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Roundcube Open-Source Webmail Software Merges With Nextcloud

Phoronix - Wed, 11/29/2023 - 18:00
The open-source Roundcube webmail software project has "merged" with Nextcloud, the prominent open-source personal cloud software...

Ampere Preparing The ARM64 Linux Kernel To Support Higher CPU Core Counts

Phoronix - Wed, 11/29/2023 - 17:00
Ampere Computing has sent out its latest patch attempt at increasing the number of Arm CPU cores supported by the mainline Linux kernel. As it stands at the moment the 64-bit ARM mainline Linux kernel build supports 256 cores, which can be exceeded with Ampere's new AmpereOne processors in a multi-socket configuration...

Btrfs Slated To Make Use Of New Mount API In Linux 6.8

Phoronix - Wed, 11/29/2023 - 16:00
Coming up for the Linux 6.8 kernel the Btrfs file-system is preparing to make use of the newer Linux file-system mounting API...

The Gentoo Linux Installation Guide – Part 2

Tecmint - Wed, 11/29/2023 - 13:11
The post The Gentoo Linux Installation Guide – Part 2 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

As mentioned in Part 1 of the Gentoo installation procedure, installing Gentoo is quite daunting, and often requires a lot of patience due to the

The post The Gentoo Linux Installation Guide – Part 2 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

"GMEM" Proposed To Deal With Memory Management For Accelerators, External Memory Devices

Phoronix - Wed, 11/29/2023 - 13:00
Generalized Memory Management "GMEM" has been proposed as a new solution to be developed for the Linux kernel to deal with memory management for external memory devices like the growing number of accelerators coming to market...

Coreboot 4.22 Released: Initial AMD OpenSIL Code Added, 17 New Motherboards

Phoronix - Wed, 11/29/2023 - 06:00
A new release of Coreboot is available today as the increasingly popular open-source system firmware solution that's used by Chromebooks, increasing hyperscaler / data center industry interest due to increased code transparency and security, System76 laptops, and more. Coreboot 4.22 is the new release and brings initial AMD OpenSIL code integration, 17 new motherboard ports, and more. Coreboot 4.22 will be succeeded next year by Coreboot 24.02...

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