIDIA kernel graphics driver with the new GPU System Processor (GSP) code path had fixed RTX 20 "Turing" GPU support but inadvertently broke the RTX 30 "Ampere" support. David Airlie sent out an urgent new fix today for addressing that regression in the NVIDIA GSP display code...

Nouveau GSP Fix On The Way For Regression That Broke Ampere GPU Support  Phoronix

AMD is using the Embedded World conference in Bavaria for today introducing their Versal Series Gen 2 SoCs for AI-driven embedded systems. Today's embargo lift covers the Versal AI Edge Series Gen 2 and Versal Prime Series Gen 2 Adaptive SoCs...

Ubuntu 24.04 Release Date Set for April 25, 2024  OMG! Ubuntu!

Systemctl Command Examples in Linux  It's FOSS

The post Ubuntu 22.04: Set Up a Local Package Cache with Apt-Cacher-NG first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Apt-Cacher-NG is a caching proxy server (or apt proxy) for Debian-based distributions such as Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Edubuntu, Linux Mint, etc. It is used to

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Following the plans going back to 2022 for Fedora 39 to use DNF5 but last summer deemed weren't ready and then delayed DNF5 to Fedora 41 due to the RHEL10 branching from Fedora 40, the Fedora Engineering and Steering Committee (FESCo) has now given their sign-off for the updated package manager in F41...

XZ Utils Supply Chain Attack: A Threat Actor Spent Two Years to Implement a Linux Backdoor  TechRepublic

EndeavourOS ARM discontinued: A huge loss for the Linux community  BetaNews

For those making use of AES-XTS crypto for the likes of disk and file encryption on x86_64 CPUs, the upcoming Linux 6.10 kernel cycle is bringing some very tantalizing improvements especially if you are running recent AMD and Intel processors. With AMD Zen 4 processors the benefits can be as much as 155% faster while even Intel Ice Lake and Sapphire Rapids server processors can enjoy 127~151% faster AES-XTS-256...

Linux 6.10 AES-XTS For Disk/File Encryption As Much As ~155% Faster For AMD Zen 4 CPUs  Phoronix

EndeavourOS Devs Say “Goodbye” to Their ARM Branch, Maintainers Needed  9to5Linux

7 Of The Best Linux Distros For Beginners  SlashGear

With a few weeks having passed since the KDE Plasma 6.0 desktop release along with some point releases for addressing initial fall-out, I've been meaning to run some Plasma 6.0 Linux gaming performance benchmarks. I'll have up some interesting metrics soon using Fedora 40 while for this initial article is a look at the KDE Plasma 6.0 gaming performance between the Wayland and X11 sessions atop KDE Neon. Then similarly are the results for GNOME Shell with its X11 and Wayland sessions.

AMD Radeon Linux Gaming Performance At Parity Between KDE Plasma 6.0 X11 vs. Wayland  Phoronix

iXsystems: No one is being 'marooned' by Debian focus – Blocks and Files  Blocks and Files