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After originally announcing Graviton5 last December, recently AWS finally made the M9g and M9gd instances generally available as the first featuring these new in-house ARM server processors for the EC2 cloud. Graviton5 makes use of Arm Neoverse-V3 cores compared to Neoverse-V2 with Graviton4, support up to 192 cores, and feature a higher 3.3GHz clock speed compared to 2.8GHz on the prior-generation Graviton CPUs. Here is an initial look at how the Graviton5 processor performs over Graviton4.

PoC and Technical Details Released for Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Vulnerability  cyberpress.org

Changing these 4 Windows settings fixed my Ethernet connection's sluggish speeds  How-To Geek

OpenMandriva claims disgruntled admin trashed repos after community bust-up  The Register

CIQ Ascender Pro Gives Enterprise Linux Automation the Power to Proactively Fix the Underlying Infrastructure  The AI Journal

15-Year-Old Linux Kernel GhostLock Flaw Lets Local Users Gain Root  Linuxiac

Linux's biggest security breaches prove it's not immune to malware  How-To Geek

CIQ Ascender Pro Gives Enterprise Linux Automation the Power to Proactively Fix the Underlying Infrastructure  PR Newswire

In addition to Weston 16 nearing release and its release candidate out today, the Wayland 1.26 release candidate was just issued with a few notable changes on top of the more typical bug fixing...

HP Linux Printing Software Vulnerability Allows Remote Attackers to Execute Arbitrary Code  CyberSecurityNews

Linux Kernel Vulnerability Enables Passwordless Root Through DRM Render Nodes  CyberSecurityNews

Bots found my home server in minutes, but 3 settings shut them out  MakeUseOf

Google transfers Open Health Stack to Linux Foundation to expand healthcare innovation  Neowin

Wireshark 4.6.7 Released with Updated Protocol Support, Bug and Security Fixes  9to5Linux

Razer Blade 18 enters Ubuntu Linux certification, nine years after CEO promised better Linux support  VideoCardz.com

I've used Linux for 30 years - here's how I'd rank DistroWatch's top 10  ZDNET

Going back to February there was a bug report around the xHCI controller dieing on resume from s2idle when using an AMD Ryzen AI Max+ "Strix Halo" Framework Desktop. In turn all USB devices behind the xHCI controller are lost on resume, but unbinding and binding the driver can restore the functionality without a reboot. After months of back and forth communication, it looks like a solution has been figured out and comes down to a nuance of the PCI spec with needing a brief wait...

Proposed Linux Patch For A Brief Delay To Match PCI Spec Will Hopefully Address Some Bugs  Phoronix

Newer Lenovo ThinkPad systems feature a security feature called USB-C Security Restricted Mode that is in the process of being wired up for reporting under Linux...

Linux Prepares For New USB-C Security Feature On Lenovo ThinkPads  Phoronix