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Linus Torvalds released Linux 6.6-rc2 today and it also happens to be 32 years to the day since he introduced the Linux 0.01 kernel version...

Linux 6.6-rc2 Released - 32 Years Since Linux 0.01 Released  Phoronix

Embedded Linux Market: Future Growing Trends and Forecast from 2023 to 2030  Benzinga

How to Update and Upgrade Linux on Your Chromebook  MUO - MakeUseOf

A quick look back at when Lenovo revealed a Windows-Linux-Android tablet-laptop hybrid  Neowin

While there is (sadly) once again no Phoronix pilgrimage/meet-up at Oktoberfest this year, there is the annual Phoronix Premium sale special for those wishing to support the site at a discounted rate to enjoy ad-free viewing, multi-page articles on a single page, native dark mode, and other benefits...

Go Ad-Free & Single Page Articles With The Phoronix 2023 ...  Phoronix

Linux 6.7 To Add POWER-Z Driver For Exposing USB Power ...  Phoronix

For those curious about the power consumption of USB-C devices, there are some nifty devices out there that have a LED display and can report the voltage, Amps, Wattage, and USB power delivery protocol version of connected devices. It's a neat display but with a new POWER-Z driver coming to the Linux kernel it's possible to propagate that information from the system itself with this new driver...

Linux's SLUB Allocator Preparing To Better Fend Off Cross-Cache ...  Phoronix

Following SLOB's removal and SLAB being deprecated and set for removal, the Linux kernel is all-in on the SLUB allocator. A new patch series posted on Friday is aiming to help prevent the possibility of cross-cache attacks with the SLUB memory allocator in the kernel...

GE-Proton 8-15 release fixes Mafia Definitive Edition  GamingOnLinux

Building off Friday's release of Wine 8.16 is now Wine-Staging 8.16 for this experimental blend of Wine that offers up nearly 500 additional testing/in-development patches...

Wine-Staging 8.16 Fixes A 16 Year Old Bug For Games Crashing  Phoronix

The threaded / atomic console support for the Linux kernel is the last main blocker before the real-time "RT" patches can finally be mainlined...

NBCON Console Patches Updated For Eventually Unblocking Real ...  Phoronix

Linux Celebrates 32 Years with the Release of 6.6-rc2 Version  Linux Journal

Armbian September news & DietPi late August news  LinuxGizmos.com

The 7 Best PDF-to-Word Converters for Linux  MUO - MakeUseOf

Linux Mesa Drivers Tip Intel's Arc Battlemage GPU Draws Near  Hot Hardware