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In addition to Linux 6.6 delivering better results on AMD EPYC servers, Intel Xeon Max / Sapphire Rapids is also picking up some performance wins on this forthcoming version of the Linux kernel. Here are some comparison benchmarks looking at the Intel Xeon Max 9480 2S performance between Linux 6.5 stable and the upcoming Linux 6.6 kernel.

Five new Intel Arc Alchemist GPU IDs have been spotted in Linux kernel patches  VideoCardz.com

Ubuntu 23.10 "Mantic Minotaur" is now officially available for download as the latest (non-LTS) Ubuntu Linux release with a wealth of updated packages, continued desktop installer improvements, and other refinements ahead of the Ubuntu 24.04 LTS cycle...

Ubuntu 23.10 Now Available With ZFS Desktop Install Option, Linux 6.5 Kernel  Phoronix

Linux-Distribution: Ubuntu 23.10 bringt viel Feinschliff | heise online  heise online

Ubuntu Linux 23.10 'Mantic Minotaur' is here with new features and ...  BetaNews

Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur) Officially Released with Linux 6.5 and GNOME 45  9to5Linux

Intel Adds New Arc Alchemist GPU PCI IDs In Linux Drivers, Alchemist Refresh On The Way?  Wccftech

Linux Operating System Market 2031 Growth Drivers along with Top Players , Amazon Web Services, Canonical...  SeeDance News

For those making use of GPU-accelerated AV1 video encoding with the latest AMD Radeon graphics hardware on Linux, the upcoming Mesa 23.3 release will support the high-quality AV1 preset for offering higher quality encodes...

Higher Quality AV1 Video Encoding Now Available For Radeon ...  Phoronix

Civil Infrastructure Platform Expands Super-Long-Term Stable Kernel Program with a 6.1-Based Series  Yahoo Finance

With today's release of Ubuntu 23.10 not only is the performance improved nicely for modern AMD Ryzen systems, but as usual the open-source graphics performance has enjoyed some nice performance improvements, new Vulkan extensions, and more particularly when it comes to the AMD Radeon and Intel graphics drivers...

How to Disable IPv6 Rules in UFW for Enhanced Firewall Security ...  MUO - MakeUseOf

Counter-Strike 2 support for older hardware and Mac is being ...  TechRadar

Roman Gilg who is known for his work on the KWinFT compositor project has spent the past few years quietly developing FDBuild as a new tool for developers to easily pull, configure, and build multiple software projects via a single command. This week he released FDBuild 0.1 as the first public release of this handy utility...

FDBuild 0.1 Released To Make It Easier To Quickly Build Multiple ...  Phoronix

Valve locking down publishing Steam builds with SMS codes due to ...  GamingOnLinux

Steam Deck gets a 'Laser Pointer' Gyro mode, plus more desktop ...  GamingOnLinux

While one month ago a Linux kernel patch was floated for advertising Meteor Lake graphics support by default to effectively mark it as stable and remove it from behind the "i915.force_probe" block, that has yet to be queued for the mainline kernel. Today another set of patches were submitted of new Intel kernel graphics driver changes slated for Linux 6.7 with this patch still missing -- but it might squeeze in next week to still make it for the v6.7 cycle...