News

In this week’s issue of README Highlight Friday, we are taking a look at K3s, a lightweight Kubernetes distribution that is production-ready, easy to install, and consumes half the memory of upstream Kubernetes.

Linux 6.5 now defaults to the AMD P-State EPP driver for Zen 2 and newer Ryzen systems, as long as the system supports ACPI CPPC.

PuzzleFS has been quietly making progress as a new file-system designed specifically for containers, writes Phoronix.

K3s, the lightweight Kubernetes distribution, has released version v1.28.2+k3s1. This update brings several improvements and bug fixes to the platform.

Liliputing reports that Zotac has released two new ultra-thin PCs, the ZBOX Edge MI648 and MI668, both equipped with Raptor Lake-P chips.

Intel announced at their Innovation 2023 conference that they are collaborating with software vendors such as Red Hat, Canonical, and SUSE to provide Intel-optimized Linux distributions, Phoronix reports.

NVIDIA is making advancements in their Linux InfiniBand driver to support 800Gb/s (XDR) speeds.

Source: WilliamLam.com Earlier this year, William Lam from WilliamLam.com discovered the Lenovo ThinkStation P3 Tiny, a compact system with a lot of potential.

The Linux Foundation has announced the launch of OpenTofu, an open-source alternative to Terraform’s infrastructure as code provisioning tool.

The Linux 6.6 kernel version seems to be delivering significant performance improvements for AMD EPYC server CPUs according to Phoronix.

The Linux Foundation and Intel have announced the formation of the Unified Acceleration (UXL) Foundation, which will be an evolution of Intel’s oneAPI initiative.

Kubernetes 1.28 introduces several security enhancements to improve the user experience and address the evolving needs of its users.

K3s has released version v1.28.2-rc1+k3s1. The update includes several improvements and bug fixes, such as updating to v1.

Linkerd 2.14 has been released with improved support for multi-cluster deployments, full Gateway API conformance, and various other enhancements.

Liliputing is reporting that Sipeed is now taking orders for its Lichee Cluster 4A board, which allows users to combine up to 7 Lichee 4A modules for cluster builds and parallel processing tasks.

Uptime Kuma has released version 1.23.2 with several bug fixes.

AMD has launched the AMD EPYC 8004 “Siena” processors for “intelligent edge” servers, according to Phoronix.

The CNCF Blog is writing about Flux CD, a GitOps continuous delivery tool developed by Weaveworks.

Phoronix is reporting that Linux 6.6-rc2 has been released by Linus Torvalds, coinciding with the 32nd anniversary of the introduction of the Linux 0.

The New Stack has posted a guide on how to harden n Ubuntu server.