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Following the stunning decision last month by IBM that they would begin limiting access to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux sources, AlmaLinux quickly came out working on a path forward and Rocky Linux also shared some ideas how they may continue providing a RHEL-compatible Linux distribution. We've been waiting for Oracle to comment on their plans for the RHEL-compatible Oracle Linux distribution and today they finally issued a statement...

Oracle Intends To Keep Trying To Make Oracle Linux Compatible ...  Phoronix

Kick Microsoft Windows 11 to the curb and switch to Linux Lite 6.6 ...  BetaNews

5 Simple and Easy Uses for Netcat in Linux  Make Tech Easier

Among the many interesting changes that landed the past two weeks for the Linux 6.5 merge window, the hardware monitoring "HWMON" subsystem updates as a whole standout for bringing numerous desktop motherboards and other devices to now enjoy working sensor monitoring support under Linux...

Linux 6.5 Bringing Sensor Monitoring To Many More Desktop Motherboards  Phoronix

Besides Bcachefs missing out on Linux 6.5, another patch series that didn't get buttoned up in time for the v6.5 merge window was AMD's work on radio frequency interference (RFI) mitigation between WiFi 6/6e/7 hardware and AMD's newest SoCs with RDNA3 graphics...

AMD Revises WiFi RFI Mitigation Feature For Linux  Phoronix

About a year ago Ubunty changed its default compression level for its initramfs handling down to Zstd level one to deal with slow initramfs creation times on low-end systems / development boards. But since then that has resulted in larger initramfs sizes and yielding other bugs like more quickly filling up the /boot partition on Ubuntu systems. Thus the developers have gone back to the drawing board and are trying to figure out a path forward for better initramfs handling that works well for low-end single board computers while also maximizing space savings and working out well for all Ubuntu use-cases...

Jenny's Daily Drivers: Slackware 15  Hackaday

Linux Operating System Market is Projected to Reach US $ 66.25 Billion  openPR

Kubuntu Focus Ir14 (Gen 1) Review: Linux Productivity Made Easy  How-To Geek

Kubuntu Focus Ir14 (Gen 1) Review: Linux Productivity Made Easy  How-To Geek

Geary 44 Email App for Linux Adds Two Nifty Enhancements  It's FOSS News

UniHiker review – A Linux-based STEM education platform with IoT and AI support, Micro:bit edge connector  CNX Software

Best Linux Server Backup & Recovery Software in 2024  Knowledge Base

While Google shutdown their Stadia game streaming service, with updated firmware there is Bluetooth (BLE) support for the controller as well as USB wired connectivity for those wishing to continue using this gaming controller. Google engineers have also been working on a new Linux driver for enabling force feedback "rumble" support with this controller...

Google Revises New Driver For Stadia Controller Rumble Support On Linux  Phoronix

Multi-vendor RGB controller app OpenRGB v0.9 is out now  GamingOnLinux

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: July 9th, 2023  9to5Linux