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Posted today was the "v1" patch series implementing threaded/atomic console infrastructure for printk. This is one of the last steps needed before the real-time (PREEMPT_RT) support can be finally mainlined into the Linux kernel...

7 Reasons Why You Should Learn Networking on Linux  MUO - MakeUseOf

AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D Linux Gaming Performance Review  Phoronix

After earlier this week providing the initial Linux benchmarks of the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D across many Linux gaming tests as well as nearly 400 other tests, in today's article I am looking at the AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D as the 12-core / 24-thread processor with the hefty 128MB L3 cache on this Zen 4 desktop processor. Due to having less time with the 7900X3D thus far, today's article is just getting things started in looking at the Linux gaming performance -- both native Linux games as well as many Windows games running on Linux thanks to Valve's wonderful Steam Play (Proton + DXVK / VKD3D-Proton) software.

Hibernaculum is a gross looking retro-inspired sci-fi dungeon crawler  GamingOnLinux

Total War: WARHAMMER III for Linux updated to v2.4 with Immortal ...  GamingOnLinux

Linux Mint 21.2 and Cinnamon 5.8 desktop take shape  The Register

Linux Mint 21.2 and Cinnamon 5.8 desktop take shape  The Register

Linux Operating System Market [USD ~41 Bn by 2032] [18.7% CAGR]  Enterprise Apps Today

Linux Foundation Research Shows Economic Value of Open Source Software Rising in Terms of Benefits vs. Costs  PR Newswire

openSUSE Tumbleweed Rolls Out Optional x86-64-v3 Optimized ...  Phoronix

The rolling-release openSUSE Tumbleweed package has begun rolling out a new "patterns-glibc-hwcaps-x86_64_v3" package that is automatically installed on supported systems and allows for automatically installing "recommended" x86-64-v3 optimized packages where available in the name of enjoying greater performance...

LibreOffice 7.5.1 Brings New Light/Dark Mode Switch, Fixes More Than 90 Bugs  9to5Linux

For those doing large Linux kernel builds such as with the "allyesconfig" build option for including as many of the available drivers as possible into the assembled Linux kernel image, objtool improvements ready to go with Linux 6.3 should cut down on the RAM usage and also speed-up the kernel build time. These improvements were motivated by Linux kernel developers beginning to run out of memory when trying to carry out the "allyesconfig" kernel builds on desktops with 32GB of RAM...

Linux 6.3 Improvements Yield Better Chances Of Successfully Compiling The Kernel With ~32GB RAM  Phoronix

Anbernic RG353P retro handheld has Android & Linux compatibility ...  Gadget Flow

Going back to 2016 Intel began work on the SoundWire support for Linux, the MIPI standard started in 2014 to help consolidate audio interfaces between PC and mobile hardware. In preparation for seemingly new AMD hardware coming to market with SoundWire support, AMD engineers recently began working on an AMD SoundWire driver...

AMD SoundWire Driver For Linux Coming Together  Phoronix

While the open-source Mesa 3D drivers are most well known for use on Linux, they are used by other platforms too like Haiku, the BSDs, and even Microsoft Windows with WSL and the like. For those making use of the Mesa 3D drivers on the BeOS-inspired Haiku operating system to enjoy OpenGL support, merged for Mesa 23.1 is an improved EGL implementation for that platform...

Valve doesn't need much to make a Steam Deck 2 a huge success  GamingOnLinux