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NVIDIA’s Kernel Driver Performs Parity vs Proprietary
With the recently introduced NVIDIA 555 Linux driver stable series their open-source GPU kernel driver modules are in great shape across consumer and professional graphics products. Over the past two years the support has evolved so much that NVIDIA is now promoting their open-source kernel driver usage and with the NVIDIA 560 Linux driver beta…
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Overtaking the Desktop … Eventually …
5 reasons why Linux will overtake Windows and MacOS on the desktop – eventually. Although Linux still only commands single digits in market share, I expect that to rise exponentially over the coming years. Here’s why. I’ve been using Linux as my go-to operating system for decades, and I’ve never regretted it for a second.…
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All Swiss Govt Software to be Open Source
Switzerland now requires all government software to be open source. The United States remains reluctant to work with open source, but European countries are bolder. Several European countries are betting on open-source software. In the United States, eh, not so much. In the latest news from across the Atlantic, Switzerland has taken a major step…
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NVIDIA 560 Linux driver (beta)
NVIDIA has released a fresh Beta to get you testing all the latest features and fixes. So here’s what’s new in the NVIDIA 560.28.03 driver Beta for Linux. As NVIDIA said recently, this is the first release that will use the open GPU kernel modules by default, as long as your GPU supports this. Which…
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Developing a Game on Unreal 5 and Linux
In November 2022, we started a side project in my company, a video game called Cuprum 2929. Because I love Linux (being a full user since 2009) and I’m the owner of the company, I made the bold decision to fully develop it on Linux. While this is largely true, I have to put a…
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New Malware Is Going After VMware Systems
This dangerous new Linux malware is going after VMware systems with multiple extortion attempts. Cybersecurity researchers from Trend Micro recently found a Linux variant of the dreaded Play ransomware strain targeting VMWare ESXi environments. In a technical breakdown, Trend Micro’s Threat Hunting team said this was the first time Play was seen targeting ESXi environments,…
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