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For those wanting to build/mod their own Linux gaming handheld or craft a controller for other uses, the Adafruit Seesaw gamepad has a driver premiering with Linux 6.8...

Linux 6.8 Adds Input Driver For Adafruit Seesaw Gamepad  Phoronix

Wayland Protocols 1.33 was released today by Daniel Stone for this de facto collection of Wayland protocols for implementing by the various Wayland compositors...

Wayland Protocols 1.33 Released With DMA-BUF Stable, Adds Transient Seat Protocol  Phoronix

Palworld is Steam Deck Playable and runs on Desktop Linux with Proton  GamingOnLinux

How to Use OpenPGP Symmetric Encryption with Libre Office and Linux  Medium

Ditch Microsoft Windows 11: SparkyLinux rolling 2024.01 emerges as the superior, cutting-edge alternative  BetaNews

Windows BSOD Reimagined: Linux Emulator Launch Upon Crash  BNN Breaking

SparkyLinux Kicks Off 2024 with MLVWM Macintosh-Like WM and Calamares 3.3  9to5Linux

The Servo open-source browser engine originally started by Mozilla has seen renewed development in recent time by Linux Foundation Europe and via developers at firms like Igalia. Last year they drafted plans for focusing on making Servo embed-friendly so that this Rust-written code could be easily leveraged by desktop apps and frameworks. Today more light was shed on this embed initiative and their focus on integrating with Tauri...

For those making use of the AppArmor Linux kernel security module, there is a notable change coming with the Linux 6.8 kernel...

AppArmor Switches To SHA256 Policy Hashes In Linux 6.8  Phoronix

The developers behind the Genode open-source operating system framework have shared their 2024 road-map of new features they hope to accomplish this calendar year...

Genode OS Aiming For Multi-Monitor & Suspend/Resume Support This Year  Phoronix

SparkyLinux 2024.01 Update Debuts With PipeWire and More  It's FOSS News

Following last month's FreeRDP 3.0 release with many improvements for this Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) implementation, FreeRDP 3.2 is out today with a number of fixes -- especially as it pertains to Wayland support...

Convicted murderer, filesystem creator writes of regrets to Linux list  Ars Technica

System, global and local Git config files on Windows and Linux  TheServerSide.com

Linux 6.8 Default-Disabling 31-bit Enterprise System Architecture ELF Binary Support  Phoronix

A second batch of s390 architecture changes were sent out today for the ongoing Linux 6.8 merge window...