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Top 5 Linux Distributions to Try the KDE Plasma 6 Desktop Right Now  9to5Linux

Regata OS 24 'Arctic Fox' gaming-focused Linux distro launches with KDE Plasma 6 and new hardware support  BetaNews

It has taken many years but the Mesa 3D open-source graphics drivers have proven very successful from the open-source AMD Vulkan and OpenGL drivers proving they can be capable of competing with the closed-source drivers not only for gaming but also workstation tasks, the Windows vs. Linux graphics driver performance gap largely closed, Microsoft even leveraging Mesa for their translations to the D3D12 API, vendors like Imagination developing once unthinkable open-source drivers, etc. But with the increasing importance to corporations, so has the responsibilities and concerns of Mesa driver developers...

The Significant Corporate Importance & Pressure Around Mesa Open-Source Linux 3D Drivers  Phoronix

How To Craft Advanced DNS Configurations on Linux  LinuxInsider

Linux was never made for the cloud, but DBOS is - and you can try it for free  ZDNet

More AMD SEV-SNP bits are upstreamed now for the in-development Linux 6.9 kernel that is putting the EPYC processor support on the mainline kernel trajectory for "the ultimate goal of the AMD confidential computing side" to hopefully be in great shape come Linux 6.10 later in the year...

AMD With Upstream Linux Nears "The Ultimate Goal Of Confidential Computing"  Phoronix

Ksplice Known Exploit Detection for GLIBC vulnerability CVE-2023-6246  Oracle

Playtron's Linux-based gaming OS aims to be a cheap, versatile option for handheld gaming PCs (and other systems)  Liliputing

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Noble Numbat official wallpapers revealed ahead of launch next month  XDA Developers

New AcidPour wiper targets Linux x86 devices. Is it a Russia’s weapon?  Security Affairs

Ampere Altra Max Performance For Ubuntu Linux 22.04 vs. 23.10 vs. 24.04  Phoronix

Ampere Altra Max Performance For Ubuntu Linux 22.04 vs. 23.10 vs. 24.04  Phoronix

Following recent benchmarks looking at how the upcoming Ubuntu 24.04 LTS release is looking on Intel Xeon Emerald Rapids as well as the performance gains for AMD EPYC 9004 series on Ubuntu 24.04, I next turned to the Ampere Altra ARM64 server processor for seeing what the performance is looking like there with this Long Term Support Linux distribution release due out in just over one month.

Oracle has announced the general availability of OpenJDK Java 22...

New AcidPour data wiper targets Linux x86 network devices  BleepingComputer

New AcidPour data wiper targets Linux x86 network devices  BleepingComputer

Announced last summer was the Ultra Ethernet Consortium started by the Linux Foundation along with AMD, Intel, Cisco, Meta, Microsoft, Broadcom, and other organizations. Ultra Ethernet aims for high performance networking for the likes of AI and HPC. The group announced today they've courted an additional 45 organizations to become members of this consortium and they are on track for their v1.0 specification in Q3...

More Organizations Join The Ultra Ethernet Consortium, v1.0 Spec In Q3  Phoronix