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Tor Project Merges with Tails
The Tor Project is merging operations with Tails, a portable Linux-based operating system focused on preserving user privacy and anonymity. The merger comes against a backdrop of ongoing digital surveillance and regulatory maneuvers to break end-to-end encryption, while censorship of online services also remains firmly on the global agenda. Tails will be incorporated “into the…
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NVIDIA’s Open-Source Driver Code For “vGPU” Support
NVIDIA engineers have sent out an exciting set of Linux kernel patches for enabling NVIDIA vGPU software support for virtual GPU support among multiple virtual machines (VMs). In aiming for upstream-focused Linux support, this NVIDIA vGPU support is built around the adapted Nouveau driver with the code previously posted for splitting up the Nouveau/NVKM driver…
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Create and Connect to an NFS Share
If you need faster copy and write speeds than you’re finding with Samba, NFS is a great option. Just remember that NFS isn’t quite as flexible as Samba. NFS stands for Network File System and is yet another way to share directories over a network. NFS has been around since the mid-80s and although it’s…
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Steam on ARM64 Linux and Android?
Valve appear to be testing ARM64 and Android support for Steam on Linux Valve appear to have some pretty ambitious future plans for Steam, as we’ve seen recently in a leak (and not for the first time) that Valve has plans for ARM64 and Android support on Linux. As usual, the leaks come thanks to…
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Running Linux on Intel 4004!
There’s no lower spec linux machine than this one! It’s not uncommon for a new distro version to come out, and a grudging admission that maybe a faster laptop is on the cards. Perhaps after seeing this project though, you’ll never again complain about that two-generations-ago 64-bit multi-core behemoth, because [Dimitri Grinberg] — who else!…
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Beta Ubuntu 24.1 with Kernel 6.11
Ubuntu 24.10 “Oracular Oriole” enters public beta testing with Linux 6.11, GNOME 47. The final release of Ubuntu 24.10 (Oracular Oriole) is expected on October 10th, 2024. Today, Canonical released the beta version of the upcoming Ubuntu 24.10 (Oracular Oriole) operating system for public testing ahead of the final release on October 10th, 2024. With…
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