First Arch Linux ISO Powered by Linux Kernel 5.16 Is Now Available for Download

Arch Linux 2022.02.01 is now available for download and it comes pre-installed with Linux 5.16 as default kernel for new installations and system rescue/recovery tasks. The ISO image includes Linux kernel 5.16.4, but it looks like Linux kernel 5.16.5 was also released today and you should expect it to land in the stable archives by […]

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How to Install Linux Kernel 5.17 on Fedora 35

In the following small tutorial, you will learn how to install the Latest Linux Kernel from the Fedora Rawhide repository on your Fedora 35 Workstation or Server.
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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Will Use Linux 5.15 Kernel

We now know what Linux kernel version Ubuntu 22.04 LTS will use when released in April. If you were hoping for the very latest we’re here to disappoint…
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Clonezilla Live Disk Cloning and Partitioning Tool Is Now Powered by Linux 5.15 LTS

Clonezilla Live 2.8.1 is here one and a half months after Clonezilla Live 2.8 and it’s the first release of the live Linux system to be powered by the latest and greatest Linux 5.15 LTS kernel series. The previous release was powered by Linux kernel 5.14, which reached end of life in November 2021. Linux […]

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How to Install Linux Kernel 5.16 on Ubuntu or Linux Mint

Linux kernel 5.16 is now available so here’s a tutorial on how to install it on your Ubuntu or Linux Mint distributions, or a similar derivative. Linux kernel 5.16 is a great release of Linux gamers and AMD users. It brings the long-anticipated FUTEX2 implementation from Collabora for a faster gaming experience when playing both […]

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PATCH NOW: New Ubuntu Linux Kernel Security Updates Fix 9 Vulnerabilities

These new Linux kernel security updates are here a little over a month after the previous ones, which addressed six vulnerabilities, and they’re available for Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri), Ubuntu 21.04 (Hisute Hippo), Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa), Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver), as well as the Ubuntu 16.04 and 14.04 ESM releases. Patched in […]

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How to Install Liquorix Kernel on Rocky Linux 8

In the following tutorial, you will learn how to install the latest Liquorix Kernel on your Rocky Linux 8 system.
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Intel is Giving a Superpower to Linux that Windows Users Don’t Have

Intel plans to include a special change with Linux Kernel 5.17 that will help updating the system firmware without rebooting the system.
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Cleaning Up the Linux Kernel’s ‘Dependency Hell’: This Developer is Proposing 2,200 Commit Changes

Cleaning off decades of code mess isn’t for the faint of heart, but leading Linux kernel developer Ingo Molnar is giving it the old college try in the open-source Linux kernel.
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Patches Published Speed Up Linux Kernel Assembly 50%-80%

Ingo Molnar, the well-known Linux kernel developer and author of CFS Task Scheduler (Completely Fair Scheduler), proposed for discussion in the Linux kernel development mailing list, a series of patches affecting more than half of all the files in the kernel source. The series provides an increase in the total rebuilding core speed 50-80% depending […]

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How to Install XanMod Kernel on Fedora 35

In the following tutorial, you will learn how to install the latest XanMod Kernel on your Fedora operating system.
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Linux Mint 20.3 Beta Is Now Available for Download

Linux Mint 20.3 was unveiled in early October 2021 and it’s scheduled for release near the Christmas holidays. The Linux Mint team already shared some of the new features coming to this update in the Linux Mint 20 series, which is based on the Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) operating system series and supported for […]

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Rust Advances to Become the Second Language of the Linux Kernel

Rust is called to do great things, to the extent that it has been proposed that Linux be rewritten, at least partially, in said programming language. Linus Torvalds did not close the door to this possibility, but the creator of the kernel, who is not very disruptive, showed some skepticism about how the technology from Mozilla would work […]

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The December 2021 Issue of the PCLinuxOS Magazine

The PCLinuxOS Magazine staff is pleased to announce the release of the December 2021 issue. In the December 2021 issue: Paul’s 2021 Holiday Gift Guide Inkscape Tutorial: Speckled Text Online game Stores For PCLinuxOS Short Topix: Linux Kernel 5.15 Gets Improved NTFS Driver, LTS Designation Repo Review: FF Multi Converter David’s Top 10 Holiday Gift […]

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The December 2021 Issue of the PCLinuxOS Magazine

The PCLinuxOS Magazine staff is pleased to announce the release of the December 2021 issue. In the December 2021 issue: Paul’s 2021 Holiday Gift Guide Inkscape Tutorial: Speckled Text Online game Stores For PCLinuxOS Short Topix: Linux Kernel 5.15 Gets Improved NTFS Driver, LTS Designation Repo Review: FF Multi Converter David’s Top 10 Holiday Gift […]

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Get Better Desktop Responsiveness Under Heavy CPU Load Using CFS Zen Tweaks

CFS Zen Tweaks is a bash script and systemd service that tweak the Linux CPU scheduler for better desktop responsiveness when under heavy CPU utilization. The default kernel settings are not tweaked for desktop usage, with high throughput being prioritized over latency, notes the CFS Zen Tweaks author. This results in a less responsive desktop […]

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Linux Kernel 5.14 Reached End of Life, Users Urged to Upgrade to Linux 5.15 LTS

Linux kernel 5.14 was released almost three months ago, on August 30th, 2021, in celebration of Linux’s 30th anniversary, and it introduced quite some interesting features, starting with better protection against those pesky Spectre vulnerabilities and continuing with much-enhanced support for AMD GPUs. Today, November 21st, renowned Linux kernel developer Greg Kroah-Hartman announced the release […]

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5 Officially Released, This Is What’s New

Coming more than five months after Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5 is the fifth maintenance update to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and brings various new features to RHEL’s web console, such as live kernel patching without using the command line tooling and enhanced performance metrics to help you identify […]

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10 Interesting & Fun Facts about Linux

Today, the Linux operating system powers supercomputers, bullet trains, Hollywood films, submarines, International Space Station, the New York Stock Exchange, and so on. However, the birth and journey of Linux have many thought-provoking and amazing fa…

Linux 5.15 Released, This is What’s New

What better way to kickstart a brand new month than with a brand new Linux kernel. Yes, Linux 5.15 is now officially released. Announcing the new kernel’s arrival on the Linux Kernel mailing list Linux founder Linus Trovalds writes: “The last wee…