Category Archives: Linux

Linux 6.19 To Enable Networking For The EIC7700 SoC Powering The SiFive Premier P550

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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…

AlmaLinux 10.1 Will Support The Btrfs File-System

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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…

Valkey 9.0.0 released

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Version
9.0.0 of the Valkey distributed key-value database has been
released. Notable features of this release include Multipath TCP
(MPTCP) support, new filters for
client commands, multi-database
support for cluster mode and much more. See the Valkey 9.0.0 RC1
release notes for a full list of new features in this major
release.

According to a recent blog post, this
release includes major improvements to performance and scaling of
Valkey clusters to more than 2,000 nodes and one billion requests per
second. Valkey began as a
fork of the Redis key-value database in March 2024, but has
evolved separately since then.

Revisiting The SNC3 vs. HEX Mode Performance With Intel Xeon 6 Granite Rapids

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Last year following the launch of the Intel Xeon 6900P Granite Rapids processors I ran some benchmarks looking at the SNC3 vs. HEX clustering mode performance. With having an Intel Xeon 6980P server back up and running on a Giga Computing R284-A92-AAL server after my AvenueCity reference server failed nearly one year ago, I revisited the SNC3 vs. HEX clustering performance for those curious how it’s looking on a modern software stack and with new/updated benchmarks.

[$] Git considers SHA-256, Rust, LLMs, and more

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The Git source-code management system is a foundational tool upon which
much of the free-software community is based. For many people, Git simply
works, though perhaps in quirky ways, so the activity of its development
community may not often appear on their radar. There is a lot happening in
the Git world at the moment, though, as the project works toward a 3.0
release sometime in 2026. Topics of interest in the Git community include
the SHA-256 transition, the introduction of code written in Rust, and how
the project should view contributions created with the assistance of large
language models.

20 Essential SSH Configurations and Security Tips for Linux

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SSH (Secure Shell) is one of the most important tools for Linux system administrators and developers, as it allows you to securely log in to remote machines, run command-line programs, manage files, transfer data, forward ports, and even run GUI apps remotely.

But here’s the catch → using SSH with default settings isn’t always safe, because hackers constantly scan the internet for open SSH ports and weak logins. That’s why learning how to properly configure and secure SSH is a must.

In this guide, we’ll cover essential SSH configurations and security tips every Linux beginner should know to keep their servers secure, efficient, and running smoothly.

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