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In addition to continuing to ramp up their Steam Deck production to fulfill existing pre-order reservations this calendar year thanks to addressing supply chain bottlenecks, Valve announced today that in partnership with Komodo they are bringing this Linux-powered gaming console to Asian markets...

Simpler Solution  MacRumors

After a few week delay to allow additional features to land, feature development on Mesa 22.2 has ended with Mesa 22.2-rc1 now being available ahead of its stable release in the coming weeks...

Peppermint OS Now Offers Devuan-Based ISOs for Software Freedom Lovers  9to5Linux

9 New Linux Distros to Try Out in 2022  MUO - MakeUseOf

NVIDIA Fixes High-Severity Flaws in Graphics Drivers For Windows, Linux  Duo Security

This Linux learning path will help you start using the OS like a pro  TechRepublic

Slackware-Based Slax Linux Is Back After 9 Years of Hiatus  9to5Linux

Over the past two years Google has been spearheading an effort to make silicon design more open-source and allowing more projects to get started in chip fabrication. That got started with a partnership with SkyWater Technology and Google covering the costs for open-source projects to see their initial chips fabricated on a 130nm process. Google's Open-Source Silicon Design Initiative recently announced SkyWater 90mm manufacturing will get underway for future manufacturing runs. Today the news out of Google's open-source group is that GlobalFoundries has joined this initiative and is providing 180nm manufacturing access...

Linux 6.0 Adding Run-Time Verification For Running On Safety Critical Systems  Phoronix

Another big ticket feature has made it for the Linux 6.0 kernel: the Runtime Verification infrastructure for running Linux on safety-critical systems...

Merged last year into the Linux kernel's Nouveau DRM driver was initial support for GeForce RTX 30 "Ampere" GPUs initially in the form of the GA100 and GA102 parts. That support for the moment is still limited to just mode-setting/display support with 3D still being tackled, but now a patch has been posted that rather trivially extends the support to cover the GA103 GPU too...

NVIDIA GA103 Support Posted For Open-Source Nouveau Linux Driver  Phoronix

How to Use the rsync Command  Linux Journal

Linux may soon lose support for the DECnet protocol  The Register

How to Use Chroot in Linux and Fix Your Broken System  Make Tech Easier

Global Linux operating system market was valued at US$ 5.0 billion in the year 2021 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 19% to reach US$ 16.89 billion by 2028  Digital Journal

Windows Subsystem for Linux version 0.65.1 rolls out to all Insider rings  Windows Central

With the Linux 5.19 kernel there are some exciting networking improvements like big TCP support, PureLiFi drivers for light-based networking, WFX WiFi being promoted out of staging, and much more. Now with the in-development Linux 6.0 there is a lot more work in store...

An Early Look at Fedora Linux 37 on Raspberry Pi 4  9to5Linux