With the Linux 3.17 kernel, Mesa 10.3, and the newest Radeon microcode files, there’s finally working Hawaii GPU support by AMD’s open-source Linux graphics driver. The Radeon R9 290 series launched nearly one year ago and finally now the open-source driver is working right, so we’ve conducted some preliminary tests using the R9 290 compared to AMD’s other Radeon GPUs on the open-source Linux driver.

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Linux 3.17 Doesn’t Boost Ivy Bridge Performance Numbers

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Phoronix

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August 25, 2014

Last week I ran some performance tests that found Sandy Bridge was faster with the Linux 3.17 kernel and these performance gains with the still in-development kernel extended beyond just graphics. Curious, I ran some tests this weekend to see whether Intel Ivy Bridge processors were also running faster with Linux 3.17 compared to Linux 3.16 stable…

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Who Manages the Management Software?

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ZDNet

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August 25, 2014

Intigua believes that the movement towards software defined data centers, networks, storage and the increasing reliance on virtualization technology means that companies need new tools to manage their management products.

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Linux Turns 23 Years Old Today

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Phoronix

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August 25, 2014

It was on this day in 1991 that Linus Torvalds first announced his new operating system that would go on to become Linux…

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Welcome CryptX2: An Open Source Hardware Encrypted Storage Device

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The Linux Foundation

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August 25, 2014

Pretty cool open source project again looking into security and privacy in the post-PRISM world (Support on indiegogo): The CryptX2 is a hardware encrypted storage device. If you have data you want to secure and you want the highest level of security you can get, you want the CryptX2. Open source â€“ verified secure, no backdoors, [â€¦]

Cybersecurity’s Hiring Crisis: A Troubling Trajectory

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ZDNet

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August 25, 2014

There is a severe — and worsening — shortage of information security professionals. Leading industry experts believe it predicts a grave outcome.

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Powerful Command-line File Transfer Programs

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Steve Emms

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August 25, 2014

This article provides my pick of the best open source command line file transfer programs. The software featured here supports a number of different protocols. They offer shell-like command syntax, and are great for scripting purposes.

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SAR Command for Linux System Performance Monitoring

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YourOwnLinux

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August 25, 2014

System Activity Report, also known as sar, is one of the most important utility for Linux system administrators when it comes to performance monitoring of a Linux system. sar provides an overview of the Linux system with various crucial metrics which include Processor, Memory, I/O Devices and Network related information. With sar, one can gather and store the information whenever there is an issue with the Linux server, and then use this data in order to deal with similar issue in future by comparing these system statistics with the ones at that point of time. In brief, historical analysis can be made a lot easier, when sar is used.

With sar, one can get information regarding following metrics:

Overall CPU Utilization
Individual CPU Utilization
Memory Utilization
Swap Utilization
Block Device Statistics
I/O Related Details
System Buffer and Context Switch Related Information
Network Related Statistics
Memory Allocation