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Following the mainline Linux kernel support for the VisionFive 2 RISC-V single board computer from StarFive, Linux kernel patches are on the way for their new VisionFive 2 Lite low-cost offering. With the StarFive VisionFive 2 Lite this RISC-V board can be procured for as little as $19.9 USD as one of the cheapest yet fairly capable RISC-V SBCs...

Mainline Linux Patches For The VisionFive 2 Lite: RISC-V For As Little As $19.9 USD  Phoronix

Intel driver engineer Suraj Kandpal presented at the recent X.Org Developer's Conference (XDC2025) on the challenges around supporting content protection on Linux such as for High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) and Protected Audio Video Path (PAVP)...

The Headaches Supporting Content Protection With Linux GPU Drivers  Phoronix

Ubuntu's New 15-Year Commitment Targets Long-Lived Enterprise Systems  It's FOSS

Fedora 44 is looking at replacing the Linux kernel's console "FBCON" with the user-space-based KMSCON implementation. Eventually the hope remains to deprecate the FBCON/FBDEV code within the Linux kernel...

Kraken Ransomware Targets Windows, Linux, and VMware ESXi in Enterprise Environments  GBHackers News

Compiler engineer Marek Polacek of Red Hat recently proposed making the C++20 language specification (or rather the GNU++20 dialect) the default C++ version when not otherwise specified...

Steam Machine Will Spark A Whole New Generation of Linux-Based PCs, Says Baldur's Gate 3 Dev  Tech4Gamers

Kraken Ransomware Expands Attacks to Windows, Linux, and VMware ESXi Systems  Cyber Press

Critical Imunify360 AV Vulnerability Exposes 56 Million+ Linux-hosted Websites to RCE Attacks  CyberSecurityNews

Imunify360 AV Critical Flaw Exposes 56M Linux Websites to Remote Code Execution  Cyber Press

Critical Imunify360 Vulnerability Exposes Millions of Linux-Hosted Sites to RCE Attacks  gbhackers.com

Kraken Cross-Platform Ransomware Attacking Windows, Linux, and VMware ESXi Systems in Enterprise Environments  CyberSecurityNews

Someone ran a modern Linux OS on a 30-year-old CPU, and it's surprisingly usable  XDA

Tiny386 On An Espressif ESP32-S3  Hackaday

Valve reportedly cooking native Linux version of Half-Life: Alyx, optimized for Steam Frame VR  TweakTown

The EROFS read-only file-system started by Huawei and now maintained by a growing number of contributors continues attracting even more interest. EROFS has exhibited much potential for mobile devices as well as container use-cases while proving itself to be quite robust since its mainlining back in 2019...

EROFS File-System Continues Attracting More Industry Players  Phoronix

We’ve been dedicated to advancing Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes in line with the rapid evolution of Kubernetes security. With version 4.9, we’re introducing key integrations and updates designed to help streamline your workflows. To that end, we’ve improved our ability to integrate with other tools and services, enhanced visibility into operations, and begun the work of bringing virtual machines (VMs) into our scope of reporting and scanning. Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security Integration with ServiceNowA significant highlight of Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 4.9 is