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Linux 7.3 To Make It Easier To Disable Syscall User Dispatch

Phoronix - 3 hours 17 min ago
Introduced to the Linux kernel nearly six years ago was the Syscall User Dispatch feature to help with Linux gaming. Specifically, Syscall User Dispatch was developed to help Windows games run on Linux more efficiently. While it was upstreamed in Linux 5.11 for more efficiently intercepting system calls from Windows software under Wine, now in the name of security there are patches working their way to the mainline kernel to more easily disable it...

Try uutils-coreutils: Rust Alternative to GNU Coreutils

Tecmint - 7 hours 56 min ago
The post Try uutils-coreutils: Rust Alternative to GNU Coreutils first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

For years, I never gave GNU coreutils much thought. They’re the standard Linux commands like ls, cp, mv, cat, sort,

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XWayland 24.1.13 Released To Fix Two More Security Issues In The X.Org Codebase

Phoronix - 12 hours 14 min ago
Two more security issues were made public today concerning the X.Org Server codebase and in turn XWayland also being affected...

Proton 11.0-1 Released To Advance Valve's Steam Play For The Best Linux Experience Yet

Phoronix - 16 hours 48 min ago
Proton 11.0-1 was just released as stable as the newest major version of this downstream of Wine that powers Valve's Steam Play to provide for a great Windows gaming experience across conventional Linux systems plus the popular Steam Deck and brand new Steam Machine...

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