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Enthusiast demos installing Alpine Linux with the Windows Installer
An enthusiast shows us how to set up the Windows Installer to install Alphine Linux, for reasons unknown to all parties involved.
How to manage Linux network connections via the terminal
Linux has a great network management GUI but sometimes we need to get our hands dirty in the terminal. In this how to we look at how to manage connections on a typical Debian Linux machine.
Ubuntu 24.04 Beta released after week delay due to malicious code
Delayed by a week due to malicious code in the XZ compression tools, Ubuntu 24.04 'Nodle Numbat' is ready for beta users to test.
Ubuntu 24.04 Beta delayed due to malicious code in xz-utils, other Linux distros are also affected
The Ubuntu 24.04 beta has been delayed for a week due to malicious code in the xz-utils package. Updates and fixes are being worked on.
You can run LUnix on an NES — demo shows a Unix-like OS running completely on the NES
A tech enthusiast was able to run a Unix-like operating system on the NES using completely original hardware.
Damn Small Linux returns after a 12-year break – grows from 50MB to 700MB
And beware this first 2024 release is classed as an alpha.
Intel CPUs enjoy up to 14% boost in Linux thanks to Thread Director patch
A new patch for Thread Director on Linux sees hybrid Intel CPUs achieve better performance in virtual machines.
Linux dev delivers a 6% file system performance increase with five minutes work
Jens Axboe, the developer of IO_uring for Linux, delivers software patches that provide a 6% file system performance increase – says the coding ‘was literally a 5 min job’
