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While the new Ubuntu 23.04 desktop installer is shaping up nicely, Canonical engineers continue to be busy working on additional features and ironing out functionality found within the existing Ubiquity installer but not yet their new Flutter-based graphical installer...

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer - Part 26: Coming to You ...  GamingOnLinux

Microsoft Hyper-V Nested Hypervisor Support Comes For Linux 6.3  Phoronix

Several months back I wrote about Microsoft working on nested hypervisor support for Hyper-V with the Linux kernel. That work is now ready to go for the in-development Linux 6.3 cycle...

How to enable Ubuntu Pro to gain 10 years of security for your desktop  ZDNet

GNU Linux-libre 6.2 Continues The De-Blobbing Battle  Phoronix

Building off yesterday's release of Linux 6.2, the GNU Linux-libre 6.2 kernel was published today by the GNU FSFLA folks maintaining this kernel downstream that strips out driver support dependent upon non-free software firmware/assets as well as dropping the ability to load closed-source kernel modules...

Dead Space got a small update for Steam Deck  GamingOnLinux

You Can Now Install Linux Kernel 6.2 on Ubuntu, Here’s How  9to5Linux

Linux Kernel 6.2 is here, and it now has mainline support for Apple ...  TechRadar

Plans Being Drafted To Upstream Intel's New "Xe" Linux Graphics Driver  Phoronix

While the Linux 6.3 merge window has just begun, what you won't find in this next kernel version is the Intel Xe DRM driver as the new kernel graphics driver being worked on by the company for their modern integrated and discrete graphics processors...

Real-Time Linux Gets Long-Term Support  Electronic Design

Intel Sends Out "La Jolla Cove Adapter" Linux Driver Patches As ...  Phoronix

Intel this weekend submitted their Linux device driver patches for review concerning their La Jolla Cove Adapter (LJCA) hardware...

OpenRA has another test release improving Dune 2000, Red Alert ...  GamingOnLinux

As part of the tracing updates sent in for Linux 6.3 is the introduction of the new "hwnoise" tool within the kernel source tree for monitoring and quantifying hardware noise...

Linux 6.3 Introducing Hardware Noise "hwnoise" Tool  Phoronix

Linux kernel 6.2 is out now, here's a feature highlight  GamingOnLinux

Out today is AMDVLK 2023.Q1.2 as AMD's second open-source Vulkan Linux driver release of the year...