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Zorin OS 16.2 Arrives as a Friendly and Accessible Alternative to Windows 11  9to5Linux

How to Install and Use Proton GE on SteamOS and Linux  MUO - MakeUseOf

Rakuten dumps Red Hat, turns to “true” open-source Linux OS  TelecomTV

Old & Weird Laptops Risk Seeing Broken Backlight Controls With Linux 6.1  Phoronix

As a warning and call for testing, old and "weird" laptops may broken backlight controls when moving to the Linux 6.1 kernel currently under development. Thus if invested in using an old laptop with a modern kernel version, it may be useful trying out a Linux 6.1 release candidate to help spot any regressions early...

How to run any Linux distro alongside Windows 11  Windows Central

While the Intel Alder Lake and now Raptor Lake hybrid processor support on Linux is in good shape after various improvements to the kernel for dealing with the mix of P and E cores, there are occasional caveats. Posted this week were a set of Intel P-State driver fixes around hardware P-states (HWP) calibration to ensure it's working on all Intel hybrid platforms...

At the start of the year SUSE's YaST team announced D-Installer as their new web-based distribution installer. Now as we approach the end of the year, D-Installer is ready for more widespread user testing and they are looking for help from the community in testing. Additionally, they are looking for help coming up with a new name for the "D-Installer"...

openSUSE Looking For Help Testing Its New Installer, New Name For "D-Installer"  Phoronix

Intel P-State Driver Seeing More Fixes For Hybrid CPUs With Linux 6.2  Phoronix

Thoughts on the official Steam Deck Docking Station  GamingOnLinux

Earlier this month I wrote about AMD "Morgana" and "Glinda" SoCs appearing in Coreboot for this open-source system firmware implementation. These are codenames we haven't seen talked about previously by AMD and this week more of the AMD Glinda SoC code has been published and merged into Coreboot...

The Linux kernel's networking subsystem is beginning to make preparations for 800 Gbps Ethernet networking...

Linux 6.2 Begins Making Preparations For 800 Gbps Networking  Phoronix

Ampere Computing is mainlining a Linux kernel driver for accessing the sensors of their SMpro co-processor found with their current line of Ampere Altra server processors...

Ampere Altra SMpro Hardware Monitoring Set For Linux 6.2  Phoronix

Rakuten, CIQ promote Rocky Linux OS for large-scale DU deployments  Telecompaper EN

Linus Torvalds bids 486 Linux adieu  ZDNet

Linus Torvalds bids 486 Linux adieu  ZDNet

Wonderful looking puzzle adventure Harmony's Odyssey lands on Linux / Steam Deck  GamingOnLinux