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In the event of your AMD Ryzen or EPYC system being randomly reset or unexpectedly rebooted under Linux, the Linux kernel with the upcoming Linux 6.16 cycle is gaining the ability to report the reason for that reset. This is making use of a technical capability found going back to the AMD Zen 1 processors that the Linux kernel is now tapping into for reporting the cause of any previous system reset...

Bcachefs Lands More Fixes As It Works Toward Better Self-Healing & Automatic Repair  Phoronix

This week's batch of Bcachefs file-system fixes have been submitted ahead of the Linux 6.15-rc5 test kernel due out on Sunday...

The MoltenVK 1.3 release candidate didn't end up needing much baking and overnight the MoltenVK 1.3 stable release was issued for Vulkan 1.3 API support on Apple devices that is built atop Apple's Metal drivers...

Steam Survey for April 2025 results available, Linux sits at 2.27%  GamingOnLinux

Cheap Linux Web Hosting India | Plans Starting From $2/mo  openPR.com

The post 15 Easy Ways to Speed Up Ubuntu in 2025 first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Ubuntu is known for its user-friendly interface and robust performance, but over time, even the best operating systems can slow

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The post Top 25 Network Ports You Must Know for Interviews first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

If you’re preparing for a networking, Linux system administration, DevOps, or cybersecurity interview, understanding network ports is a must. Port

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The post How to Use Shutdown, Poweroff, Halt, and Reboot Commands in Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

In this article, we’ll explain the difference between the shutdown, poweroff, halt and reboot commands in Linux. We’ll clarify what

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OpenZFS 2.3.2 is out today with a number of bug fixes for this ZFS file-system implementation for Linux and FreeBSD systems. With OpenZFS 2.3.2 also comes official support for the Linux 6.14 stable series...

Like clockwork with the start of the new month comes the updated Steam Survey results from Valve to reflect the latest Linux gaming hardware and software trends...

Valve Releases Steam Survey Results For April 2025  Phoronix

Ditch Microsoft Windows for ALT Workstation 11: A Russian Linux distro with a modern GNOME desktop  BetaNews

6 Ways to View or Open a File in the Linux Terminal  How-To Geek

KDE Plasma open-source developers were meeting the past week in Graz, Austria to plot out fundamental changes and improvements moving forward for this great desktop. Among the changes decided on were ending their practice of Plasma LTS releases, enhancing the telemetry capabilities to be more useful, and more...

Linux Security Software Turned Against Users  The New Stack

How to Build Custom Distributions from Scratch  Linux Journal

Your Favorite Open-Source Project Might Be in Trouble  How-To Geek

Redis 8.0 Released: Now Tri-Licensed With AGPLv3  Phoronix

Last year Redis made the much criticized move to Redis Source Available License v2 and Server Side Public License v1 (SSPL) licensing. The move was widely panned by the open-source community and led to the Linux Foundation forking it as Valkey and also other forks like Redict coming about. In the months since many Linux distributions have switched from Redis to Valkey. Now Redis Labs announced today that with the Redis 8.0 release, they are adding AGPLv3 to the licensing mix...