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Submission + - Linux Kernel Runtime Guard 0.9.0 Is Released (linuxreviews.org)

Submitted by xiando on Friday April 16, 2021 @02:31PM

xiando writes: Linux Kernel Runtime Guard (LKRG) is a security module for the Linux kernel developed by Openwall. The latest release adds compatibility with Linux kernels up to soon to be released 5.12, support for building LKRG into kernel images, support for old 32-bit x86 machines and more. Loading the LKRG 0.9.0 module will cause a kernel panic and a complete halt if SELinux is enabled.

Submission + - The Latest Arch Linux ISO Has A Fresh New Guided Installer (linuxreviews.org) 1

Submitted by xiando on Monday April 05, 2021 @01:29AM

xiando writes: The community distribution Arch Linux has up to now required you to manually install it by entering a whole lot of scary commands in a terminal. Arch version 2021.04.01 features a new guided installer users who want to install Arch Linux can use.. by typing
python -m archinstall guided

into the console you get when you boot the Arch Linux installation ISO. It is not very novice-friendly, or user-friendly, but it gets the job done and it will work fine for those with some basic GNU/Linux knowledge.

Submission + - Almalinux 8.3 Is Released As A Stable RHEL Clone For Those Who Liked CentOS (linuxreviews.org)

Submitted by xiando on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @11:44PM

xiando writes: CentOS used to be the go-to alternative for those who wanted to use Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) without having to pay RedHat to use it. It was a almost 1:1 clone until RedHat took control of it and turned it into what is now a RHEL beta-version, not a stable RHEL release without the branding. Almalinux is one of several projects that have made their own RHEL forks in response. The first Almalinux version is now released.

Submission + - Linus Torvalds on Intel And AMDs New Approaches To Interrupt And Exception Handl (linuxreviews.org) 1

Submitted by xiando on Monday March 29, 2021 @11:41PM

xiando writes: AMD and Intel are both working on new standards for handling interrupts and exceptions on x86-64 processors. AMD is proposing a set of new "Supervisor Entry" extensions as a band-aid to the current interrupt descriptor table event handling system. Intel wants to throw that whole legacy system away and start over with a fundamentally different "Flexible Return and Event Delivery" (FRED) system. Linux-architect Linus Torvalds weighted in on the merits of both approaches a few weeks ago.

Submission + - Went after 2 bloggers, took 7000 accounts (www.nrk.no)

Submitted by xiando on Friday January 21, 2011 @06:37PM

xiando writes: Norwegian police were asked by the police in Italy to get personal information about two bloggers who were using a server in Oslo. The police decided the best thing to do would be to take the servers harddrive along with personal information about 7000 other users. Other ISPs say this is common operating procedure in Norway these days.

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