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    As the automotive industry continues to advance into the world of high-performance computing
  2. Understanding Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) lifecycle
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is the world’s leading enterprise Linux platform
  3. What's new in the web console in RHEL 9.3 and 8.9
    The Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) web console is a simplified web-based management tool that lets you manage many aspects of RHEL more efficiently
  4. Security Leftovers
    Security links for the day
  5. today's howtos
    many howtos for this evening
  6. Android Leftovers
    Google tests real-time app scanning to protect Android users from financial fraud
  7. ClamAV 1.3.0 Introduces Major Enhancements and Bug Fixes
    ClamAV antivirus enhances security with the 1.3.0 release, including critical patches in versions 1.2.2 & 1.0.5
  8. Ubuntu 24.04 Plans Switch to Thunderbird Snap from DEB
    If you’re an Ubuntu user who uses the Thunderbird e-mail client there are some interesting changes on the way you will want to know about
  9. 7 Best Free and Open Source Text-Based Git Clients
    Git is an open source distributed version control system which was originally designed by Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, in 2005 for Linux kernel development
  10. today's leftovers
    Free software and BSD
  11. Programming Leftovers
    R, C++, Perl and more
  12. Security Issues: Windows TCO and Honeypots
    4 more stories about security
  13. Open Hardware/Modding: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Purism, and More
    grand total of 9 stories for now
  14. Games: Many Layoffs (Microsoft Also), Proton Experimental, Steam, and More
    mostly layoffs and Steam
  15. today's howtos
    a few howtos for this afternoon
  16. System76 CEO blames Ubuntu flip-flopping for shift to Pop!_OS, talks up benefits of in-house OS development
    In a recent interview, the CEO of System76, the company that makes the Pop!_OS Linux distribution
  17. LicheeRV Nano – A low-cost SG2002 RISC-V and Arm camera and display board with optional WiFi 6 and/or Ethernet
    Sipeed says it provides for Buildroot Linux and Debian operating systems
  18. Optimizing Cybersecurity: Exploring the Synergy Between Linux Operating Systems and Emerging Security
    Linux operating systems are popular for several reasons
  19. GNOME Finally Decides to Step Up - Revamp its Documentation For Contributors
    If you want to contribute to GNOME, understanding what it takes just got easier
  20. Security Leftovers
    patches and incidents
  21. EasyOS 5.7 Introduces Exciting Features and Enhancements
    A new release of EasyOS 5.7 is now available, I did a quick review of this version.
  22. Today in Techrights
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