Open-source News

On the AMD CPU side of the house, one of the patch series we are looking forward to seeing upstreamed in the Linux kernel is the AMD Preferred Core functionality that was initially sent out this summer. This AMD Preferred Core handling is built onto the AMD P-State driver and has been undergoing a few rounds of iteration with the latest "v5" patches having been posted this week...

AMD Preferred Core Patches Updated For Linux  Phoronix

The best Linux backup tools: Don't put it off any longer  PCWorld

The Rocky Linux Ecosystem's United Front against Cyber Threats ...  insideHPC

The Linux 6.6 FUSE driver code for enabling file-systems in user-space is adding support for STATX to the protocol as part of focusing on enabling file birth time "btime" support...

FUSE Adds Initial Support For Statx, File Birth Times For File-Systems In User-Space  Phoronix

The USB/Thunderbolt subsystem updates were merged this past weekend for the ongoing Linux 6.6 kernel merge window...

USB MIDI 2.0 Gadget Function Driver Merged For Linux 6.6, Lunar ...  Phoronix

Greg Kroah-Hartman last Friday sent out the "char/misc" changes for the Linux 6.6 kernel merge window that include the catch-all of different driver changes. This cycle the char/misc updates aren't particularly exciting but the Intel PECI updates do stand-out...

Linux 6.6 char/misc Brings Intel PECI Updates, Sapphire Rapids ...  Phoronix

After a hiatus due to the pandemic, systemd's All Systems Go conference is returning next week to Berlin...

systemd's All Systems Go Conference Returns Next Week  Phoronix

Hackers Using BlueShell Malware to Attack Windows, Linux, and Mac Systems  GBHackers

Ahead of Intel expecting to formally reveal more Meteor Lake processor details in the coming weeks, Intel's open-source Linux graphics driver developers are ready to declare the new integrated graphics stable with the upstream Linux kernel -- dropping the existing flag that treated them as experimental and not enabled by default unless passing a special kernel module parameter...

Intel Ready To Declare Meteor Lake Linux Graphics Driver Support ...  Phoronix

STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor more playable on Steam Deck with ...  GamingOnLinux

How to Change the Hostname in Debian 12 BookWorm  Linux Journal

Linux 6.6 Bringing Qt6 Port To "make xconfig" Interface  Phoronix

Masahiro Yamada submitted today all of the Kconfig feature updates targeting the Linux 6.6 merge window. Most notable with the Kconfig work is the "make xconfig" GUI seeing a port for Qt6 toolkit compatibility...

Purism's Librem 5 Linux smartphone now takes just 2 weeks to ship ...  Liliputing