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I stopped using beginner Linux distros, and my workflow finally made sense  How-To Geek

One of the limitations of GNOME's current multi-monitor handling is that the same background is used across the displays. For those that want to enjoy per-monitor background selection, some experimental / proof-of-concept code is now working to allow such per-monitor backgrounds to work with the modern GNOME desktop...

New Linux pedit COW Exploit Enables Root Access by Poisoning Cached Binaries  The Hacker News

Back in early May was the experimental enabling of Vulkan descriptor heaps for the Intel ANV open-source driver. After nearly two months of continued testing and improvements, the VK_EXT_descriptor_heap support for Intel graphics on Linux is now enabled by default...

Intel ANV Vulkan Driver Now Enables Descriptor Heaps By Default  Phoronix

The PCI/PCIe subsystem changes have been merged this week as we approach the end of the Linux 7.2 merge window...

Linux 7.2 Fixes Where PCIe Devices Could Be Inadvertently Restricted To 2.5 GT/s  Phoronix

Fedora beats Ubuntu in almost every way—except where it matters most  How-To Geek

New DirtyClone Linux Kernel Flaw Lets Local Users Gain Root via Cloned Packets  The Hacker News

Linux Foundation Unveils New Open Source Security Project Akrites  SecurityWeek

Supernatural horror adventure ASYLUM gets upgraded with Linux support  GamingOnLinux

Linux Foundation launches Akrites to protect open source from AI  Techzine Global

Intel engineers on Thursday released the newest version of the Intel Implicit SPMD Program Compiler, ISPC. The ISPC 1.31 supports their variant of the C programming language with extensions for Single Program, Multiple Data programming for leveraging their range of CPU and GPU hardware...

Linux Foundation and 20 tech giants launch Akrites to fix open-source flaws before AI-powered attacks hit  the-decoder.com

The input subsystem changes were merged this week for Linux 7.2, which is seeing its merge window wrap up on Sunday. Most notable with the input updates is the introduction of the "wacom_w9000" for supporting newer, pen-enabled touchscreens...

Linux 7.2 Adds New Driver For Wacom W9000 Pen-Enabled Touchscreens  Phoronix

NVIDIA 580.173.02 Linux Graphics Driver Released for GeForce 10 Series  9to5Linux

BioPass - Unlock your Linux with your face and your finger  Korben

Meet container: Apple's Open-Source Swift Tool for Running Linux Containers as Lightweight VMs on Apple Silicon  MarkTechPost

Fastfetch 2.65 System Information Tool Brings Better Hardware Detection on Linux  Linuxiac