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Linux Kernel Updated To Add Zenbleed Fix For Valve's Steam Deck  Phoronix

Last month when the Linux kernel was mitigated for Zenbleed as a CPU vulnerability affecting AMD Zen 2 processors, it turns out the Steam Deck APU was accidentally left without coverage. An x86/urgent pull request sent out today for the Linux 6.5 kernel and for back-porting to current stable Linux kernel releases will extend the Zenbleed mitigation to protect Steam Deck gamers...

Last year the DisplayPort 2.1 specification was published and now Intel's open-source Linux engineers are working on adding support to the kernel for handling of the DisplayPort Alternate Mode 2.1 support for that DP operation over USB Type-C connections...

Intel Wiring Up DisplayPort Alt Mode 2.1 Support For Linux  Phoronix

One of the new Linux kernel patch series out of AMD this week is for exposing ACPI PHAT, the Platform Health Assessment Table...

AMD Working On ACPI PHAT Support For Linux To Expose Health ...  Phoronix

While KDE developers are busy working on Plasma 6, System76's software developers are busy working on their new Rust-based "COSMIC" desktop environment. System76 on Friday published a new blog post outlining their efforts in recent weeks...

KDE developers continue to be quite busy working on Plasma 6 development and related enhancements to this popular open-source desktop environment...

Red Hat rivals form Open Enterprise Linux Association  Network World

With the in-development NVK driver merged for Mesa 23.3 to provide open-source NVIDIA Vulkan API support when paired with the Nouveau kernel driver and the necessary Nouveau kernel driver improvements coming with Linux 6.6 for supporting this driver, Phoronix readers have been eager for some benchmarks... Well, here are some benchmarks on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 20 and RTX 30 series when comparing the latest NVK+Nouveau code compared to the proprietary NVIDIA Linux graphics driver stack.

What is the LibreOffice digital signature feature and how do you use it?  ZDNet

How to Install WordPress on Ubuntu  MUO - MakeUseOf

How to Install and Use GNU nano to Edit Files on Linux  MUO - MakeUseOf

Suse, Oracle, CIQ join forces to fuel RHEL-compatible Linux distros  InfoWorld

Following the new Linux stable kernels this week to quickly mitigate the Intel Downfall and AMD Inception vulnerabilities, today brings another set of stable point releases. Among the fixes to be picked up since Tuesday is the other AMD fix for the week of a Zen 1 bug that could leak data following a divide by zero operation...

Linux 6.4.10 & LTS Kernels Updated With AMD Zen 1 Divide By ...  Phoronix

Linux 6.6 Receives Patches For AMD’s Next-Gen Zen 5 CPUs  Wccftech

Open Enterprise Linux Association takes aim at Red Hat Enterprise ...  SDxCentral

The upcoming Linux 6.6 kernel will finish removing old remnants of Wireless USB support...

Linux 6.6 To Finish Gutting Wireless USB & UWB  Phoronix