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Windows In Just 2 Commands
Get Windows on Linux in 10 Minutes With These 2 Commands. Sometimes on Linux you need a working instance of Windows just to do a quick task that can only be done in Microsoft’s operating system. If you want to make that process as speedy as possible, check out Quickemu. Meet Quickemu Quickemu is a…
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Linux as “WinXP”
Who needs Windows 11? FreeXP is a modern version of Microsoft’s greatest OS, powered by Debian Linux I appreciate calling Windows XP “Microsoft’s greatest OS” will elicit snorts of derision from a good number of you. That honor probably belongs to Windows 7, or maybe even Windows 10 (once Microsoft ironed out the many problems…
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Torvalds Draws The Line
Linus Torvalds Clearly Lays Out Linux Maintainer Roles – Or Not – Around Rust Code The Linux kernel mailing list drama around the Rust programming language use within the kernel continues… Linus Torvalds has largely refrained from the ongoing LKML discussions around a Rust policy for the Linux kernel and in-fighting between kernel developers and…
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Latest Linux Desktop Tools
Linux is having a moment in the mainstream right now, thanks to the popularity of the Steam Deck and SteamOS. The thing is, while Linux is the overarching name for the operating systems bearing its name, there are as many Linux distributions as stars in the sky (okay, maybe not quite, but it’s not far…
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Alt version to ‘DeepResearch’
In a testament to the rapid advancements in the AI market, a team at Hugging Face has successfully replicated OpenAI’s Deep Research agent, which was released earlier this week. The new open-source initiative, named Open DeepResearch, has already matched the performance benchmarks of OpenAI’s product at a significantly lower cost. What is Deep Research? Deep…
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Linux kernel flaw added to CISA’s list
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Feb. 5 added a high-severity Linux kernel vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) list, ordering federal agencies to apply a patch within three weeks. CISA’s order follows Google issuing a patch for the bug — CVE-2024-53104 — mainly because the flaw could let attackers escalate privileges…
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