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Switching Linux to BSD because boring is Good
One of Stefano Marinelli’s NetBSD boxes sat quietly serving for a decade, because everyone forgot about it. This is how Unix is meant to be. After this year’s Open Source Summit in Vienna, the Reg FOSS desk travelled to Dublin for the 2024 EuroBSDCon. One of the talks at the event was from the man who built that…
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API Gateway Checklist
Your API gateway orchestrates traffic, enforces security, optimizes performance and welcomes users. Use this checklist to assess how well it’s doing. Every API needs a front door. A welcoming threshold for the handshakes of requests and responses. A solid construction that won’t fall apart with all the traffic. And wouldn’t a screen door be nice…
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AMD Ryzen beats Intel Lunar Lake
AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series Dominates Intel Core Ultra 7 Lunar Lake Performance For Linux Developers & Creators! Written by Michael Larabel Earlier this week I delivered initial Intel Xe2 Lunar Lake graphics benchmarks on Linux while today the focus is on Lunar Lake’s CPU performance. The Xe2 graphics performance under Linux was disappointingly slow…
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Malware on Millions of Nix Servers
Armed with a staggering arsenal of at least 20,000 different exploits for various Linux server misconfigurations, the malware known as “perfctl” is everywhere, annoying, and tough to get rid of. Talk about ‘persistent’… A multipurpose and mysterious malware dropper has been terrorizing Linux servers worldwide for years, infecting untold thousands of victims with cryptomining and…
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NASA+IBM Open Source AI for weather
IBM says new artificial intelligence (AI) foundation model offers insights beyond forecasting for scientists, developers, and businesses to better understand and analyze weather and climate data. IBM in Armonk, N.Y. announced the launch of a new open-source AI foundation model designed for various weather and climate applications. Developed in collaboration with the National Aeronautics and Space…
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Checking NVMe SSD Temps
This simple tutorial shows how you can check the temperature of your NVMe SSD on Linux using both terminal and GUI methods. Recently, NVMe, short for Non-Volatile Memory Express drives, has become the go-to storage option for modern desktops. Unlike traditional hard drives, NVMe drives are significantly faster, allowing for quicker boot times, faster file…
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