Distribution Release: Ubuntu Pack 24.04

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Ubuntu*Pack is an Ubuntu remix built by Ukraine’s UALinux, an official partner of Canonical. The project includes several editions (including Desktop, Education, Game, Server, and Rescue) and comes with extra applications, drivers and media codecs. The project’s latest release, version 24.04, is avalable in ten editions, offering a…. The source page, where this article … Continue reading Distribution Release: Ubuntu Pack 24.04

The CrowdStrike Outage and Market-Driven Brittleness

Friday’s massive internet outage, caused by a mid-sized tech company called CrowdStrike, disrupted major airlines, hospitals, and banks. Nearly 7,000 flights were canceled. It took down 911 systems and factories, courthouses, and television stations. Tallying the total cost will take time. The outage affected more than 8.5 million Windows computers, and the cost will surely be in the billions of dollars­easily matching the most costly … Continue reading The CrowdStrike Outage and Market-Driven Brittleness

Linux Mint 22 Released – Built Atop Ubuntu 24.04 With Latest Cinnamon Desktop

Linux Mint 22 was formally released today as the newest major release of this desktop-focused Linux distribution built atop the Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package base while featuring its in-house Cinnamon desktop environment and other software apps… The source page, where this article was taken from Author: Michael Larabel Continue reading Linux Mint 22 Released – Built Atop Ubuntu 24.04 With Latest Cinnamon Desktop

Distribution Release: Linux Mint 22

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The Linux Mint team have announced the launch of Linux Mint 22. The new version will be supported through to 2029 and focused primarily on updating language and hardware support: “Linux Mint 22 ships with modern components and the new Ubuntu 24.04 package base. To guarantee better compatibility…. The source page, where this article … Continue reading Distribution Release: Linux Mint 22

Distribution Release: Murena 2.2

The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Murena is an umbrella name for the /e/OS operating system, associated open source powered smartphones, and cloud-based services. The Murena project has launched version 2.2 of its smartphone operating system which blocks more app trackers and introduces parental controls. “One of the standout features in this release is…. The source page, where this article … Continue reading Distribution Release: Murena 2.2

AMD Working On More Precise GPU Reset Capabilities For Their Linux Driver

While the hope remains that GPU resets are a very infrequent task, AMD Linux driver engineers have recently been working on the ability to support a per-queue GC reset capability for more precise reset capabilities when needed… The source page, where this article was taken from Author: Michael Larabel Continue reading AMD Working On More Precise GPU Reset Capabilities For Their Linux Driver

VMware Hypercall API Makes It Into Linux 6.11 For Basis To Allow Confidential Computing

When it comes to virtualization with the Linux 6.11 kernel, in addition to the latest AMD SEV-SNP code making it upstream, for those making use of VMware virtualization products their initial “VMware Hypercall” API has been merged… The source page, where this article was taken from Author: Michael Larabel Continue reading VMware Hypercall API Makes It Into Linux 6.11 For Basis To Allow Confidential Computing

Amazon’s Graviton Has Evolved Into A Formidable CPU Contender: Graviton1 To Graviton4 Benchmarks

Amazon’s Graviton4 server processor that recently went into GA in the AWS cloud is easily the most competitive AArch64 server processor we’ve seen to date and proving capable of being able to compete with Intel Xeon and AMD EPYC processors across various workloads. Since Graviton4 went GA on AWS earlier this month I’ve looked at the Graviton4 comparison to other instances at 64 vCPUs and … Continue reading Amazon’s Graviton Has Evolved Into A Formidable CPU Contender: Graviton1 To Graviton4 Benchmarks

Data Wallets Using the Solid Protocol

I am the Chief of Security Architecture at Inrupt, Inc., the company that is commercializing Tim Berners-Lee’s Solid open W3C standard for distributed data ownership. This week, we announced a digital wallet based on the Solid architecture. Details are here, but basically a digital wallet is a repository for personal data and documents. Right now, there are hundreds of different wallets, but no standard. We … Continue reading Data Wallets Using the Solid Protocol