Microsoft Edge Beta for Linux is available
When Microsoft released the Microsoft Edge based on Chromium browser last year, it revealed that it would support Windows, Linux, Android, iOS, and macOS systems at the same time, but there was no Linux...
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VyOS 1.3.0-rc4 releases: network operating system
VyOS is forked from the Vyatta community, is a network operating system that provides software-based network routing, firewall, and VPN functionality. VyOS is based on Debian GNU/Linux and is fully open source free. VyOS...
The sound updates for Linux 5.13 have been merged into the mainline
The audio-related update for Linux 5.13 has been released and has been merged into the mainline. This year, PipeWire continues to gain attention in improving the sound of the Linux userspace, and the kernel’s...
Linux 5.13 adds initial support for Apple M1
The Linux 5.13 kernel adds preliminary support for Apple M1 SoC and Apple devices in 2020 (Mac Mini, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air). On the first day of the Linux 5.13 merger window, the six...
Microsoft Edge for Linux finally supports synchronizing data
Microsoft pushes Microsoft Edge Dev 91.0.831.1 to Linux users. In this version, Microsoft finally brings data synchronization to Linux users. After installing the development version, Linux users need to enable the experimental option and...
Linux developers continue to discuss kernel “Straight Line Speculation” mitigation measures
Last summer, ARM Company disclosed the Straight Line Speculation (SLS) vulnerability, and they soon introduced safeguards against SLS in the GCC and LLVM compilers. Compiler-based SLS mitigation measures include adding speculative barrier sequences around...
Microsoft contributes integrity subsystem update to Linux 5.12
Recently, Microsoft engineers contributed an integrity subsystem update for Linux 5.12, which has been merged into the main branch. The Linux Integrity Measurement Architecture (IMA) subsystem introduces hooks in the inner core to support...
The Linux Foundation provides free Node.js online courses
Node.js is very popular, but it is not easy to learn. Now, the Linux Foundation hopes to help you learn Node.js better through free online courses. Node.js is an open-source, cross-platform, back-end JavaScript runtime...
System76 announces more details of “Launch Configurable Keyboard”
Linux PC manufacturer System76 announced in March last year that it would build a customized Linux keyboard, and successively revealed the overall concept and content of the keyboard. Recently, Phoronix reported that System76 is...
New Kobalos Linux malware steals SSH credentials from supercomputers
A new backdoor program has targeted supercomputers all over the world, which uses a trojaned OpenSSH software to steal credentials for secure network connections. The malware does not widely affect all kinds of computer...
Firefox supports hardware acceleration on Linux
Recently, Firefox developer Martin Stransky introduced the latest WebRender function of Firefox 84, saying that it is the first hardware acceleration function implemented by Firefox on a Linux system, reaching an important milestone in...
Windows calculator app is available on Linux
Uno Platform said that it has successfully ported the Windows Calculator application to Ubuntu Linux, called Uno Calculator. They worked with the Canonical team to create and publish this tool to the Ubuntu Snap...
Microsoft wants to create a complete virtualization stack with Linux and Hyper-V
Microsoft engineer Wei Liu recently submitted a series of kernel patches for Hyper-V code for Linux. The purpose is to make Linux run as a root partition on Microsoft Hypervisor (Hyper-V). Hyper-V is a...
Microsoft: the Linux software repository will no longer support TLS 1.0/1.1 on September 24, 2020
Microsoft announced that it plans to stop supporting the insecure TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 protocols in its Linux software repository from September 24, 2020. TLS 1.0 and 1.1 were initially scheduled to be...
IBM announces IBM Homomorphic Encryption Toolkit for Linux
In early June, IBM released a Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) toolkit for MacOS and iOS. Now, the company announces the launch of a new FHE toolkit for Linux, bringing FHE to multiple Linux distributions...
