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Yay 12.6 AUR Helper Lands After Six Months with Smarter Search  Linuxiac

Linux Kernel Improper Authentication Vulnerability Raises Privilege Escalation Risk Across Systems  Security Boulevard

Developer Turns Azure Linux 4 Into Bootable Desktop-App  WinBuzzer

CISA Flags Actively Exploited Linux Kernel Vulnerability - Orders Immediate Remediation Across Federal & Enterprise Systems  LinkedIn

Leaving Windows? Swap your favorite apps with these 5 Linux alternatives  How-To Geek

As an exciting development for GPU-accelerated video decoding within the Mozilla Firefox web browser, initial support for Vulkan Video has landed in the web browser!..

Firefox Merges Support For Vulkan Video Decoding  Phoronix

3 unheard-of Linux tools that fix everyday command-line annoyances  How-To Geek

Simon Ser just published Wayland Protocols 1.49 as the latest version for this primary set of Wayland protocol definitions...

Windows only pretends it can't read Linux partitions—there's a built-in way to access them  How-To Geek

A month ago I wrote about Linux scheduler work to help boost gaming performance on old "potato" hardware with Intel engineer Peter Zijlstra noting that Linux cgroup scheduling has continued to be "a pain in the arse." This work continues advancing with a third iteration of these "flatten the pick" patches being posted...

"Flatten The Pick" Linux Patches Progress For Better cgroup Scheduling While Linux Gaming  Phoronix

The VK_GOOGLE_display_timing extension for obtaining display timing information that can be useful for frame-pacing and eliminating micro-stuttering in games now has direct display mode support with KHR_display for the Mesa Vulkan drivers. This now merged addition immediately benefits the Intel ANV and Radeon RADV drivers as well as the PowerVR, Turnip, and V3DV drivers too...

Ahead of the Linux 7.1-rc7 test kernel release due out later today, a pull request has been submitted of some "x86 fixes" for this kernel release. Most notable with this pull request is acknowledging some additional AMD Zen 6 CPU models...

Linux 7.1-rc7 Adding More AMD Zen 6 CPU Models  Phoronix

Broadcom V3D 3.3 and V3D 4.1 graphics IP is set to be deprecated and removed from the V3D kernel graphics/display driver after the Mesa driver support was removed two years ago already. The situation in both cases amount to lack of hardware by developers for testing and with that likely no other known users of these particular Broadcom graphics in selects SoCs...

Some Broadcom V3D Graphics Support On Path For Removed Over Lack Of Testing  Phoronix

Google Chrome 149 Security Update: Analysis of Record 429 Vulnerabilities Patched Across Windows, macOS, and Linux  Rescana

Armbian Imager 2.0 Flashing Tool for Armbian Linux Officially Released  9to5Linux

CISA Warns of Linux Kernel Improper Authentication Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks  CyberSecurityNews