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Linux Sysctl Cleaning To Eventually Erase ~64 Bytes Of Bloat Per Array

Phoronix - Wed, 08/30/2023 - 18:30
Some code cleaning within the sysctl space of the Linux kernel will eventually eliminate around 64 bytes of bloat per array within the kernel where a sentinel can be removed...

AMD ROCm 5.6.1 Compute Stack Released With A Few Fixes

Phoronix - Wed, 08/30/2023 - 18:13
While we are eagerly awaiting ROCm support for more RDNA3 GPUs said to be coming later this calendar year, shipping Tuesday night was ROCm 5.6.1 as the newest point release for this open-source GPU compute stack...

MidnightBSD 3.1 Released With Ravenports Integration

Phoronix - Wed, 08/30/2023 - 17:59
MidnightBSD 3.1 is now available for this desktop-minded, FreeBSD-forked operating system that aims to be "the BSD for everyone" with an Xfce-based desktop and focus on ease of use...

Red Hat and Google Cloud: Bringing the datacenter and public cloud closer together

Red Hat News - Wed, 08/30/2023 - 08:00
As organizations continue to move towards hybrid and multicloud, investing in cloud-ready software platforms has become a top priority to establish a more solid, flexible and adaptable foundation for growth in the cloud1. However, many organizations also face economic pressure to make the most of existing budgets while continuing to scale business and deliver results. Red Hat and Google Cloud have been collaborating for over 11 years to pave the way for customers migrating to the cloud. At the core of this relationship is Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), the world’s leading enterprise Li

SELinux In Linux 6.6 Removes References To Its Origins At The US NSA

Phoronix - Wed, 08/30/2023 - 07:56
Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux) has been part of the mainline kernel for two decades to provide a security module implementing access control security policies and is now widely-used for enhancing the security of production Linux servers and other systems. Those that haven't been involved with Linux for a long time may be unaware that SELinux originates from the US National Security Agency (NSA). But now with Linux 6.6 the NSA references are being removed...

Linux 6.6 To Better Protect Against The Illicit Behavior Of NVIDIA's Proprietary Driver

Phoronix - Wed, 08/30/2023 - 05:10
The Linux 6.6 modules infrastructure is changing to better protect against the illicit behavior of NVIDIA's proprietary kernel driver...

XDG-Desktop-Portal 1.17.1 Released With Accent Color Support

Phoronix - Wed, 08/30/2023 - 03:29
XDG-Desktop-Portal as the portal front-end for Flatpaks is out with a new development release that brings accent color support to sandboxed desktop apps as well as other new features...

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