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Sudo is hopefully just a start; I want these 5 Linux commands to come to Windows next  xda-developers.com

CrossC2 enables multi-platform Cobalt Strike attacks on Linux, macOS  SC Media

While the Raspberry Pi 5 is a great and popular Arm single board computer, some elements of getting the hardware support upstream have lagged behind just as was also the case with prior generations of the Raspberry Pi SBC. One of the enablement bits now inching its way toward the mainline kernel is Ethernet support on the Raspberry Pi 5...

Patches Posted For Raspberry Pi 5 Ethernet With The Upstream Linux Kernel  Phoronix

The Ubuntu Release Management Team is pursuing a new concept called "Dangerous" Desktop Images that will ship leading-edge Snaps atop the latest Ubuntu daily development images...

3 Neat Linux Apps to Try This Weekend (Aug 15-17)  How-To Geek

This Open-Source App Unlocked RAW Photo Editing on My Chromebook  How-To Geek

What Is Omarchy Linux, and Why Is 37signals Moving to It?  The New Stack

Asmi Linux 13 Debian Edition debuts: Xfce desktop never looked so good  theregister.com

Debian 13 (Trixie) Released : Rock-Solid Linux Upgrade with Plenty of New Tricks  Geeky Gadgets

Intel FRED has been seeing Linux software enablement going on for the past three years. FRED is the Flexible Return Event Delivery that overhauls CPU transitions between privilege levels with a goal of lower ring transition latency and more robust software support. Unfortunately it has a late breaking incompatible change to the architecture and the Linux kernel is now being patched for it...

Intel FRED Suffers A Late "Incompatible Change" To The Architecture  Phoronix

Barring any issues from coming up in the near future, it looks like DM-PCACHE will be submitted for the Linux 6.18 cycle later in the year as a high throughput, low latency cache for DAX-capable persistent memory devices...

THE FINALS broken on Linux - again  GamingOnLinux

Some old and unmaintained drivers for Linux's Virtual Function I/O (VFIO) support are being marked as deprecated for eventual removal, including the generic VFIO platform driver...

Generic VFIO Platform Driver To Be Marked As Deprecated For Removal  Phoronix

One of the Linux Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) patch series that has long been in the works is on a standardized Color Pipeline API. This is for improving advanced color management handling on Linux and aligns with what Valve and Igalia engineers have been doing with AMD-specific color management implementation on the Steam Deck and their Gamescope compositor. Sent out today by AMD was the 11th iteration of these Color Pipeline API patches...

AMD Posts 11th Iteration Of Color Pipeline API For Advanced Color Management On Linux  Phoronix

As of today the Ubuntu 25.10 "Questing Quokka" is now under a feature freeze ahead of the stable release due out in October...

Cobalt Strike for everyone with CrossC2! We're paying attention to Linux servers without EDR.  Red Hot Cyber