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GNU Linux-libre 6.5-gnu Released With More Kernel Deblobbing

Phoronix - Mon, 08/28/2023 - 21:01
Building off yesterday's release of Linux 6.5, GNU Linux-libre 6.5-gnu is now available for this downstream kernel maintained by the Free Software Foundation Latin America crew that removes support for binary-only kernel modules and stripping out other kernel code that depends on non-free-software microcode/firmware and other elements not deemed in the interests of pure free software...

An Automated Gentoo Linux System Updater Developed Via GSoC

Phoronix - Mon, 08/28/2023 - 18:41
Thanks to this year's Google Summer of Code (GSoC), a student developer took the initiative in working on an automated Gentoo Linux system updater to help begineers and ease the roll-out of security updates to users...

Linux 6.6 Will Avoid Unnecessary Kernel Panics On AMD Zen Systems

Phoronix - Mon, 08/28/2023 - 18:18
As part of the Reliability, Availability and Serviceability (RAS) updates submitted today for the Linux 6.6 kernel is adding a quirk/workaround for dealing with current AMD Zen systems where a processor bug could lead to erroneously increased error severity and unneeded kernel panics...

Multi-Grained Timestamps Submitted For Linux 6.6

Phoronix - Mon, 08/28/2023 - 17:54
In addition to the fchmodat2 system call, another early pull request submitted by Microsoft's Christian Brauner even before the Linux 6.5 kernel was released is one to introduce multi-grained timestamps with Linux 6.6. Multi-grained timestamps are intended to address an issue exhibited with NFS around caching and the current coarse-grained timestamp handling used for (in)validating caches...

LFCS #5: How to Mount Local and Network (Samba & NFS) Filesystems in Linux

Tecmint - Mon, 08/28/2023 - 14:45
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The Linux Foundation launched the LFCS certification (Linux Foundation Certified Sysadmin), a brand new program whose purpose is to allow individuals from all corners of

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