For those that happen to have the Dell G15 5530 laptop or considering this Intel Core i7 13650HX + NVIDIA GeForce RTX high-end laptop, the upcoming Linux 6.18 kernel is set to have AWCC platform profile support for this model as a nice enhancement. In turn this patch should also be back-ported to future stable Linux kernel point releases…
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KDE Plasma 6.5 Desktop Environment Released, This Is What’s New
KDE Plasma 6.5 desktop is out now, adds automatic light-dark theme switching, rounded window corners, pinned clipboard items with permanent access, and more.
Gnoppix KDE 25.10 Launches with Debian Trixie Base
Discover the latest features of Gnoppix KDE 25.10, built on the Debian Trixie base. Explore enhanced performance and user-friendly tools for your desktop.
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10 MySQL Interview Questions Every DBA Must Know
In our previous articles, we’ve covered MySQL interview questions for beginners and intermediate users, and the response has been overwhelming. Today, we’re taking a different approach – focusing specifically on MySQL Database Interview Questions tailored for Linux users.
Now, some of you might be wondering why we’re separating Linux users from the rest. Well, the reason is simple. In most production environments, MySQL runs on Linux servers, and interviewers expect you to know more than just SQL queries.
They want to see if you understand how MySQL interacts with the Linux operating system, how to troubleshoot performance issues at the OS level, and how to manage databases through the command line.
We received several emails from our readers asking for questions that combine both MySQL and Linux knowledge. One reader specifically mentioned, “Your questions are good, but they don’t cover the system administration side of MySQL which is crucial for DBA roles.” Fair point. That’s exactly what we’re addressing today.
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Intel Xe3P_LPD Display Support For Linux Being Built Out Ahead Of Nova Lake
Earlier this month Intel Linux software engineers began posting patches for enabling Xe3P kernel graphics driver support with initial usage by Nova Lake processors and later the expected Celestial discrete GPUs. That initial Xe3P iGPU support is going into Linux 6.19 but expect more feature additions and optimizations in follow-on kernel cycles in 2026. Similarly the patches have now begun coming out for enabling the display engine capabilities for “Xe3P_LPD” for actually being able to drive displays (monitors) with Xe3P on Nova Lake…
Intel Nova Lake Support Merged For GCC 16 Compiler
Following last week LLVM/Clang 22 adding Intel Nova Lake with “-march=novalake” support, the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) has now received similar treatment for the promising next-generation desktop processors…
Linux 6.19 To Support Sensor Monitoring On The ASUS ROG STRIX X870E-H GAMING WIFI7
For those that have been considering the ASUS ROG STRIX X870E-H GAMING WIFI7 motherboard for a high-end AMD Ryzen 9000 series desktop, sensor monitoring support will soon be working under Linux…
OpenBSD 7.8 Released With Raspberry Pi 5 Support, AMD SEV Enablement
Theo de Raadt released OpenBSD 7.8 today as the newest feature release to this popular BSD operating system…
VirtualBox 7.2.4 Released with Initial Support for Linux Kernel 6.18
Oracle released today VirtualBox 7.2.4 as the second maintenance update to the latest VirtualBox 7.2 series for this open-source, free, and cross-platform virtualization solution from Oracle.
How to Install and Configure Polybar on Linux
Learn how to install and configure Polybar to create a Linux status bar that gives you complete control over what it displays.
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Is PHP declining? JetBrains says yes. And no
24,500 devs polled, two blog posts, one confusionJetBrains has released its State of the Developer Ecosystem survey, with more than 24,500 responses, revealing AI’s impact on developer tools and programming language trends – including the claim that PHP and Ruby are in “long term decline.”…
Clonezilla Live 3.3.0-33 Adds Support for Cloning MTD Block and eMMC Boot Devices
Clonezilla Live developer Steven Shiau released Clonezilla Live 3.3.0-33 as a new version of this Debian-based, free, and open-source bootable live system for cloning disk drives and partitions.
AlmaLinux 10.1 Beta Released For Popular RHEL 10 Community Distribution
Earlier today the AlmaLinux project announced their plans for supporting the Btrfs file-system contrary to the stance by Red Hat with upstream Red Hat Enterprise Linux. They have capped off the day now by releasing the AlmaLinux 10.1 beta complete with this new Btrfs support…
AlmaLinux 10.1 Adds Native Btrfs Filesystem Support
The upcoming AlmaLinux 10.1 will introduce native Btrfs support, bringing snapshotting, compression, and advanced data protection features.
Linux 6.19 To Enable Networking For The EIC7700 SoC Powering The SiFive Premier P550
Upstreamed for the current Linux 6.18 cycle was finally having mainline support for the ESWIN EIC770 SoC with its four SiFive P550 cores plus having the DeviceTree support for the SiFive HiFive Premier P550 RISC-V development board using that SoC. Sadly not making it though for Linux 6.18 was the Ethernet controller support for the EIC7700 SoC but that is now destined to arrive in Linux 6.19…
Percona’s New CEO Peter Farkas Returns to a Company He Never Really Left
In an exclusive conversation, newly minted Percona CEO Peter Farkas explains why the company’s open source-first approach still works — and how he plans to build on it across global teams and new database fronts.
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AlmaLinux 10.1 Will Support The Btrfs File-System
It’s been nearly a decade since Red Hat notably deprecated Btrfs back in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 after it being a tech preview in earlier versions of RHEL. While upstream Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 remains on XFS and supporting the likes of Stratis Storage with LVM, AlmaLinux today announced that their AlmaLinux 10.1 release will support Btrfs…
Clonezilla Live 3.3 Released with Linux Kernel 6.16 and New Utilities
Clonezilla Live 3.3 disk cloning and imaging software updates to Linux kernel 6.16, adds ocs-blkdev-sorter, improves device handling, and fixes key bugs from previous releases.
Valkey 9.0 Released With Ability To Achieve One Billion Requests / Second
Valkey as the popular, Linux Foundation backed fork of the Redis key-value database is out today with its big v9.0 release…
KDE Plasma 6.5 Desktop Environment Officially Released, This Is What’s New
The KDE Project released today KDE Plasma 6.5 as the latest stable version to this popular desktop environment for Linux-based operating system that brings new features, improvements, and bug fixes.