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Linux 6.3-rc4 Released: "Looking Pretty Normal"  Phoronix

Linus Torvalds just announced the release of Linux 6.3-rc4 as we reach around the half-way point of the Linux 6.3 kernel's development cycle...

It's been one month since the release of Mesa 23.0 while it's finally been succeeded by Mesa 23.0.1 as the first point release containing a wide variety of bug fixes throughout this ecosystem of open-source 3D graphics drivers...

Mesa 23.0.1 Released With Many Fixes For Intel / AMD / Zink  Phoronix

OpenMandriva Lx 23.03 Released with Linux 6.2, Mesa 23, and ...  9to5Linux

OpenMandriva Lx 23.03 Released with Linux 6.2, Mesa 23, and KDE Plasma 5.27  9to5Linux

The 5 Best Practices for Using WSL 2 on Windows 10 & 11  MUO - MakeUseOf

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