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More Intel Crescent Island Enablement Prepped For Linux 6.19  Phoronix

My new favorite diagnostic tool is a free, open-source Clonezilla GUI that's easier to use  XDA

Changing these 5 KDE settings made my Linux desktop feel faster  How-To Geek

Virtual Shadows: How Russian Hackers Hide Malware in Linux VMs on Windows  WebProNews

Fwupd’s Quantum Shield: Decoding the 2.0.17 Linux Firmware Revolution  WebProNews

GNOME’s X11 Farewell: Wayland Takes the Helm in Linux Display Revolution  WebProNews

Hackers Are Using Linux Malware to Invisibly Bypass Windows Security  H2S Media

A new feature of Intel Xeon 6 "Birch Stream" platforms is the "Latency Optimized Mode" performance setting. The Intel Latency Optimized Mode will keep the uncore clock frequencies higher for more consistent performance but at the cost of increased power use. For those wondering about the performance and power impact, here are some comparison benchmarks of engaging this Latency Optimized Mode with Intel Xeon 6980P "Granite Rapids" server processors.

4 ways to make any Linux distro feel more like Windows  XDA

Devuan 6 ‘Excalibur’ Linux lands  theregister.com

In mid-2024, Bavarian PC vendor TUXEDO Computers began teasing a Snapdragon X Elite powered Linux laptop with hopes of having it available by Christmas 2024. As we approach Christmas 2025, there still are no immediate signs of this new ARM-based TUXEDO laptop soon shipping but there are signs of life still with new Linux kernel patches posted for enabling this Snapdragon X Elite laptop...

Linux Patches Updated For Snapdragon X Elite Powered TUXEDO Elite 14 Gen1 Laptop  Phoronix

Fwupd 2.0.17 Released with Support for Lexar and Maxio NVMe SSDs  9to5Linux

Days after the Linux Vendor Firmware Service celebrated 135 million firmware downloads, a new version of the Fwupd utility is now available for firmware updating systems and peripherals under Linux...

The first 8 Linux commands every new user should learn  ZDNET

Sent out today to DRM-Next was the latest weekly batch of drm-misc-next patches for enhancing the various smaller Direct Rendering Manager drivers within the kernel. Included with this week's update is supporting some additional Mali and Vivante hardware as well as continuing to enhance the in-kernel accelerator "accel" drivers...

7 Linux commands I can't live without after 20 years in the terminal  ZDNET

Russian hackers hit Windows machines via Linux VMs with new custom malware  TechRadar

The merge to GNOME Mutter has finally happened that "completely drops" the X11 back-end to make GNOME strictly focused on Wayland-based environments...

LXQt 2.3 is out today as the newest release of this lightwight, Qt-based desktop environment...