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AMD Guided Autonomous Mode Submitted For Linux 6.4  Phoronix

As anticipated the AMD P-State driver extension building out the Guided Autonomous Mode of operation has been sent in as part of the CPU frequency scaling / power management changes for the in-development Linux 6.4 kernel...

Fedora 39 this autumn is looking at boosting its vm.max_map_count default to better match the behavior of SteamOS / Steam Deck and allowing more Windows games to run out-of-the-box with Steam Play...

Installing and Using Yarn on Ubuntu  Linux Journal

With the Linux 6.4 kernel there is the ability being introduced so that the machine keyring can optionally only store CA-enforced keys...

Linux 6.4 Allows For Optional CA Enforcement Of The Machine ...  Phoronix

Linux and Steam Deck compatibility tool Luxtorpeda gets upgraded ...  GamingOnLinux

How to install XFCE GUI on AWS Ubuntu EC2 Instance  H2S Media

Flathub, the Linux App Store, Has a Slick New Website  How-To Geek

The tech layoffs have now reached Red Hat with "hundreds of jobs" being cut and the initial round of layoffs being announced today...

Pixel-art Sims styled game Tiny Life hits Early Access on May 3rd  GamingOnLinux

Understanding Linux file system types  Network World

Linux kernel 6.3 is out now here's some quick highlights  GamingOnLinux

HDR and Colour Management patches for Steam Deck + AMD ...  GamingOnLinux

3Dfx Voodoo 1 & 2 Glide Linux Driver Retired, Other X.Org Code ...  Phoronix

In clearing up the state of various X.Org packages that have been effectively unmaintained for years, an attempt is being made to better communicate the status of some "retired" X.Org packages that Linux distributions should work towards removing as they are no longer being maintained...

After being deprecated for several years, Security Enhanced Linux "SELinux" beginning with the Linux 6.4 kernel can no longer be run-time disabled...

SELinux In Linux 6.4 Removes Run-Time Disabling Support  Phoronix

Lazarus Linux Malware Linked to 3CX Supply-Chain Attack  TechNewsWorld

Open-source Linux graphics driver engineer Melissa Wen with Igalia, Joshua Ashton with Valve, and Harry Wentland with AMD have been working on kernel mode-setting (KMS) color pipeline enhancements for SteamOS and in particular for enhancing the Steam Deck...