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AMD Versal TRNG Driver Upstreamed To Linux 6.18, Intel Adds New Telemetry For QAT Gen6  Phoronix

4 reasons why I would pick MX Linux instead of AntiX for old PCs  XDA

The Compute Express Link (CXL) changes have been merged for the in-development Linux 6.18 kernel...

Raspberry Pi OS Rebased on Debian 13 Trixie with Linux 6.6 Kernel  WebProNews

Linux Kernel 6.18 Enhances DDoS Defenses with TCP Stack Optimizations  WebProNews

KDE Plasma 6.5 Beta 2 Released: Wayland Upgrades and Stability Focus  WebProNews

Linux Kernel 6.18 Adds Smart x86 TLB Flushing for Better Efficiency  WebProNews

7 unusual Linux distros built for one purpose (and why you should try them)  XDA

While Intel FRED was merged back in Linux 6.9 in advance of Intel processors shipping with this Flexible Return Event Delivery functionality, there ended up being a late, incompatible change to the specification as a result of security research into it. For Linux 6.18 those FRED changes have been merged,..

Linus Torvalds Calls Strict Rust Formatting ‘Crazy’ in Linux Kernel  WebProNews

Arch Linux's AUR Wasted My Time Until I Did This  How-To Geek

Linux 6.18 Adds Google’s Sheaves for SLUB Allocator Speed Boost  WebProNews

Vicinae is basically Raycast for Linux, and it's (almost) everything I wanted  XDA

4 Linux kernel tweaks I made that actually improved performance  XDA

In addition to some Intel Linux kernel drivers being "orphaned" following the corporate restructuring at Intel between developers being laid off and others deciding to pursue opportunities elsewhere, these changes have also led to a number of Intel-related software packages within Debian being orphaned. In turn these Intel packages are also relied on by Ubuntu and other downstream Debian Linux distributions...

The F2FS file-system enhancements have been merged for the Linux 6.18 kernel and include some new performance optimizations...

F2FS Lands Performance Improvements In Linux 6.18  Phoronix

Cairo-Dock is back after a decade hiatus! From the early 2010's you may remember Cairo-Dock / GLX-Dock as a complementary dock for your Linux desktop. The last time writing about it was the Cairo-Dock 3.4 release in 2014 when it was working toward EGL/Wayland support. Since then it was rather inactive the past decade besides a small 3.5 update one year ago with a few fixes. But out this week is now Cairo-Dock 3.6 with the long-awaited port to Wayland, HiDPI display handling, and other improvements...

Linux 6.18 IOMMU Changes For Intel, AMD, Apple & RISC-V  Phoronix

The IOMMU driver changes were merged this week for Linux 6.18 with new material to benefit Intel, AMD, Apple, and RISC-V systems...