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Xubuntu is a highly configurable Linux desktop that can be tweaked to your heart's content  ZDNet

Xubuntu is a highly configurable Linux desktop that can be tweaked to your heart's content  ZDNet

Nearly 40% of Linux gamers on Steam are on Steam Deck  GamingOnLinux

Nearly 40% of Linux gamers on Steam are on Steam Deck  GamingOnLinux

The Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) changes were submitted today that are ready for introduction in the Linux 6.5 kernel...

Linux 6.5 KVM Brings Guest Snapshots For RISC-V, AMD PerfMonV2 For VMs  Phoronix

Red Hat's new rule: Open source betrayal?  ZDNet

Fanatical's latest Trinity Bundle has some quality indie hits  GamingOnLinux

BattleBit Remastered is good fun but anti-cheat for Steam Deck & Linux is concerning  GamingOnLinux

Red Hat: Distro vendors must abide by enterprise agreements amid ...  ITPro

GNU Binutils 2.41 was branched today in its Git repository in preparations for releasing this collection of binary utilities widely relied upon by Linux and other platforms...

Last year the USB4 v2.0 specification was published as the next iteration of the USB4 standard. USB4 v2 supports 80 Gbps transfer rates with USB Type-C active cables and the ability to handle up to 120 Gbps in one direction and 40 Gbps for the other direction. Intel is contributing initial support for USB4 v2 to the Linux 6.5 kernel along with initial enablement on their new Intel Barlow Ridge discrete controller...

Linux 6.5 Adding Initial Support For USB4 v2, Intel Barlow Ridge  Phoronix

wilivm Named Among Best and High Speed VPS Providers Catering ...  Digital Journal

Defying Red Hat, Rocky Linux and AlmaLinux Vow to Continue ...  Slashdot

After being in development for more than one year, Perl 5.38 released today as the latest feature update to this programming language...

Jonas Ådahl of Red Hat today published a new version of the Wayland-Protocols package that consists of all the stable and staging protocol definitions for use in the Wayland world...

The Virtual Function I/O "VFIO" changes were merged last week for the ongoing Linux 6.5 kernel merge window. This IOMMU/device agnostic framework has added an AMD CDX driver this cycle along with other improvements for this subsystem that is important to the Linux virtualization stack...

VFIO In Linux 6.5 Adds Support For The AMD CDX Bus  Phoronix

The in-development GCC 14 compiler has added support for the MIPS16e2 processor ISA...