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BlackTech APT Deploys BlueShell Linux Backdoor Against Japanese Organizations  CyberSecurityNews

You don’t need to dual-boot anymore, there’s a better way to try another OS  How-To Geek

Servo 0.4 was just released for closing out the month of July. This month the Servo browser engine with its servoshell demo browser began rendering more real-world websites correctly...

Nouveau Patch For Linux 7.3 Allows For NVK Vulkan Video Atop NVIDIA NVDEC  Phoronix

This week's round of drm-misc-next patches for staging ahead of the Linux 7.3 kernel merge window bring an exciting change for the open-source NVIDIA "Nouveau" driver...

In recent weeks there was a proposal to enable x86_64 Shadow Stack support by default with the upcoming Fedora Linux 45 release. That change has been approved now by the Fedora Engineering and Steering Committee (FESCo) but with the feature being punted off to Fedora 46 next year...

SSH Bot Profiles Linux CPU, GPU and RAM Before Deploying Cryptocurrency Miner  CyberSecurityNews

After two weeks without any Vulkan spec update, Vulkan 1.4.358 was released overnight. Besides the usual assortment of minor clarifications/fixes, Vulkan 1.4.358 introduces one new extension: VK_EXT_image_tiling_control...

Linux sound subsystem maintainer Takashi Iwai of SUSE previously warned of many sound driver fixes due to AI/LLMs and a "new normal" of patch activity as a result. While we are approaching the end of the Linux 7.2 merge window with the stable release coming up in August, the sound patches continue trending higher and this week were "far larger than wished" ahead of Linux 7.2-rc6 due out on Sunday...

Linux 7.3 will enable Intel Nova Lake-S integrated graphics by default  VideoCardz.com

The post 15 Linux Interview Questions and Answers for System Administrators first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Most Linux interview lists recycle the same 10 questions from a decade ago, and many of the “official” answers are

The post 15 Linux Interview Questions and Answers for System Administrators first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

Calibre 9.12 E-Book Manager Adds Option to Convert GIF Images to JPEG/WebP  9to5Linux

ASUS Whisper Mode Advances Under Linux: Armoury Driver Gains New Interfaces  igorslab.de

Linux Mint is suffering from nasty kernel crashes, but there's a quick way to go back  XDA

GCC, the core compiler behind Linux, draws a hard line against AI code  XDA

Linux kernel patch boosts Steam Deck 1% lows by 31.8% by fixing AMD CPU clock handling  TweakTown

Thimbleweed Park 2 Announced for PC, Mac, and Linux by Monkey Island Creator  IGN Southeast Asia

Linux 7.3 Will Treat Intel Nova Lake S Graphics As Stable  Phoronix

Ahead of the next-generation Intel Nova Lake processors expected to begin rolling out around the start of 2027, the upcoming Linux 7.3 kernel cycle is going to begin treating Nova Lake S processors with their integrated graphics as stable...

Monkey Island Creator Ron Gilbert Confirms Thimbleweed Park Sequel for 2028  IGN