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Asahi Linux adds support for Macs with M2 chips  Liliputing

Asahi Linux adds support for Macs with M2 chips  Liliputing

How I revived three ancient computers with ChromeOS Flex  ZDNet

How I revived three ancient computers with ChromeOS Flex  ZDNet

Linux kernel team has conquered Retbleed, Torvalds says  TechRadar

After dealing with the Intel Alder Lake P GuC firmware breakage around Linux 5.19 Git that is now to be addressed by the upstream Intel developers, it was on to performance testing the shiny new Core i7 1280P with this kernel due to be released as stable within the next two weeks... For those concerned about maximum performance, there was a glaring performance regression for this Alder Lake P on the new kernel being released as stable later this month. Well, a default change in performance/behavior at least but the power efficiency / performance-per-Watt tended to be better on this new kernel.

Steam is no longer just for Windows, Mac, and Linux users  WindowsReport.com

2022 is the year of the Chrome OS desktop  ZDNet

Best Steam Games For Mac  Tech News Today

Disentangling the Debian derivatives: Which should you use?  The Register

AppFlowy: An Open-Source Alternative to Notion  It's FOSS

Asahi Linux has issued an update with initial support for the Mac Studio powered by the M1 Ultra SoC as well as having initial (experimental) suppoirt for the new Apple M2 hardware...

Stemming from my article last week noting how Linux 5.19 Git broke Intel Alder Lake P graphics support due to requiring new firmware while not retaining backwards compatibility with the existing Intel GuC firmware, a solution is still being worked on prior to Linux 5.19 final whether it be a revert or the proposed patch working on GuC v69/70 firmware compatibility. Linux firmware guidelines are also being proposed to ensure kernel developers in the future don't try to break firmware support guarantees...

One of several improvements being prepared for the XFS file-system with the upcoming Linux 5.20 cycle is focused on improving the CIL scalability for systems with many CPU cores...

The ASUS-EC-Sensors driver that provides better and faster hardware sensor reading for ASUS motherboards on Linux and premiered earlier this year in Linux 5.18 is continuing to broaden its list of supported ASUS motherboards...

Ben Widawsky who had been at Intel for the past seventeen years, most of which were spent improving their open-source Linux graphics driver as well as other Linux kernel contributions, has joined Google...

Red Hat released Stalld 1.17 this past week as the newest version of this open-source daemon used for thread stall detection and boosting on Linux...

Mixtile Edge 2 Kit IoT edge computer supports Linux & Android  Geeky Gadgets

Linux Operating System Market Projected to Surpass US $ 18.78 Billion During the 2021-2028 Forecast Timeframe | Fortune Business Insights  Digital Journal

Libre Computer ROC-RK3328-CC now supports Ubuntu 22.04 with Linux 5.18.2  CNX Software