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A set of patches were posted on Wednesdasy for "blksnap", a proposed kernel driver to allow creating non-persistent snapshots of arbitrary kernel block devices. Among the possible uses with blksnap would be for creating backups at the block storage device level...

BlkSnap Kernel Patches Posted For Creating Snapshots Of Linux Block Devices  Phoronix

How to Install Synaptic Package Manager in Linux  Make Tech Easier

Linux Kernel 6.2 Set To Enable Easier 4K Connections for Raspberry Pi  Tom's Hardware

How to Install Windows 10 and 11 on a Raspberry Pi 4 the Easy Way  MUO - MakeUseOf

How to Install Windows 10 and 11 on a Raspberry Pi 4 the Easy Way  MUO - MakeUseOf

LibreOffice 7.3 Gets Last Maintenance Update, Users Urged to Upgrade to LibreOffice 7.4  9to5Linux

‘Search Light’ is Like macOS Spotlight for GNOME Shell  OMG! Ubuntu!

Valve fix new EA app in Proton Experimental for Linux and Steam Deck  GamingOnLinux

Vulkan 1.3.233 is out as the latest weekly spec update to this high performance graphics and compute API. With Vulkan 1.3.233 comes three new NVIDIA-developed vendor extensions...

Access your Amazon Prime Gaming library on Linux with the Nile Project  GamingOnLinux

Access your Amazon Prime Gaming library on Linux with the Nile Project  GamingOnLinux

Access your Amazon Prime Gaming library on Linux with the Nile Project  GamingOnLinux

Version 252 of systemd, as expected, locks down the Linux boot process  The Register

Back in September was a proposal to promote Rust's UEFI firmware targets to tier-2. With the current tier-3 designation the Rust UEFI targets they currently lack continuous integration (CI) guarantees and official builds in the Rust release channels, which means users wanting to use Rust for targeting the UEFI binaries need to rely on nightly/unstable compiler builds...

Rust UEFI Firmware Targets Promoted To Tier-2 Status  Phoronix

JSAUX teasing a clear Back Plate for the Steam Deck  GamingOnLinux

Microsoft upgraded Xbox Cloud Gaming for Linux and ChromeOS (so Steam Deck too!)  GamingOnLinux

Loading bigger libraries should be faster in the new Steam Deck Beta  GamingOnLinux

Making good progress this year has been the open-source FEX-Emu emulator for running x86/x86_64 Linux binaries on 64-bit Arm (AArch64). This isn't only for running Linux x86_64 applications on Arm but with Steam and Steam Play (Proton) can mean running Windows games on Linux 64-bit Arm. With FEX 2211 out today more progress has been made on the Proton front for getting more modern games running...