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Linux 6.7 Features Include Bcachefs, Stable Meteor Lake Graphics ...  Phoronix

With the Linux 6.7 merge window having closed on Sunday, here's a recap of all the interesting new features to find with this new kernel. Linux 6.7 stable will be out either in the final days of 2023 or more than likely in the early days of next year.

How to Find Where apt Installed That Package on Debian and Ubuntu  MUO - MakeUseOf

As noted a few weeks back, NVIDIA is working to add OpenACC support to the upstream LLVM Clang compiler for this parallel computing standard. Today that work began landing in LLVM/Clang's development codebase...

Initial OpenACC Code Begins Landing In The LLVM Clang Compiler  Phoronix

Intel's open-source "ANV" Vulkan driver within Mesa has added support for the protected memory feature available with Vulkan 1.1+...

Intel's Vulkan Linux Driver Adds Protected Memory Support  Phoronix

An initial set of drm-misc-next changes has been sent out today to DRM-Next of the very first feature patches to begin queuing until the Linux 6.8 merge window opens up around the start of the new year...

Raspberry Pi 5 Kernel Graphics Driver Support Queued Ahead Of ...  Phoronix

Multiple vulnerabilities found in PureVPN Linux app  The Independent

How to change password on Ubuntu Linux  XDA Developers

While the KDE Plasma and GNOME Shell desktops are running on Wayland well, there are still many smaller desktops that haven't yet been ported over to Wayland or still in the early stages. There's also no shortage of passionate open-source developers toying around with their own desktops / compositors. Louvre is now the latest library out there like WLROOTS and libweston aiming to help develop Wayland compositors...

Louvre Is A New C++ Library Helping To Build Wayland Compositors  Phoronix

For those Ubuntu Linux users enjoying the Ubuntu Mainline Kernel PPA for having the very latest kernel stable point releases or being able to test daily Git kernel builds with ease or weekly RCs, the Ubuntu Mainline Kernel PPA returned this week after a month of downtime...

Ubuntu's Mainline Kernel PPA Is Back To Providing The Latest Linux Kernel Builds  Phoronix

Calibre 7.0 E-Book Manager Introduces New Notes Feature, Support for Audio EPUBs  9to5Linux

Earlier this week Intel compiler engineers posted patches enabling Intel APX NDD support for the GCC compiler as the "New Data Destination" feature of the Advanced Performance Extensions. Those engineers are ending out their week by posting patches for enabling APX PPX for GCC, the new Push-Pop Acceleration of this forthcoming ISA addition...

It’s Official: Linux Kernel 6.6 Will Be LTS, Supported Until December 2026  9to5Linux

Allwinner VPU gets open-source Linux driver for its H.264 hardware video encoder  CNX Software

Allwinner VPU gets open-source Linux driver for its H.264 hardware video encoder  CNX Software