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How to back up a Linux directory to a remote machine with rsync  ZDNet

How to back up a Linux directory to a remote machine with rsync  ZDNet

Nick Clifton with Red Hat announced today the release of GNU Binutils 2.42, the newest feature release to this collection of binary utilities widely relied upon by Linux and Unix-like systems as part of the compiler toolchain...

GNU Binutils 2.42 Brings Support For New Intel CPU Extensions: APX, AVX10.1 & More  Phoronix

What Is Swappiness on Linux? (and How to Change It)  How-To Geek

Nautilus File Manager Gets More Features Ahead of the GNOME 46 Release  9to5Linux

This education-based Linux distro is designed for schools - and it's free  ZDNet

This education-based Linux distro is designed for schools - and it's free  ZDNet

Looks Like Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Will Be Powered by Linux Kernel 6.8  9to5Linux

Looks Like Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Will Be Powered by Linux Kernel 6.8  9to5Linux

Today the review embargo lifts on the new AMD Ryzen 7 8700G and Ryzen 5 8600G desktop APUs. Announced back during CES, the Ryzen 8000G series pairs Zen 4 CPU cores with RDNA3 graphics and now also boasting Ryzen AI support too. Today's launch article is focusing on the AMD Ryzen 7 8700G Linux performance.

AMD Ryzen 7 8700G Linux Performance Review  Phoronix

Development on SDL 3 continues as the next major update to the Simple DirectMedia Layer for this hardware/software abstraction library commonly used by cross-platform games and other software...

SDL 3.0 Adds Colorspace Concept, More Code Coming From Valve Around HDR  Phoronix

New Linux Driver Posted For Latest NZXT AIO CPU Coolers  Phoronix

Thanks to the reverse-engineering, open-source community there is already a NZXT Kraken Linux driver for supporting hardware monitoring and controls for various NZXT all-in-one CPU liquid cooler products. A new Linux driver was posted today for supporting the latest generation of the NZXT AIO CPU coolers...

While a number of Linux distributions are experimenting with x86-64-v2 baselines or offering x86-64-v3 optimized packages for assuming AVX/AVX2 support by default for their packages, the CachyOS Linux distribution has been experimenting with offering x86-64-v4 packages for those running on Intel or AMD systems with AVX-512 support...

CachyOS Experimenting With x86-64-v4 Repository For AVX-512 Optimized Packages  Phoronix

GTK recently merged their new "unified" rendering code with a focus on Vulkan API support and where Linux distributions are now encouraged to build with the Vulkan renderer. Prominent GTK developer Mathias Clasen at Red Hat has written more over the weekend about the state and future of the new Vulkan and NGL renderers...

Microsoft did not kill Unix  Fudzilla