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Kaspersky reveals three-year long suspected supply chain attack targeting Linux  ZAWYA

Intel's open-source "ANV" Vulkan driver used by Linux systems is now enabling by default the VK_EXT_mesh_shader extension for their graphics processors with mesh shader support...

Intel's Vulkan Linux Driver Now Enables Mesh Shader Support By ...  Phoronix

JumpCloud finds that 56% of US-based IT professionals expect ...  9to5Mac

Happy Birthday to Steam as it turned 20 today  GamingOnLinux

While Bcachefs was not merged for the Linux 6.6 cycle with one of the concerns raised by Linus Torvalds being that it hadn't been vetted via the "linux-next" staging area, that process has now begun to raise hopes of potentially seeing the new file-system driver introduced for Linux 6.7...

Bcachefs Merged Into Linux-Next  Phoronix

One of the driver additions we've been eager to see for the mainline Linux kernel that didn't pan out in time for the recently closed Linux 6.6 merge window is the Intel Xe DRM kernel graphics driver as a modern alternative to their i915 driver. The Xe driver better supports non-x86 CPU architectures, better designed and more performant around their modern integrated and discrete GPUs, and overall is able to make better design choices and improvements in being a clean sheet driver design compared to all the code that has built up in i915 over the years. But for getting the Xe driver upstream even in experimental form, first some necessary DRM scheduler patches need to be ironed out...

Intel's DRM Scheduler Patches Updated That Are A Prerequisite For ...  Phoronix

Fanatical have great bundles live with Deathloop, Skyrim, Metro ...  GamingOnLinux

One of the new Linux networking features we've been looking forward to seeing in the kernel is TCP Authentication Option (TCP-AO / RFC5925) as a means of improving TCP security and authenticity. The eleventh iteration of the TCP-AO patches were posted today for the Linux kernel with it looking like work on this network addition potentially wrapping up soon...

TCP Authentication Option "TCP-AO" Support Nears For The Linux Kernel  Phoronix

Navigating the Landscape of Linux File System Types  Linux Journal

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TUXEDO's 3rd gen Linux-optimized Aura notebooks are powerful and affordable  BetaNews

Merged for Mesa 23.3 today is the Vulkan windowing system integration (WSI) to allow for the "PresentOptionAsyncMayTear" option that can be used to enable tearing under (X)Wayland if desiring peak performance at the cost of possible imperfect rendering...

openSUSE Slowroll Released As A Slower Alternative To ...  Phoronix

The openSUSE Slowroll distribution is a middle-ground between the rolling-release openSUSE Tumbleweed Linux distribution and the SUSE Linux Enterprise aligned openSUSE Leap with its fixed releases. The new openSUSE Slowroll is a rolling-release-like distribution with updates "every one or two months" but with constant bug/security fixes...

Ubuntu Linux Will Add TPM-Backed Full-Disk Encryption  How-To Geek

Linux-based Set Top Box Market Analysis Report 2023-2030 | 96 Pages Report  Benzinga