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Microsoft Aims For Greater Script Execution Control On Linux

Phoronix - Sat, 05/13/2023 - 20:24
This week alongside several other Linux Foundation events in Vancouver was the Linux Security Summit. Commanding a significant presence at the Linux Security Summit was Microsoft...

Fwupd 1.9.1 Released With Many Bug Fixes, New Capabilities

Phoronix - Sat, 05/13/2023 - 18:23
Following yesterday's release of Fwupd 1.8.15, Fwupd 1.9.1 is now available as the latest release of this open-source firmware updating solution for Linux systems...

Asahi Linux To Users: Please Stop Using X.Org

Phoronix - Sat, 05/13/2023 - 17:58
Asahi Linux lead developer Hector Martin issued a lengthy post encouraging users of this Apple Silicon focused Linux distribution to stop using X.Org as Wayland is the future...

Intel Issues New CPU Microcode Going Back To Gen8 For New, Undisclosed Security Updates

Phoronix - Sat, 05/13/2023 - 06:40
Well, this is a bit strange... Intel just published Friday afternoon CPU microcode updates for all supported processor families back to Coffee Lake "Gen 8" for undisclosed security updates...

Wine 8.8 Released - Starts Working On ARM64EC Module Support

Phoronix - Sat, 05/13/2023 - 06:11
Wine 8.8 is out as another bi-weekly development release of this open-source software for running Windows games and applications on Linux, Chrome OS, and other platforms...

Linux Developers Still Working To Retire Intel Itanium/IA-64 Support

Phoronix - Fri, 05/12/2023 - 23:00
Back in February was a patch series proposed retiring the Intel Itanium (IA-64) architecture support from the Linux kernel. That removal has yet to take place in Linux Git but it's still being talked about and user-space developers are also eager as it would mean being able to clear out Itanium user-space code too...

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