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Linux 6.9 Set To Drop The Old NTFS File-System Driver

Phoronix - Fri, 03/08/2024 - 19:42
Merged two years ago with Linux 5.15 with the "NTFS3" driver developed by Paragon Software with working read-write support and other improvements for supporting Microsoft's NTFS file-system driver. This driver was a big improvement over the original NTFS read-only driver found in the mainline kernel and faster than using the NTFS-3G FUSE file-system driver. Now with enough time having passed and the NTFS3 driver working out well, the older NTFS driver is set for removal...

How to Add Text to Existing Files in Linux

Tecmint - Fri, 03/08/2024 - 14:57
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In the wide world of Linux, learning simple yet powerful commands is key to becoming a proficient user. One such essential skill is appending lines

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How to Check How Long a Process Has Been Running in Linux

Tecmint - Fri, 03/08/2024 - 13:53
The post How to Check How Long a Process Has Been Running in Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Linux, with its powerful command-line interface, provides users with a myriad of tools to monitor and manage processes efficiently. One essential piece of information for

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Canonical Looking At Including Performance Tools In Ubuntu 24.04 By Default

Phoronix - Fri, 03/08/2024 - 05:45
A proposal has been laid out by Canonical engineers to include various performance tooling in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS by default to help in those trying to squeeze out greater performance gains out of their hardware/software and/or debugging/profiling issues. The proposal wants to "make Ubuntu absolutely great for performance engineers" but would mean somewhat significant size increases to the Ubuntu desktop and server ISOs...

Mesa's VDPAU State Tracker Adds Support For AV1 Decoding

Phoronix - Fri, 03/08/2024 - 01:41
While Mesa Gallium3D drivers with capable GPUs have already supported accelerated AV1 video deocding, to date it's been limited to the Video Acceleration API (VA-API). With newly-merged code for Mesa 24.1, the VDPAU state tracker can now also handle AV1 decoding with supported drivers/GPUs...

GNUnet 0.21 Rolls Out New Transport Layer For Building Decentralized, Distributed Apps

Phoronix - Fri, 03/08/2024 - 00:00
GNUnet 0.21 has been released as a major update to this GNU project building a network stack for secure, decentralized, and privacy-preserving distributed applications. GNUnet continues striving for a "GNU internet" and with the v0.21 release has rolled out a new transport layer and working to address prior design shortcomings...

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