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LibreOffice 7.4.7 Is Here as the Last Update in the Series, Upgrade to LibreOffice 7.5 Now  9to5Linux

The ISC DHCP software was marked end-of-life at the end of 2022 and thus Ubuntu Linux developers have been deciding on a new isc-dhcp-client package replacement to use by default...

Asus ROG Ally vs. Steam Deck: which to buy  Polygon

Linux Fu: C On Jupyter  Hackaday

For those wondering how the recent releases of the Clang 16 and GCC 13 are competing for the fastest generated binaries of these leading open-source compilers, here is a fresh round of benchmarks from an Intel Core i9 13900K "Raptor Lake" system looking at the performance for a variety of C/C++ workloads built under each of these compilers.

8 Linux Concepts That Are Older Than You Think  MUO - MakeUseOf

Ransomware Actors Adopt Leaked Babuk Code to Hit Linux Systems  Duo Security

Fidelity Joins FINOS’ Growing Buy-Side Members Pledging Open Source Adoption  Yahoo Finance

10 Best Linux Distros for Gaming in 2023  Beebom

Since Linux 5.18 there has been Indirect Branch Tracking (IBT) in the mainline kernel that was contributed by Intel as part of their Control-flow Enforcement Technology (CET). For Linux 6.4 Intel engineers tried to get the Shadow Stack support mainlined as the other part of CET, but issues were uncovered at the last minute. Hopefully Shadow Stack support will be merged for the v6.5 cycle but beyond that host support, Intel engineers have also been working on CET virtualization for enabling these security features for use within virtual machines...

Intel Sends Out Latest Patches Preparing Linux CET Virtualization  Phoronix

Ubuntu 23.04 welcomes three more flavors, but hamburger menus leave a bad taste  The Register

An initial batch of DRM-Misc-Next patches targeting the Linux 6.5 kernel later this summer were sent today to DRM-Next for queuing ahead of that next merge window...

Linux 6.5 Raspberry Pi "VC4" Graphics Driver Picking Up New HDMI ...  Phoronix

KDE Plasma 6 to Ship with Floating Panel by Default, Double-Click for Opening Files  9to5Linux

Following the recent Plasma 6 developer sprint in Bavaria is an update on the achievements from that KDE developer event. KDE developer Nate Graham published a blog post today that focuses on some of the default changes intended for Plasma 6.0, including hopes of being able to use the Wayland session by default...

AlmaLinux 9.2 is now available for this community-driven, freely-available alternative to upstream Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2. The AlmaLinux crew managed to deliver this release just hours after Red Hat reached general availability on RHEL 9.2 and RHEL 8.8...

AlmaLinux 9.2 Released As Free Alternative To Red Hat Enterprise ...  Phoronix

We have to wait a bit longer for Hollow Knight: Silksong  GamingOnLinux

Red Hat advances with new Enterprise Linux releases  ZDNet