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One of the improvements that Intel software engineers have been working on for the Linux kernel around their Trust Domain Extensions (TDX) functionality for confidential computing VMs is reducing the memory use. That work is under the Dynamic PAMT umbrella and this week brought the latest iteration of patches to help lower RAM use when engaging TDX for confidential VMs...

Intel Continues Working On Dynamic PAMT To Reduce Memory Overhead For TDX  Phoronix

Expected to be introduced in the upcoming Linux 6.19 kernel cycle is the ASUS Armoury "asus-armoury" driver for enhancing support for the ASUS ROG Ally gaming handhelds and other ASUS enthusiast/gaming devices under Linux...

ASUS Armoury Driver Set To Be Introduced In Linux 6.19  Phoronix

The Servo open-source web browser engine has been making good progress in recent times. Long outside the confines of Mozilla and working as a Linux Foundation Europe project, Servo has been advancing thanks to Igalia and other open-source developers while getting by on around ~$5.7k USD per month thanks mostly to donations from individuals. Servo has now announced sponsorship tiers in hopefully to solicit more donations from larger organizations...

CERT-In Warns Google Chrome Users of ‘High Risk’ Vulnerabilities on Windows, macOS, and Linux  Gadgets 360

780,000 Windows users downloaded this Linux distro in a month, and for good reason  XDA

Linux creator Linus Torvalds says vibe coding is fun for beginners, just don't expect billion-dollar apps  India Today

Linux admin hated downtime so much he schlepped a live UPS during office move  theregister.com

Released tonight was the Intel Compute Runtime 25.44.36015.5 as their roughly monthly update to this open-source GPU compute stack providing Level Zero and OpenCL support for Intel's integrated and discrete graphics hardware...

Use AirPods Pro Features on Linux with LibrePods  OMG! Ubuntu

I wanted a lightweight OS… and this Linux distro went way beyond that  MakeUseOf

Dell announced today that their new Pro Max 16 Plus laptop with a Qualcomm discrete NPU is now shipping... That is if you are running Ubuntu Linux while the Windows 11 pre-load option is expected in early 2026. An exciting twist with the Linux version of the Dell Pro Max 16 Plus shipping before Microsoft Windows...

Dell Now Shipping Laptop With Qualcomm NPU On Linux Ahead Of Windows 11  Phoronix

Give Me Liberty or Linux, Badge Hacking Interview – Bryce Owen – PSW #901  SC Media

Wine 10.19 Released: Game Changing Support for Windows Reparse Points on Linux  Linux Journal

Hammerspace Delivers IO500 Top-10 Result with Standards-Based Linux and NFS Architecture  HPCwire

Canonical has been bullish on RISC-V with Ubuntu being one of the most common Linux distributions endorsed by RISC-V board vendors. Canonical also has been bullish on the Flutter toolkit for crafting their desktop installer UI and other modern UI/app interfaces. But these two together haven't panned out with Flutter not currently supporting RISC-V. Canonical has submitted pull requests now for enabling RISC-V support with Flutter...

Canonical Gets Flutter Up And Running On RISC-V For Ubuntu  Phoronix

Can a Linux laptop really replace my MacBook? This one is surprisingly close  ZDNET