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An interesting anecdote from this week's batch of RISC-V fixes for the Linux 6.18 kernel exposed that the MIPS RISC-V/JEDEC vendor ID was wrong for code merged at the start of the kernel cycle. The testing hadn't caught it either as the QEMU emulation also ended up inadvertently using the wrong vendor ID too...

RISC-V Testing Lapse Resulted In Wrong MIPS RISC-V Vendor ID Landing In Linux 6.18  Phoronix

I used an immutable Linux distro for a week, and it was weirdly great  XDA

How installing Linux on a USB drive made every PC as comfortable as my own  How-To Geek

A computer builder calls Qualcomm "less suitable for Linux than expected" as it cancels its Snapdragon products  XDA

FreeBSD 15.0 is working toward its stable release in early December. As part of reaching that major release, FreeBSD 15.0-RC3 released today as what may be the final release candidate before FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE...

I built a Linux "recovery drive" that doubles as a persistent portable workstation  XDA

Snapdragon X1 Elite Linux laptop cancelled due to performance concerns — Linux PC maker says Qualcomm CPU is ‘less suitable for Linux than expected’  Tom's Hardware

Developer says you can “unlock” AirPods to use them on Android and Linux devices  Cybernews

Yesterday TUXEDO Computers cancelled their Snapdragon X Elite Linux laptop plans. In their announcement discontinuing work on this X1E Linux laptop, they said they would still upstream the Device Tree support to the mainline Linux kernel. Indeed they posted a new revision of their DT patches on Friday for the Linux kernel, but there is diminishing outlook that they will be accepted upstream for this cancelled product...

Linux-Inspired File Managers Outpace Windows Explorer in Speed and Features  WebProNews

Here's how I fixed Windows not showing up in my dual boot menu  How-To Geek

Steam Runtime’s Debian 13 Leap: Linux Gaming’s Quiet Revolution  WebProNews

Linux 6.19 Unlocks Realtek’s RTL8125K: The Next Frontier in 2.5G Ethernet  WebProNews

NVIDIA’s Linux Driver Leap: HDR Metadata Unlocks New Era for Wayland Gaming  WebProNews

Since the start of the new year, there have been patches being posted for proposing a new GCC compiler front-end for the half-century old Algol 68 programming language. Oracle engineer Jose Marchesi has been leading the Algol 68 effort for GCC and this weekend posted a new revision of the patches, which now includes a working modules system implementation...

Sent out today were a set of input subsystem fixes for the near-final Linux 6.18 kernel. A bit of a notable addition via this "fixes" pull is getting both touchscreens working on the AYANEO Flip DS, a dual-screen gaming handheld device that can be loaded up with Linux...

Linux 6.18 To Enable Both Touchscreens On The AYANEO Flip DS Dual-Screen Handheld  Phoronix

More features continue piling on for the KDE Plasma 6.6 desktop, including an important performance fix this week for those running displays with a higher than 60Hz refresh rate...

Just last week GNOME's Nautilus file manager "GNOME Files" made headlines for finally supporting Ctrl+INsert and Shift+Insert while this week there is more activity worth pointing out. Nautilus in GNOME 50 will be loading thumbnail images much faster than in prior versions...