Linus Torvalds announced the availability of a new Linux version, that includes interesting news for current technologies. It adds, for example, a new driver for ARM Mali graphics for mobile devices, support for Raspberry Pi 3 SoC and for Microsoft‘s Surface 3 touch technology.
Linux 4.8 supports AMDGPU OverDrive, so AMD free drivers for GNU/Linux now support overclocking, although only graphics supported by AMDGPU are initially supported.
Next week Berlín will host two of the most important Linux events in Europe: LinuxCon and ContainerCon. The first one gathers experts from all over the world that mantain, develop and lead the most important projects in the Linux community. And the second one, which runs concurrent, is the perfect scenario to share specific technical knowledge on cloud computing and Linux containers.
Before upgrading a virtual machine, it is recommended to make a snapshot to be able to revert a Domain/VM to a snapshot in case an error occurs during the upgrading process. There is a command to create a snapshot of a Virtual Machine (VM) while it is running.
A Logical Volume manager (LVM) for Linux enables to manage disk space in a very flexible way. It allows to add disk space to a logical volume and its filesystem while such filesystem is mounted and active. It provides the ability to collect multiple physical hard drives and partitions in a single volume group that can be divided into logical volumes.
Hyper-converged infrastructures simplify desktop virtualization, since all back-end resources, including management software, run together on an isolated and completely integrated location.
Therefore, these systems can change the way an organization approaches VDI, as they reduce IT workloads and makes it easier to fix issues related to data center.
