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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

FreeBSD 15.1 was supposed to be out at the start of June but a second release candidate pushed it back by a week and now a third needed release candidate has pushed out the stable release by an additional week...

proton-drive-speed-improvements  Thurrott.com

Shelly 2.3.2.2 GUI Package Manager for Arch Linux Now Improves CachyOS Support  9to5Linux

GNOME Sushi as the file previewer component for the GNOME Files (Nautilus) file manager has now been adapted to make use of GTK4 as well as delivering other enhancements for a nicer file previewing experience on GNOME...

Star Labs Releases Firmware 26.06 with Support for AMD Cezanne-Based Systems  9to5Linux

I ran out of storage on my Linux machine and these 2 tools fixed it fast  How-To Geek

OpenCV 5.0 released today as a major update to this widely-used, open-source computer vision (CV) library...

Daniel Schürmann of Valve's Linux team has posted a new VK_AMD_anti_lag implementation for the RADV open-source Radeon Vulkan driver...

Ape is a new open-source Vulkan driver written in the Zig programming language and not dependent upon any Mesa code...