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Try Microsoft’s Azure Linux?
From Microsoft’s GitHub page: Azure Linux is an internal Linux distribution for Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure and edge products and services. Azure Linux is designed to provide a consistent platform for these devices and services and will enhance Microsoft’s ability to stay current on Linux updates. This initiative is part of Microsoft’s increasing investment in a…
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Malware Hid for Two Years Undetected
Stealthy ‘sedexp’ Linux malware evaded detection for two years. A stealthy Linux malware named ‘sedexp’ has been evading detection since 2022 by using a persistence technique not yet included in the MITRE ATT&CK framework. The malware was discovered by risk management firm Stroz Friedberg, an Aon Insurance company, and enables its operators to create reverse…
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Surprising Gaming Victory vs. Win 11
The conversation around gaming on Linux has changed significantly during the last several years. It’s a success story engineered by passionate developers working on the Linux kernel and the open-source graphics stack (and certainly bolstered by the Steam Deck). Many of them are employed by Valve and Red Hat. Many are enthusiasts volunteering their time…
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AMD Developing New Hetero CPU Core Driver
AMD for months has already been working on heterogeneous core topology optimizations for Linux within the AMD P-State CPUFreq driver and other heterogeneous CPU topology improvements for dealing with Ryzen systems sporting a mix of “classic” (full) cores with the denser “C” cores. Today though they’ve announced a brand new “Heterogeneous Core Driver” for further…
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LinkedIn moves from CentOS to Azure Linux
LinkedIn has replaced CentOS as their default server operating system choice with Azure Linux to power all of their server needs. Driven by CentOS 7 going end-of-life and the changes around CentOS, LinkedIn decided to switch from CentOS-based servers to making use of Azure Linux, Microsoft’s Linux distribution formerly known as CBL-Mariner. Though likely not…
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*The* Definition of Open Source AI
We finally have a definition for open-source AI.Open-source AI is everywhere right now. The problem is, no one agrees on what it actually is. Now we may finally have an answer. The Open Source Initiative (OSI), the self-appointed arbiters of what it means to be open source, has released a new definition, which it hopes…
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