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Rocky Linux 9.2 Available Now
We are pleased to announce the general availability of Rocky Linux 9.2. This release is currently available for the x86-64, aarch64, and s390x architectures. Please review the release notes in the Rocky Linux Documentation - These notes contain important information including known bugs and more comprehensive details about changes in this version.
Important Notices 9.2 Release for PowerPC (ppc64le) architecture held back During testing, we discovered an architecture-specific issue on ppc64le systems with the bundled version of Python 3.9. This issue not only prevents installing, but may break existing installations.
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AppArmor vs. SELinux: What’s The Difference?
Mandatory Access Control (MAC) systems such as AppArmor and SELinux are essential tools for system administrators. They provide the ability to manage access to resources and control systems within the Linux kernel. While they share a common goal, how they operate and offer features vary significantly.
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Cockpit Project: Cockpit 292
Cockpit is the modern Linux admin interface. We release regularly.
Here are the release notes from Cockpit 292 and cockpit-machines 290:
Metrics: Add disk I/O per service
The “Disks” usage metrics card now shows the active read and write bandwidth for the top 5 consumers by systemd unit. This is similar to the already existing per-service CPU and RAM usage.
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Fedora Community Blog: Fedora at SCaLE 20x Community Linux Event
Our team provided help, outreach, and swag items during the SCaLE 20x 2023 Linux community event.
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Packit Team: Packit's pre-commit hooks
pre-commit # pre-commit is a wonderful tool that saves you a lot of time by automatically checking your changes before you commit and/or push them out. For example, in our packit repo we run various hooks upon each commit: Black (Python code formatter), Prettier (code formatter), Flake8 (Python source code checker), Mypy (static type checker for Python), and several other pre-commit hooks. Our pre-commit hooks # We also have a few hooks which we’ve created and which you might find useful as well.
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The benefits of Fedora 38 long double transition in ppc64le
Fedora 38 will have a new feature for ppc64le. Clang has begun using the IEEE 128-bit long double by default instead of the IBM 128-bit long double format. This allows Clang to behave the same way as GCC, which switched to IEEE 128-bit long double on ppc64le on Fedora 36. This floating point format benefits from the hardware implementation available on IBM® Power9® processor-based servers and IBM® Power10™ processor-based servers.
Background of the floating point format
The IBM System/360 Model 85 was released in 1968 and supported a 128-bit extended precision floating point format. A few decades later this format became known in the open source communities as IBM 128-bit long double or IBM double-double.
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EasySetup and Flapi fixes
There was a little bug in EasySetup, reported here: