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GNU Linux-libre 6.8-gnu is out as the newest downstream kernel variety endorsed by the Free Software Foundation that takes the upstream Linux kernel but does away with proprietary module support and stripping out drivers/functionality contingent upon binary-only microcode/firmware and other elements not deemed up to their free software standards...

GNU Linux-libre 6.8-gnu Dealing With Blobs From New Intel Drivers  Phoronix

Linux Kernel closes in on 10M git objects  Developer News

The Ubuntu 24.04 LTS release next month will roll out initial support in its server installer for being able to handle root file-system setups on NVMe-over-TCP scenarios for remote drives...

BigLinux makes Linux easy for anyone - and it should be way more popular  ZDNet

Bazzite is a Linux distro for gaming  Boing Boing

The x86/core changes were submitted today for the now-open Linux 6.9 merge window. Among other changes, the x86 CPU security mitigation options within the Linux kernel Kconfig have been adjusted where appropriate to make more clear the options/features are for security mitigations...

BigLinux makes Linux easy for anyone - and it should be way more popular  ZDNet

While Linux 6.8 carries some elements of Zen 5 CPU support, more upstream Linux enablement for the next-generation AMD processors remains ongoing. Sent out this morning were the initial patches around AMD Zen 5 performance monitoring and events for the perf subsystem...

AMD Posts Performance Monitoring Patches For Zen 5 CPUs  Phoronix

Linux kernel 6.8 is out now with lots of new features  GamingOnLinux

Magnet Goblin Delivers Linux Malware Using One-Day Vulnerabilities  SecurityWeek

Magnet Goblin hackers used Ivanti bugs to drop custom Linux malware  CSO Online

Magnet Goblin hackers used Ivanti bugs to drop custom Linux malware  CSO Online

Linux 6.9 will have more than 10 million Git objects  Mezha.Media

Linux 6.9 will be the first kernel version with ten million Git objects  Mezha.Media

Unlocking the Power of Storage: A Beginner's Guide to LVM in Linux  It's FOSS

Igalia continues maintaining the Broadcom V3D open-source graphics driver code that is used by the Raspberry Pi single board computers. With a new patch series posted today for the V3D DRM driver, support for Super Pages is enabled to help with enhancing the graphics performance. In many benchmarks having Super Pages can enhance the performance by a few percent but in some extreme cases can be 19~42% faster...

Magnet Goblin group used a new Linux variant of NerbianRAT malware  Security Affairs

A number of x86-related pull requests were already submitted today for kicking off the new Linux 6.9 merge window. With the x86/cpu pull for this new kernel cycle there is just one patch and it's for slightly easing future AMD Zen processor enablement under Linux...