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  • Linux Action News 209

    Why Linus believes keeping Linux fun is critical, the massive investment Fedora is about to make in video, and why we suspect Cloudflare's R2 service will make Amazon squirm.

    Plus a low key update to the Raspberry Pi 4, and the changes in the new Docker Compose 2.0.

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    • Linus Torvalds on Community, Rust and Linux’s Longevity
    — The ceremony opened by acknowledging a special moment in time with a birthday cake ceremoniously delivered to Torvalds to mark Linux’s 30th anniversary, drawing a round of applause from the audience.
  • Fedora To Focus On Driving New Linux Video Improvements Around PipeWire
    • — The ceremony opened by acknowledging a special moment in time with a birthday cake ceremoniously delivered to Torvalds to mark Linux’s 30th anniversary, drawing a round of applause from the audience.
  • " href="https://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2021/10/01/pipewire-and-fixing-the-linux-video-capture-stack/" rel="noopener noreferrer">PipeWire and fixing the Linux Video Capture stack | Christian F.K. Schaller
  • Docker Compose 2.0
  • docker - compose-switch
  • Raspberry Pi 4 model Bs arriving with newer ‘C0’ stepping
    • — The local Micro Center only had the 8 GB model in stock, so I went a little over budget and bought it. When I arrived home, I checked the board, and noticed a bit of a difference on the Broadcom SoC
  • What’s In A Raspberry Pi Processor Update?
  • Linode on Twitter
    • — We’re rolling out ultra-fast, better-performing, and more reliable NVMe block storage across all 11 of our global data centers
  • Ubuntu Community on Twitter
    • — An experimental open-source/libre snap server and wrapper by @RudraSaraswat1 is ready with the name 'lol'. You can daily-drive it on most distributions which support snaps.
  • Announcing Project Kebe
  • Announcing Cloudflare R2 Storage: Object Storage, minus the egress fees
    • — Cloudflare R2 Storage includes full S3 API compatibility, working with existing tools and applications as built.
  • Sad Server Stories | LINUX Unplugged 425
    • — Sometimes things go wrong; this week, we admit we've got a problem.
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  • Linux Action News 208

    Canonical gives Linux admins a lucky break, the details on Android's slow shift to an upstream Kernel, a breakthrough for Linux gaming, and our take on GNOME 41.

    Plus how AlmaLinux just rounded out their offering.

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    • Canonical extends support for 14.04 and 16.04 LTS • The Register
    — Users still running on 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr), released back in April 2014, now have until April 2024 (up from 2022) to make the move to something more recent. 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus), which dropped into Extended Security Maintenance (ESM) in April this year, has had this extended from April 2024 to April 2026.
  • Google Finally Shifting To “Upstream First” Linux Kernel Approach For Android Features
    • — Google's Todd Kjos talked today during Linux Plumbers Conference (LPC2021) around their Generic Kernel Image initiative.
  • LPC 2021 - Android MC - YouTube
  • Epic Games announce full Easy Anti-Cheat support for Linux including Wine & Proton
    • — Easy Anti-Cheat from Epic Games / Epic Online Services has officially announced a full expansion for Linux including native builds and Wine + Proton. This is big for Linux Gaming and the Steam Deck.
  • Epic Online Services launches Anti-Cheat support for Linux, Mac, and Steam Deck
  • BattlEye on Twitter
    • — “BattlEye has provided native Linux and Mac support for a long time and we can announce that we will also support the upcoming Steam Deck (Proton). This will be done on an opt-in basis with game developers choosing whether they want to allow it or not.”
  • Valve Publishes New Steam Deck FAQ With A Few New Details Shared
  • Steam Client Beta updated with PipeWire desktop capture for Remote Play
  • AlmaLinux Container Images Update - Full RHEL UBI Compatibility
    • — We are thrilled to announce that as of today, AlmaLinux now provides fully compatible alternatives for Red Hat Universal Base Images (UBI)!
  • Linode on Twitter
    • — “We’re rolling out ultra-fast, better-performing, and more reliable NVMe block storage across all 11 of our global data centers 🚀
  • GNOME 41 Released With Wayland Improvements, More Performance Tuning
    • — This morning's GNOME 41 release announcement sums up the new release as "Highlights in this release include improvements to the Software app, new multitasking settings and enhanced power management. Beyond that, there is a new Connections application, a refreshed Music application, performance improvements from the compositor to the toolkit, and much more."
  • GNOME 41 Released: The Most Popular Linux Desktop Environment Gets Better
  • GNOME 41 Released with New Settings, Power Savings, and More
  • GNOME 41 Desktop Environment Officially Released, This Is What’s New
  • Fedora Linux 35 Beta is GO
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  • Linux Action News 207

    Desktop Linux graphics are about to get a significant investment, Mozilla and Canonical work together on a Firefox Snap, and some key new insights into the Linux port to Apple’s M1.

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    • Red Hat - Senior Software Engineer - HDR Enablement
    — The Red Hat Workstation Engineering team is looking for an experienced Senior Software Engineer to work on desktop, compositor, and GPU support for High Dynamic Range (HDR) formats and displays for Linux.
  • Jared Domínguez on Twitter
    • — "It's that time again. I'm looking for someone to join my team to work on enabling HDR support in upstream Linux, Fedora and RHEL. Global applicants welcome. Underrepresented minorities highly encouraged."
  • Ubuntu to Make Firefox Snap Default in 21.10
    • — “Per Canonical’s distribution agreement with Mozilla, we’re making the snap the default installation of firefox on desktop ISOs starting with Ubuntu 21.10.”
  • Bug #1943840 “[FFe] Update the ubuntu-desktop-minimal seed to us…”
  • Feature Freeze Exception: Seeding the official Firefox snap in Ubuntu Desktop
    • — This is the result of cooperation and collaboration between the Desktop and Snap teams at Canonical and Mozilla developers, and is the first step towards a deb-to-snap transition that will take place during the 22.04 development cycle.
  • Reverse Engineering, Open-Source Driver Writing Continues For Apple’s M1 GPU
    • — Alyssa Rosenzweig spoke at the virtual X.Org Developers Conference about the ongoing work for bringing up Linux display and graphics support on the Apple M1 graphics processor.
  • XDC 2021 - Day 1 - September 15, 2021 - YouTube
  • Apple M1 USB Type-C Linux Support Code Sent Out For Testing
    • — Sven Peter has sent out the initial USB Type-C enablement work for the Apple ACE1/2 chips used by Apple M1 systems.
  • Apple Silicon / M1 Port Planned For GCC 12
    • — While the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) supports AArch64 and macOS/Darwin, it hasn't supported the two of them together but there is a port in progress to change it.
  • Alyssa Rosenzweig on Twitter
    • — Hello from Linux on my M1's internal storage! Thank you to @svenpeter42 for the NVMe driver. My daily driver now supports internal storage plus hotpluggable HDMI (native resolution), USB, and Ethernet.
  • X.Org Could Use More Help Improving & Addressing Its Security
  • LVFS Serves Up 2+ Million Firmware Downloads In The Past Month
    • — Over the past thirty days, LVFS has served up more than two million firmware files to users.
  • LVFS joins Linux Foundation
    • — The Linux Foundation welcomes the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS) as a new project.
  • Richard wrote on twitter
    • — We hit 2 million firmware downloads in the last 30 days for the first time. There are now over 3000 firmware files available on the LVFS, with over 100 vendors using 50 different protocols. It's been a huge amount of work but it feels pretty awesome.
  • LVFS Supported Device List
  • Researchers Find Malware Hiding in Windows Subsystem for Linux | Tom’s Hardware
  • There’s now malware for Windows Subsystem for Linux
    • — "These files acted as loaders running a payload that was either embedded within the sample or retrieved from a remote server and was then injected into a running process using Windows API calls,
  • KSMBD In-Kernel File Server Already Needs Important Security Fix - Phoronix
    • — This "important security fix" was sent in today for the Linux 5.15 kernel, potentially landing in time for 5.15-rc2 later today.
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  • Linux Action News 206

    Linus Torvalds attempts to get kernel developers to clean up their code, the performance regression that almost shipped, and the major production struggle Red Hat acknowledged this week.

    Plus, we try out Microsoft’s Linux distro, and some thoughts on our editorial style.

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    • 5.15 Merge window
    — 3,440 non-merge changesets have been pulled into the mainline repository for the 5.15 development cycle.
  • Amazon’s DAMON Merged Into Linux 5.15
  • Linux 5.15 Hit By Some Early Performance Regressions
  • AMD Posts New “AMD-PSTATE” CPUFreq Driver
    • — Leveraging CPPC For Better Perf-Per-Watt
  • Linux 5.15 Readies More Code For Compile & Run-Time Detection Of Buffer Overflows
  • AMD Finally Releases Overdue Linux CPPC Driver
  • OverlayFS On Linux 5.15 Improves Performance
  • Linux 5.15’s New “-Werror” Behavior Is Causing A Lot Of Pain
    • — That compiler flag addition makes all warnings be treated as errors, which in turn stops the kernel build.
  • Re: [GIT PULL] ntfs3: new NTFS driver for 5.15 - Linus Torvalds
  • Red Hat will officially support EPEL in the future
    • — The new team is being formed and is expected to start work in October.
  • History and Philosophy of EPEL - Fedora Project Wiki
  • Microsoft Releases Its August Update For The CBL-Mariner Linux Distribution
    • — One of the big fundamental changes with CBL-Mariner August 2021 is Microsoft now provides a public ISO to download of this Linux distribution.
  • CBL-Mariner: Linux OS for Azure 1P services and edge appliances
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  • Linux Action News 205

    SUSE's new era kicks off this week, CentOS users get some relief, and how Docker managed to piss off their users.

    Plus RISC-V gets a surprising benefactor, and the kernel feature we never thought would get merged that was just approved by Linus.

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    • SUSE Rancher 2.6 Launches After the Acquisition of Rancher Labs
    — The number of Kubernetes distributions SUSE Rancher 2.6 can support has been raised by two, with the addition of Microsoft Azure’s AKS and Google Cloud Platform’s GKE. Rancher 2.6 also will add support for SLE’s Base Container Images.
  • SUSE Updates Rancher Platform for Kubernetes
    • — Version 2.6 of SUSE Rancher adds a revamped user interface with improved logic-based workflows along with providing integration with SUSE Linux Enterprise Base Container Images (SLE BCI), a repository for container images for SUSE Linux.
  • SUSE Rancher 2.6 Brings Enterprise Customers Improved Interoperability Across Multi-Cloud Cluster Environments
  • Docker Desktop no longer free for large companies: New ‘Business’ subscription is here
    • — Docker will restrict use of the free version of its Docker Desktop utility to individuals or small businesses, and has introduced a new more expensive subscription, as it searches for a sustainable business model.
  • Docker is Updating and Extending Our Product Subscriptions - Docker Blog
    • — The new Docker Personal subscription replaces the Docker Free subscription. With its focus on open source communities, individual developers, education, and small businesses – which together account for more than half of Docker users – Docker Personal is free for these communities.
  • MongoDB tops $30 billion market cap in banner week for open source
    • — MongoDB said second-quarter revenue climbed 44% to $199 million, while its Atlas cloud database grew 83% and now makes up more than half of total revenue.
  • [Video] MongoDB CEO
    • — "We now have 29,000 customers."
  • CloudLinux offers CentOS 8 users a support lifeline
    • — CloudLinux has announced it will provide updates and support for CentOS 8 through December 31, 2025.
  • Linux on the Framework Laptop
    • — We recommend using 5.12 or newer for a kernel to get solid platform, WiFi, and bluetooth functionality, along with libfprint 1.92.0 or newer for the fingerprint reader. All of the other hardware like speakers, microphones, headphones, webcam, hardware privacy switches, keyboard media keys, ambient light sensor, and all of the Expansion Cards should work completely.
  • Apple Possibly Exploring Open-Source Alternative to Arm Architecture
    • — According to a newly posted job alert, spotted by Tom's Hardware, Apple is looking for an engineer that specializes in RISC-V, an open-source architecture instruction set that allows device makers to build their own chips without having to pay a license or royalty.
  • Apple M1 IOMMU Driver Merged For Linux 5.15, Intel Scalable Mode By Default
    • — This IOMMU on the Apple M1 has been a bit challenging for the developers to deal with as the hardware is fixed to using a 16K pagesize while there is ongoing work to improve the infrastructure so it will play happy when using a kernel with 4K CPU pagesize.
  • [Twitter] The M1 IOMMU driver (required for PCIe,WiFi,USB,display and almost everything else) was just merged by Linus
    • — "Thanks again to Robin Murphy and @alyssarzg for reviewing and testing and ofc to @joergroedel for accepting it!"
  • Merge tag 'iommu-updates-v5.15'
  • KSMBD As An In-Kernel SMB3 File Server Merged For Linux 5.15
    • — KSMBD, developed by Samsung, is focused on delivering speedy SMB3 file serving performance and also supporting features more implemented in kernel-space, like RDMA support for SMB Direct. KSMBD doesn't aim to be as comprehensive as well known Samba for CIFS/SMB support in user-space but is just focused on the performance and kernel feature angle.
  • KSMBD Kernel Docs
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  • Linux Action News 204

    Why the Linux kernel received so much mainstream attention this week, some of our favorite open-source projects get great updates, and why we're concerned about Linux Foundation members transferring innovation from Linux to closed source software at an industrial scale.

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    • Linux 5.14 set to boost future enterprise application security
    — A particular area of interest for both enterprise and cloud users is always security and to that end, Linux 5.14 will help with several new capabilities. Mike McGrath, vice president, Linux Engineering at Red Hat told TechCrunch that the kernel update includes a feature known as core scheduling, which is intended to help mitigate processor-level vulnerabilities like Spectre and Meltdown
  • Linux 5.14 Features Aplenty With New AMD GPUs, SmartShift, More Alder Lake, Core Scheduling
  • QEMU 6.1 Released With RISC-V Improvements, AMD Emulation Fixes
    • — RISC-V on QEMU has updates around OpenTitan platform support, support for VirtIO VGA, and a variety of other architecture improvements.
  • PipeWire 0.3.34 Released
    • — Bluetooth battery status support for head-set profile and using Apple extensions. aptX-LL and FastStream codec support was added.
  • CodeWeavers still hiring for a ‘General Wine Developer'
    • — CodeWeavers announced recently they need a bit of help on finding more developers, with a spot still currently open for a 'General Wine Developer' who will work on Wine and Proton.
  • Microsoft, Google partner on eBPF
    • — Hosted by the Linux Foundation, the new eBPF Foundation, which was unveiled August 12, plans to expand eBPF and extend it beyond Linux.
  • eBPF Summit 2021
  • The State & Future of eBPF - Thomas Graf
  • eBPF for Windows - Dave Thaler (Microsoft)
  • Linux On The Apple M1 Can Now Boot To The GNOME Desktop
    • — Alyssa Rosenweig, who has been working on reverse engineering the Apple M1 GPU since January, has now posted a screenshot of "GNOME Shell on the Apple M1, bare metal."
  • ‘Not great, but usable’: GNOME desktop boots on Asahi Linux for Apple M1
  • 30 years of Linux: OS was successful because of how it was licensed, says Red Hat
  • Linux turns 30: ​Linus Torvalds on his “just a hobby” operating system
  • Happy birthday – 30 Years of Linux
  • Happy Birthday, Linux: From a Bedroom Project To Billions of Devices in 30 Years
  • 30th Anniversary of Linux - Linux Foundation
  • Happy birthday, Linux: From a bedroom project to billions of devices in 30 years • The Register
  • Linode Joins Jupiter Broadcasting In Denver - YouTube
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  • Linux Action News 203

    What’s coming next for the Linux desktop, and some exclusive news from System76.

    Plus, we try out Element’s new voice messages and share our thoughts.

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    • This week in KDE
    — The KDE Project released today KDE Gear 21.08 as the newest series of their open-source software suite for the KDE Plasma desktop environment and other projects.
  • KDE Gear 21.08 Brings Improvements to Dolphin, Konsole, Okular, and Many Other KDE Apps
  • KDE Plasma Introduces A New Overview Effect, Many Wayland Fixes - Phoronix
  • 6 Sharing, Caring · This Week in GNOME
  • Ubuntu 21.10 Likely Sticking To The GNOME 40 Desktop
    • — Ideally we would have updated to 41 but feature freeze is today and we didn’t really have the resources available for the update.
  • MATE 1.26 Desktop Released With Some Wayland Support
    • — After one and a half years in development of MATE 1.26 as a fork of the GNOME 2 desktop components, this release is now available with initial Wayland support and more.
  • Element introduces Voice Messages
    • — This has been one of our oldest and most upvoted feature requests ever, so we are incredibly happy to unleash our first version of it at last.
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  • LINUX Unplugged 419: What’s Cookin’ at System76
  • Launch Configurable Keyboard | System76
    • — The Launch Configurable Keyboard is engineered to be comfortable, fully customizable, and make your workflow more efficient.
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  • Linux Action News 202

    What's new in Debian 11, and an example of the Linux Foundation funneling free software to their corporate friends.

    Plus, why Western Digital might be to thank for your next ultimate Linux workstation.

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    • Debian 11 “bullseye” Released
    — After 2 years, 1 month, and 9 days of development, the Debian project is proud to present its new stable version 11 (code name bullseye), which will be supported for the next 5 years thanks to the combined work of the Debian Security team and the Debian Long Term Support team.
  • " href="https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Debian-11-Released" rel="noopener noreferrer">Phoronix: Debian 11 “Bullseye” Released
  • Debian Live install images
  • Microsoft & Others Form The eBPF Foundation - Phoronix
    • — For driving eBPF usage moving forward for these sandboxed programs within the Linux kernel, the eBPF Foundation has been formed with backing from The Linux Foundation, Microsoft, Facebook, Netflix, Google, and others.
  • Linux Foundation Press Release
  • eBPF - Introduction, Tutorials & Community Resources
  • RISC-V Developers Continue Working On KVM Support
    • — This KVM RISC-V support has been led by Western Digital who remains very active with various elements of RISC-V Linux support.
  • Progress Report: August 2021 - Asahi Linux
  • Restore/upgrade firmware of iOS devices
  • Apple M1 PCIe Driver Under Review For The Linux Kernel
  • Elementary OS 6 Odin released on a ‘pay what you want’ basis • The Register
  • Pantheon-tweaks: A system settings panel for the Pantheon desktop environment.
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  • Linux Action News 201

    Since the announcement of the Steam Deck, things around Linux have started changing, including some big items this week.

    Plus how PipeWire will improve day-to-day desktop life, Google's push for more kernel investments, and a lot more.

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    • Google Calls On Companies To Devote More Engineers To Upstream Linux, Toolchains
    — The post notes that stable Linux kernel releases see close to 100 new fixes each week, but given that rate of change vendors are not always picking up the latest fixes or in some cases just trying to cherry-pick the "important" fixes. Besides acknowledging the need for more upstream kernel developers, the post also encourages vendors to go the route of chasing the latest Linux stable or LTS kernel releases in order to incorporate all fixes.
  • Google Online Security Blog: Linux Kernel Security Done Right
  • It’s time to improve Linux’s security | ZDNet
  • Google slams Linux kernel, says it needs major security investment | TechRadar
  • Bug in Lynx’ SSL certificate validation
  • Intel Proposes Linux Kernel Driver Allow/Deny Filtering
    • — Given the VMM is an untrusted entity and the VMM presents emulated
    hardware to the guest, a threat vector similar to Thunderclap [1] is
    present. Also, for ease of deployment, it is useful to be able to use
    the same kernel binary on host and guest, but that presents a wide
    attack surface given the range of hardware supported in typical
    builds.
  • [PATCH v1] driver: base: Add driver filter support
  • PipeWire 0.3.33 Released
    • — Bluetooth can now automatically switch between headset and audio profile
  • 0.3.33 · PipeWire / pipewire · GitLab
  • Samsung's In-Kernel SMB3 Server Gets Closer to Real
    • — Samsung has been developing "KSMBD" (formerly also known as CIFSD) as an in-kernel SMB3 file sharing server.
  • I tried Steam Deck early and it’s AWESOME! - YouTube
    • — It's my lucky day! Valve let me try the Steam Deck early - And it destroyed my expectations. Just how good is it? Let me explain...
  • I Have MORE to Say About Steam Deck - WAN Show August 6, 2021 - YouTube
  • A major bug fix week over at the KDE project
    • — We are really trying to improve the stability of our software now that it’s starting to be used in more 3rd-party products like the Steam Deck.
  • Lutris 0.5.9 Beta Released With Epic Games Store Support
    • — The Lutris 0.5.9 beta delivers on initial support for the Epic Games Store, support for DXVK-NVAPI and DLSS, FidelityFX Super Resolution is now an exposed option for compatible Wine versions, Valve's Gamescope Wayland game compositor is now an option, Esync usage is now enabled by default, the Dolphin emulator is now available as a game source, improved process monitoring, and other enhancements. It's quite a hearty update for this game manager.
  • Many Interesting Talks On Deck For The X.Org Developers Conference 2021 - Phoronix
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  • Linux Action News 200

    Microsoft's next kernel patch fixes a long-standing Linux issue, we'll share the details. Plus ChromeOS's next power user feature you haven't heard of, and Valve's broader plans that came into focus this week.

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  • Microsoft Effort For A Global Counter On Block/Disk Changes
    • — This global counter for block device changes is sought after to better correlate events for devices that may end up re-using the same device, commonly for cases like /dev/sda or /dev/loop0 when a device is detached and then later reattached but not necessarily the same device.
  • linux-block - Linux 5.x block layer tree(s)
  • The New NTFS Driver Looks Like It Will Finally Be Ready With Linux 5.15
    • — Following those v27 patches, on Friday there was Paragon developer Konstantin Komarov who responded to Torvalds and reaffirmed the company's support for maintaining this driver.
  • Microsoft: Component Shortages Not Going Away Any Time Soon
    • — Supply-chain pressures also will continue to impact Microsoft's Xbox gaming consoles and PCs made by its partners, company officials conceded. Hood told analysts to expect Windows OEM revenues in Q1 FY22 to decline mid to high single digits and Surface revenue to decline by low teens.
  • Mozilla VPN unveils major security boost
    • — Split tunneling is now available in Mozilla VPN on iOS and Android.
  • Steam Beta Brings New Downloads Page, Linux Container Updates
    • — This Steam beta update is a bit meatier than normal with a new downloads page implementation, several Linux-specific updates.
  • Steam Community :: Group :: Steam Client Beta
  • Chrome OS persistent desk bar receives a vital pre-release fix
    • — Last month, the Chrome OS development team decided that virtual desks weren’t being used enough by well, practically anyone, so they created what’s called Bento – or the ‘Persistent Desk Bar’.
  • Alyssa Rosenzweig gets Debian running on the M1
    • — Debian GNU/Linux running bare metal on the Apple M1 with a mainline kernel.
  • HackerSploit Docker Security Essentials eBook
    • — This guide focuses on securing the Docker platform on Linux.
  • Google to Officially Announce Subsea Cable to Connect Europe and Asia
    • — The laying of the cable is part of the arms race between the tech giants, with Google competing against Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft in the cloud and data center sectors. Owning a cable, as opposed to renting one, secures a company’s control of the traffic on the cable and ensures the company can serve its clients first before sharing traffic with its competitors.
  • How Hyperscale Cloud Platforms Reshaped the Submarine Cable Industry
    • — For a lot more on how hyperscalers are changing the game in the world of submarine cables, listen to our interview with TeleGeography’s Alan Mauldin in full on The Data Center Podcast.
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