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Merged for Linux 6.5 was initial MIDI 2.0 support for the necessary USB audio and raw MIDI drivers to support this major MIDI update. Being worked on now for merging into a future kernel release is the USB gadget driver support around MIDI 2.0...

More MIDI 2.0 Code Being Worked On For The Linux Kernel  Phoronix

Is Wayland Becoming the Favored Way to Get a GUI on Linux?  Slashdot

Rhino Linux Is a Promising Hybrid Desktop Worth the Wait | Review  LinuxInsider.com

How to encrypt a file within seconds in Linux!  Medium

With the Intel Xeon Max testing at Phoronix that's been ongoing so far for the past month on Phoronix has all been done within the Supermicro Hyper SuperServer SYS-221H-TNR rackmount server. This 2U dual socket platform for 4th Gen Xeon Scalable "Sapphire Rapids" processors has been working out well and provides a robust feature set while working out well for all of my Linux testing thus far.

How to Install 32-Bit Linux On An Old Mac  Make Tech Easier

This beautiful Linux distribution makes it easy to migrate from any OS  ZDNet

Linux Operating System Market 2031 Key Insights and Leading ...  Chatfield News-Record

The High Precision Event Timer (HPET) has long been a source of issues for Linux developers and it turns out systems relying on HPET rather than the CPU's TSC have in recent months suffered significant performance degradation with the Mesa OpenGL driver code...

AlmaLinux project climbs down from being a one-to-one RHEL clone  The Register

SparkyLinux 2023.07 Rolling Brings Debian 13 Trixie’s Packages, Secure Boot, and More  9to5Linux

Slackware celebrates 30 years in the Linux distribution world  ITPro

HPC News Bytes: SC23, China Tech Export Controls, Linux Wars ...  insideHPC

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: July 16th, 2023  9to5Linux

New AMDGPU targets seeing the initial plumbing merged today for LLVM 17 are GFX1150 and GFX1151 as upcoming AMD APU products...

Linux-friendly email program hit by zero-day bug  CyberNews.com

Linux Mint 21.2 Now Available, Will Get Updates Until 2027  How-To Geek

Linux Mint 21.2 Now Available, Will Get Updates Until 2027  How-To Geek

GNU Boot 20230717 has been released as the fork of Libreboot that in turn is a downstream of Coreboot focused on providing system firmware support only where they are fully free software. With GNU Boot the game is upped further by removing select motherboard ports and documentation where they do not comply with the GNU System Distribution Guidelines...