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Separate from the Mesa merge request talked about earlier today for new RADV code that can deliver 10x faster ray-tracing pipeline compilation for this open-source Radeon Vulkan driver, another merge request landed today in Mesa 26.0 that was also carried out by Valve contractor Natalie Vock. That second merge request now in Mesa 26.0 delivers some additional gains for at least some ray-tracing games on RDNA3 and RDNA4 GPUs...

More than two years after the release of GRUB 2.12, GRUB 2.14 shipped today as the newest feature release of this widely-used bootloader on Linux systems and elsewhere...

There still are several months to go until the official Ubuntu 26.04 LTS release -- including one month until the feature freeze and the future Linux 6.20~7.0 kernel is expected to land too before the latter kernel freeze in early April. But for those curious how Ubuntu 26.04 is looking so far for servers, here are some very early benchmarks of it on AMD EPYC 9005 "Turin" in its present development state. The main motivation here for this early look was stemming from the recent rolling-release CachyOS benchmarks on AMD EPYC and wanting to see how it goes up against the current development state of Ubuntu Linux.

This distro makes it easy to switch from Windows to Linux - here's how  ZDNET

Linux Mint 22.3 "Zena" is out now and supported until 2029  GamingOnLinux

New China Linked VoidLink Linux Malware Targets Major Cloud Providers  Hackread

Linux Demonstrates That Bugs Can Hide For 20 years!  i-programmer.info

A new merge request opened today for Mesa's Radeon Vulkan driver "RADV" by Valve contractor Natalie Vock provides another significant boost for the Vulkan ray-tracing performance in multiple titles...

'VoidLink' Malware Poses Advanced Threat to Linux Environments  Dark Reading | Security

VoidLink: Advanced Linux malware targets cloud environments  SC Media

I've been using these 8 core Linux commands wrong for years  How-To Geek

Microsoft Stock Slips as GOG Eyes Linux Release to Escape Windows’ ‘Poor-Quality Software and Product’  TipRanks

Last year GlobalFoundries acquired MIPS while an interesting new development announced today is that GlobalFoundries has acquired the ARC Processor IP and its solutions business from Synopsys. The Synopsys ARC Processor IP will be brought into the MIPS umbrella...

Back in December we reported on drafted plans for revitalizing Fedora Games Lab to be a modern Linux gaming showcase. This Fedora Labs initiative has featured some open-source games paired with an Xfce desktop while moving forward they are looking to better position it as a modern Linux gaming showcase...

Fedora Games Lab Approved To Switch To KDE Plasma, Become A Better Linux Gaming Showcase  Phoronix

Going back many years Imagination PowerVR graphics were widely despised by open-source enthusiasts and Linux desktop users for their lack of an open-source GPU driver. But over the past few years the Imagination PowerVR driver focused on their Rogue graphics IP has matured nicely within the Linux kernel and the PowerVR Vulkan driver in Mesa taking shape too. Paired with Zink for OpenGL over Vulkan, there's a robust open-source PowerVR graphics experience now possible. For those interested in trying out said open-source driver stack, the TI AM62-powered BeaglePlay is an affordable way of doing so for that $99 USD single board computer...

$99 BeaglePlay Board Achieves "100% Open-Source" Upstream PowerVR Graphics  Phoronix

Chinese-Linked VoidLink Malware Targets Linux Clouds and Kubernetes  WebProNews

Linux Mint 22.3 Brings a Refined Upgrade Experience  findarticles.com

How To Check RHEL Version in Linux  About Chromebooks