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Ubuntu Touch OTA 2.0 Promises Support for the Nothing Phone, Beta Out Now  9to5Linux

Someone moved three lines of code in Linux 7.2 and got a 5% storage speed boost  XDA

In addition to the surprising impact of /proc/filesystems read optimizations for Linux 7.2, another one of the VFS pull requests for this next kernel version is delivering some nice improvements for EXT4 and XFS around IOmap, the framework that maps file data offsets in memory to their physical locations on storage...

After some last minute delays pushing the 15.1-RELEASE back by two weeks, FreeBSD 15.1 is now shipping as the newest stable release of this BSD operating system...

FreeBSD 15.1 Released With Updated WiFi Drivers, Better C23 Support & Other Improvements  Phoronix

Linux 7.2 Optimization Shows +5% IOPS For EXT4 & XFS After Moving Around Two Lines Of Code  Phoronix

The community of developers continuing to maintain Ubuntu Touch for smartphones has released the Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2.0 beta ahead of the planned stable release in mid-July...

Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2.0 Beta Now Properly Handles Notches & Rounded Corners  Phoronix

The newest open-source project out of Intel is the Intel Performance Skills project that is providing AI agent skills to help with CPU performance analysis and performance optimizations on Linux...

Intel Performance Skills: New Open-Source Project Leveraging AI For Linux Performance Optimizations  Phoronix

Valve Loosens AMD's Handheld Grip As SteamOS Gains Intel GPU Support  HotHardware

The FreeBSD Project announced today the launch of an AI-Assisted Vulnerability Discovery Project with grant funding provided by the Linux Foundation backed Alpha-Omega project. Alpha-Mega has sponsors including Microsoft, AWS, Google, Anthrophic, OpenAI, and others who will now be helping with FreeBSD uncovering new vulnerabilities by leveraging AI...

Last month a new GCC back-end was proposed for WebAssembly to allow C/C++ code to be compiled to WASM with this GNU compiler toolchain. The GCC Steering Committee has evaluated it and approves the notion of WebAssembly back-end for GCC...

After days of dealing with 1,500+ packages in the Arch Linux AUR containing malware, the latest headache in the Arch Linux User Repository is Russian spam and offensive messages...

Russian Spam & Profanities Are Now Plaguing The Arch Linux AUR  Phoronix

RefreshOS is a top contender for new Linux users - here's why  ZDNET

Arch Linux Blocks New AUR Registrations Amid Malware Cleanup  Linuxiac

Epic Is Looking For Someone To "Champion Linux Anti-Cheat Capabilities"  Steam Deck HQ

Red Hat gives Ubuntu a bootc up the backside at Canonical shindig  The Register

Ubuntu won't save your old PC, but these 4 lightweight Linux distros will  How-To Geek