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Tim Holmes-Mitra with Canonical has shared some roadmap highlights for the Ubuntu desktop with the in-development Ubuntu 24.04 LTS...

Canonical Details Ubuntu 24.04 Desktop Plans + Ongoing X11 Sunsetting Discussions  Phoronix

While some at Intel were busy launching the 5th Gen Xeon Scalable "Emerald Rapids", other Linux engineers at the company were pushing ahead on their new hardware enablement quest for future platforms. Sent out on the same day as Emerald Rapids being announced were continued patches for enabling Grand Ridge...

In addition to Fedora 40 applying systemd hardening settings to bolster system security, another security enhancement now approved by the Fedora Engineering and Steering Committee (FESCo) is on having the linker error out on encountering possible security issues...

It's been two weeks since Mesa 23.3 was punctually released and this week has been succeeded by the Mesa 23.3.1 point release with the first batch of bug/regression fixes...

Oracle Linux: 2023 year in review  Oracle

Understanding System Log Management Using Logrotate  Linux Journal

Open Networking Foundation merges open source networking portfolio into Linux Foundation  SDxCentral

Fedora 40 is planning to provide more hardened system security by leveraging some high level security features provided by systemd...

Vivaldi releases end-of-year versions for Windows, macOS and Linux  iTWire

Linux Kernel of the Beast 6.6.6 exorcised by angelic 6.6.7 update  The Register

Optimizing Embedded System Functionality with the Right OS  Embedded Computing Design

Microsoft embraces its inner penguin with Linux-powered Windows AI Studio  The Register

Microsoft previews Linux-powered Windows AI Studio  The Register

What You Missed Last Month in NYC (According to Linux)  Papermag

Back in September AMD released FidelityFX Super Resolution 3 (FSR3) and at the time they noted the open-source code would be made available "soon". As a nice Christmas present, the FSR3 source code is public as of today...

116 Malware Packages Found on PyPI Repository Infecting Windows and Linux Systems  The Hacker News

ONF Merges Market Leading Portfolio of Open Source Networking Projects into the Linux Foundation  Yahoo Finance

Intel Xeon Platinum 8592+ "Emerald Rapids" Linux Benchmarks Review  Phoronix

Following the 5th Gen Xeon Scalable "Emerald Rapids" overview, you are likely wondering about the performance claims made by Intel and how they shake up in independent testing as well as how Emerald Rapids competes against AMD EPYC Genoa(X) and Bergamo. If so this article is for you with the Phoronix benchmarks of the new flagship Intel Xeon Platinum 8592+ 64-core processors being tested in both single and dual socket modes.