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Intel Skylake/Kaby Lake processors: broken hyper-threading
TL;DR: unfixed Skylake and Kaby Lake processors could, in some situations, dangerously misbehave when hyper-threading is enabled. Disable hyper-threading immediately in BIOS/UEFI to work around the problem. Read this advisory for instructions about an Intel-provided fix.
Building Intel CPU Microcode Updates Directly into the Linux Kernel – DOTSLASHLINUX
To achieve our dream of booting the kernel without an initrd/initramfs we have to build our CPU’s microcode updates directly into the linux kernel (removing any need for an initrd/initramfs).
Mir Might Live on as a Wayland Compositor for the MATE Desktop – OMG! Ubuntu!
This week MATE developer Martin Wimpress has said that MATE Desktop developers are talking to Mir developers about how Mir might be reused as a Wayland compositor.
Wayland isn’t a display server in and of itself but a display server protocol that handles the communication between a compositor (like Mutter, Weston or KWin) and its clients.
Eternal Terminal
Eternal Terminal (ET) is a remote shell that automatically reconnects without interrupting the session. Learn how to install and use it here.
oggcamp.org
SAT AUG 19th – SUN AUG 20th 2017 – CANTERBURY, UK
vLUG BBQ – Jupiter Broadcasting Meetup
- Next week!
TING
digiKam 5.6 Professional Photo Management App Released with HTML Gallery Tool
digiKam 5.6 comes with a new HTML Gallery tool that lets quickly generate a web gallery from a set of albums or a selection of photos, which they can immediately upload online and show them to their friends and family. Another new tool is Video Slideshow, which lets you create a video slide from a bunch of photos or albums.
A $2 Million Prize to Decentralize the Web. Apply Today
Mozilla and the National Science Foundation are offering a $2 million prize for big ideas that decentralize the web. And we’re accepting applications starting today.
DigitalOcean
Dell Precision 5720 with Ubuntu Review
Performance
- Intel Xeon E3-1275
- Quad Core HT
- 3.8Ghz, 4.2GHz Turbo
- 8MB cache
- Load up to three drives
Work loads/type
- System boots in about 20 seconds from power up in big part thanks to that amazing PCIe disk I/O.
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I can build Linux Kernel 4.9 in under two minutes.
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digiKam station
- Kdenlive editor (1080p) workload
- Software development
This machine feels almost purpose built for:
- Editing / Managing Photos
- Video consumption
- 1080p video editing (4k limited by codecs)
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Development work that never feels bogged down.
Linux Academy
Thermals / Noise
- Shockingly quiet, even under load.
- Ran multiday benchmarks with very high ambient temperatures.
- Very low fan noise.
The Sound System
- Really great sound
- Amazing for gaming
- Great for editing
- Does make crappy audio sound really bad. IE some YouTube videos.