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Bash scripting tips that can save time on Linux  Network World

Btrfs Enjoys More Performance With Linux 6.3 - Including Some 3~10x Speedups  Phoronix

The big batch of Btrfs file-system driver updates for the Linux 6.3 kernel were submitted today by SUSE's David Sterba. As with many kernel cycles, this Btrfs pull includes more performance optimizations as well as new features...

Linux 6.2: The first mainstream Linux kernel for Apple M1 chips arrives  ZDNet

Make Old Low-Resolution Images Look Great on Linux With Upscayl  MUO - MakeUseOf

Cameron Kaiser's Dusted-off Dreamcast Linux Brings Some Neat Tweaks to Sega's Ill-Fated Console  Hackster.io

Fact Check: Can you play Valorant on Linux machines?  Sportskeeda

SparkyLinux is a no-frills Linux distribution anyone can use  ZDNet

While the new Ubuntu 23.04 desktop installer is shaping up nicely, Canonical engineers continue to be busy working on additional features and ironing out functionality found within the existing Ubiquity installer but not yet their new Flutter-based graphical installer...

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer - Part 26: Coming to You ...  GamingOnLinux

Microsoft Hyper-V Nested Hypervisor Support Comes For Linux 6.3  Phoronix

Several months back I wrote about Microsoft working on nested hypervisor support for Hyper-V with the Linux kernel. That work is now ready to go for the in-development Linux 6.3 cycle...

How to enable Ubuntu Pro to gain 10 years of security for your desktop  ZDNet

GNU Linux-libre 6.2 Continues The De-Blobbing Battle  Phoronix

Building off yesterday's release of Linux 6.2, the GNU Linux-libre 6.2 kernel was published today by the GNU FSFLA folks maintaining this kernel downstream that strips out driver support dependent upon non-free software firmware/assets as well as dropping the ability to load closed-source kernel modules...

Dead Space got a small update for Steam Deck  GamingOnLinux

You Can Now Install Linux Kernel 6.2 on Ubuntu, Here’s How  9to5Linux

Linux Kernel 6.2 is here, and it now has mainline support for Apple ...  TechRadar

Plans Being Drafted To Upstream Intel's New "Xe" Linux Graphics Driver  Phoronix

While the Linux 6.3 merge window has just begun, what you won't find in this next kernel version is the Intel Xe DRM driver as the new kernel graphics driver being worked on by the company for their modern integrated and discrete graphics processors...