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OpenMandriva ROME 23.03 has been released as the "rolling release" flavor of this Linux distribution whose roots trace back to the beautiful days of Mandrake Linux...

OpenMandriva ROME 23.03 Released With Linux 6.2 + KDE Plasma 5.27 Desktop  Phoronix

With the Linux 6.2 release kernel developers addressed "a tasty target for attackers" after it was realized that the per-CPU entry data was not being randomized, even in the presence of Kernel Address Space Layout Randomization (KASLR). The per-CPU entry area randomization has been present since Linux 6.3 but then was realized it's being activated even if KASLR was disabled, so now that is changing to avoid possible confusion...

Linux Will Stop Randomizing Per-CPU Entry Area When KASLR Is Not Active  Phoronix

How to take screenshot in laptop? Here's step-by-step way for ...  Sambad English

Ventoy 1.0.90 Adds Support for LibreELEC 11.0 and Chimera Linux  9to5Linux

Ventoy 1.0.90 Adds Support for LibreELEC 11.0 and Chimera Linux  9to5Linux

Rob Clark on Saturday sent out a pull request adding the DMA-BUF/DMA-FENCE deadline awareness code to the Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) subsystem with the upcoming Linux 6.4 cycle...

Linux 6.4 Preparing DRM Deadline Hints To Help Influence GPU ...  Phoronix

How to Install IDLE Python IDE in Ubuntu  MUO - MakeUseOf

Merged this weekend to the LLVM 17 development code-base is initial support for RISC-V's vector crypto extension ISA...

LLVM 17 Lands Initial Support For RISC-V Vector Crypto Extension ...  Phoronix

José Expósito announced the release this weekend of libinput 1.23, the input handling library used these days across the Linux desktop for both X.Org/X11 and Wayland based environments. With libinput 1.23 comes a few notable new features...

Libinput 1.23 Brings New "Custom" Pointer Acceleration Profile ...  Phoronix

KDE developers remain quite busy working on Plasma 6.0 development along with preparing fixes for further Plasma 5.27 LTS point releases...

Kubuntu Focus XE Gen 2 Linux laptop launches with 12th Gen Intel ...  gizmochina

Google Security Researchers Accuse CentOS of Failing to Backport ...  Slashdot

How to Type Accented Characters in Linux  MUO - MakeUseOf

Microsoft Edge on Chromebooks: Why it doesn't work and what to do ...  Chrome Unboxed

Why Carriers Are Powering Telecom Cloud Services With Open ...  SDxCentral