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Within yesterday's Linux 6.9-rc4 release is an interesting little nugget by Linus Torvalds to battle Kconfig parsers that can't correctly handle tabs but rather just assume spaces for whitespace for this kernel configuration format...

Linus Torvalds Injects Tabs To Thwart Kconfig Parsers Not Correctly Handling Them  Phoronix

Continuing a trend worked on in recent Fedora Linux releases and more broadly in the open-source ecosystem at large for securing the software supply chain and ensuring unaltered binaries, Fedora 41 is aiming to ensure more reproducible package builds...

Ahead of tomorrow's official release announcement, the Firefox 125.0 release binaries have been uploaded to the Mozilla mirror this morning. Firefox 125.0 brings a number of new features and developer additions -- more so than we've seen recently from the monthly Firefox releases...

Who’s logging into your Linux servers?  Network World

Who's logging into your Linux servers?  Network World

RebornOS is a beautiful, user-friendly take on Arch Linux with desktop options galore  ZDNet

Can You Dual Boot Windows 10 and SteamOS on a PC?  MUO - MakeUseOf

My Experience With Ubuntu 24.04 Beta So Far...  It's FOSS News

AMD RDNA 4 & RDNA 3+ GPUs Receive Updated Support In Linux Graphics Drivers  Wccftech

Introduction Command Linux Part. III | by Jaya Agung Sampurna | Apr, 2024  Medium

The Rust-based Servo web layout engine started by Mozilla that is now stewarded by the Linux Foundation and worked on by several different organizations is eyeing modularity support for its JavaScript integration. Currently Servo is closely tied to Mozilla's SpiderMonkey JavaScript engine but with a modularity push could see other options supported...

Bazzite v2.5 has fixes for Lenovo Legion Go and ASUS ROG Ally, plus smoother installs  GamingOnLinux

Tuxedo's Sirius 16 Gen2 is an All-AMD Linux gaming laptop with a 165 Hz IPS panel — starts at 1699 Euros  Tom's Hardware

Lakka 5.0 Linux Distro Release: Upgrade Your Retro Gaming Experience With This!  It's FOSS News

Xiph.Org has released RNNoise 0.2 as the recurrent neural network for audio noise reduction. This library leverages a neural network model for enhancing real-time noise suppression...

Archinstall 2.8 is out today as the latest update to this easy-to-use, text-based Arch Linux installer that makes it much faster deploying this popular Linux distribution...

Archinstall 2.8 Further Refines The Easy Arch Linux Installation Experience  Phoronix

Best Linux Commands for Entry-Level LinuxUsers | by Rakan Khaled | Apr, 2024  Medium

FEX 2404 is now available for this open-source emulator project to allow running x86/x86_64 binaries on AArch64 (ARM 64-bit) LInux systems. FEX has been one of the leading avenues for opening up gaming on AArch64 Linux hardware, even making use of Wine / Proton (Steam Play) for enjoying Windows x86 games within AArch64 Linux confines...