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The Framework Desktop is a nifty and powerful mini PC powered by AMD Ryzen AI Max "Strix Halo". It's been a pleasure testing this small yet powerful Linux-friendly system that easily offers much better performance than the Intel Core Ultra 9 and superb energy efficiency. For complementing the data shared earlier this month in our Framework Desktop review, today's article is a deep dive into the power and thermals of the Framework Desktop in a few different configurations.

One of the areas worked on by AMD Linux engineers recently to better optimize the Linux kernel on AMD Ryzen platforms is for lowering the power consumption in S5 state due to some devices not being put into a low power state when the system is powered off. Sent out today was the sixth iteration of these patches...

AMD Posts Latest Linux Patches For Improving S5 Power Consumption  Phoronix

Hardening Systemd Services: Enhance Linux Security Against Threats  WebProNews

5 reasons to switch to an immutable Linux distro today - and which to try first  ZDNET

Proton VPN brings split tunneling to Linux – here's what you need to know  Tom's Guide

Linux Kernel netfilter Vulnerability Let Attackers Escalate Privileges  CyberSecurityNews

The Firefox 142.0 release binaries are now available ahead of the official release announcement due out on Tuesday. Firefox 142 isn't bringing many notable changes but one is likely to cause some contention around Firefox Extensions...

How much RAM does your Linux PC really need in 2025?  ZDNET

Linux Kernel Netfilter Vulnerability Enables Local Privilege Escalation  cyberpress.org

Merged today to Mutter ahead of next month's GNOME 49 release is an important improvement for those making use of Variable Rate Refresh (VRR)...

Linux Kernel Netfilter Flaw Enables Privilege Escalation  GBHackers News

These Are the 7 Oldest Linux Distros Still Being Developed  Yahoo! Tech

It's been 15 years already since the Illumos project was formed as based on the OpenSolaris codebase after Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems and closing down OpenSolaris. Illumos Cafe is a new effort akin to BSD Cafe aiming to be a resource and helping to reinvigorate interest in Illumos-based platforms...

Illumos Cafe Hopes To Reinvigorate Interest In Illumos/OpenSolaris Derived Platforms  Phoronix

Lightweight Zephix v8 Linux OS focuses on portability and efficiency  BetaNews

The SDL3 library that is widely-used by cross-platform games has landed new code for revising how it selects the high performance GPU in multi-GPU systems...

SDL3 Enhances Logic For Selecting The Most Performant Vulkan GPU  Phoronix

Ahead of the next Intel Compute Runtime oneAPI/OpenCL release, a new version of the Intel Graphics Compiler "IGC" has been released for Windows and Linux...

North Korean Hackers’ Secret Linux Malware Surfaces Online  GBHackers News