The latest version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, 8.7, has been officially released. RHEL 8.7 introduces many new security features, including: View and manage system-wide encryption policies for consistency and risk mitigation Tag and optionally encrypt data in the sosreport generated in the web console Install kpatch updates, and improved workflow in the kernel […]
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In October of this year, the initial Rust infrastructure was merged into Linux 6.1. Means that the Rust programming language will be used for code in kernel drivers and other subsystems in the future. But October’s Rust for Linux only provided the low-level infrastructure and some very basic integrations, missing a lot of specification and
Fwupd is a Linux firmware updater that includes a system daemon that allows session software to update device firmware on the local machine. It’s designed for desktops, but can also be used on phones, tablets, and servers. compile WikiThe latest build instructions are available in . Notice:In most cases, users shouldn’t compile fwupd from scratch;
As early as Linux version 2.6.23, the SLUB memory allocator became the default in the Linux kernel. The kernel will fallback to using the SLOB allocator only if the CONFIG_SLAB flag is disabled. According to foreign media Phoronix, Linux kernel developers are considering deprecating and eventually removing the SLOB memory allocator. The SLOB (simple list
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CBL-Mariner (CBL is Common Base Linux) is a Linux distribution used internally by Microsoft. It is not a desktop Linux but a server-side Linux. It is used in Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure and edge products and services. CBL-Mariner is designed to provide a consistent platform for these devices and services and to enhance Microsoft’s ability to
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The Linux Mint team says they will replace the “show desktop” launcher in the Cinnamon desktop panel with a new “Corner Bar”. According to the official introduction, the “Corner Bar” is similar to the “Show Desktop” button that first appeared in Windows 7, and its position is also on the lower right edge of the
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Recently, Microsoft has provided a series of patches for the Linux kernel in order to expand the kernel support. One of the notable places is that Microsoft brings the function of running nested hypervisors (Hyper-V) or nested virtualization to Linux. This set of patches was issued by Jinank Jain, a senior Linux engineer at Microsoft,
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Kate 22.12 is coming soon and this release includes several important changes: Support for Qt widgets In the upcoming Kate 22.12 release, the use of arbitrary Qt widgets is supported. The team has used it to implement a new version of the welcome screen, an improved git diff viewer, and configuration options now reside in
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Nitrux is a Debian-based Linux desktop distribution. It uses the Calamares installer, including the NX desktop and MauiKit applications built on the KDE Plasma 5 desktop environment. Nitrux also doesn’t use systemd as its boot system; instead, it uses OpenRC. Nitrux 2.5.0 is officially released today, this new version combines the latest software updates, bug
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Rakuten is an e-commerce and online retail company founded in 1997 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. In addition to the well-known e-commerce/retail business, its business also includes financial services, digital content and communication services. Recently, Tareq Amin, CEO of Rakuten Mobile, a subsidiary of Rakuten, said that they have decided to remove Red Hat RHEL
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Last August, the Linux Raspberry Pi received a 4K@60Hz display driver patch, allowing the Raspberry Pi to output HDMI at 60Hz refresh rate + 4K quality. But since Linux 5.18, 4K processing for the Raspberry Pi has been stagnant and even regressed due to various legacy issues. According to foreign media Phoronix, recently Linux 6.2
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Clément Lefèbvre, head of the Linux Mint project, released the distro’s latest monthly status report. Notable events for Linux Mint in October are the ongoing enhancements around Flatpak sandboxed applications. In particular, the password prompt is no longer required to remove Flatpaks, and the development team has integrated support for Flatpaks upgrades in Linux Mint’s
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JEDEC, the standards body for the microelectronics industry, recently announced version 1.0 of the Universal Flash File-Based Optimization (UFS FBO) extension. This standard specifies extended specifications for UFS electrical interfaces and storage devices to optimize device performance degradation over time by physically defragmenting the LBA (logical block address) range associated with a particular file. According
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systemd 252 is out now. The announcement reads that systemd will no longer support cgroups v1 after the end of 2023. If the services run by users use the cgroups v1 feature, please implement compatibility with cgroups v2 as soon as possible. Most current Linux distributions already use cgroups v2. In addition, systemd plans to
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