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GNU Linux-Libre 6.13 Kernel Released for Software Freedom Lovers  9to5Linux

Linux PoDoFo Library Vulnerabilities Lets Attackers Trick User To Open PDF To Launch DOS Attacks  CybersecurityNews

126 Linux kernel Vulnerabilities Lets Attackers Exploit 78 Linux Sub-Systems  CybersecurityNews

Efficient Text Processing in Linux: Awk, Cut, Paste  Linux Journal

How to Clean the DNF and APT Caches in Linux  TechRepublic

Bcachefs Changes Merged Without Issue For The Linux 6.14 Kernel  Phoronix

As a follow-up to yesterday's article around the on-disk format changes and other feature work on Bcachefs for Linux 6.14, the changes ended up being merged without issue for this next kernel version. That came after the Bcachefs changes were rejected during the Linux 6.13 cycle due to a Code of Conduct (CoC) committee decision...

Linux Kernel With Performance Enhancements  Open Source For You

Critical Injection Vulnerability in SUSE Linux Distro Let Attackers Exploits "go-git" Library  CybersecurityNews

On this first day of the Linux 6.14 merge window to kick off the new kernel development cycle there are a few pull requests around new AMD CPU features worth noting...

New AMD CPU Features Enabled For The Start Of The Linux 6.14 Kernel Cycle  Phoronix

Building off yesterday's release of the Linux 6.13 kernel, GNU Linux-libre 6.13 is out today as this downstream kernel from FSF LA that strips out code pertaining to the ability to load non-free drivers/microcode and other elements not deemed within the standards of the Free Software Foundation, even when it means removing/disabling hardware support and features...

GNU Linux-libre 6.13-gnu Deals With More Questionable Code In The Kernel  Phoronix

Intel & AMD Devs Address Bad Linux Kernel Code From Microsoft Dev  WebProNews

Linux Mint 22.1 Xia arrives fashionably late  The Register

Why You Should Keep All Your Linux Dotfiles on GitHub  How-To Geek

An engineer from AMD by way of their Nod.ai acquisition is seeking feedback from the community around what other Radeon graphics cards you would like to see supported by the ROCm support on Linux. This community wishlist extends to ROCm Windows support as well but at least there the HIP Rutime/SDK on Windows already supports more consumer GPUs than Linux...

AMD Seeking Feedback Around What Radeon GPUs You Would Like Supported By ROCm  Phoronix

After six release candidates going back to early December, it looks like Wine 10.0 stable will be ready to ship this week. This is largely as expected with the annual Wine stable releases tending to come around mid-to-late January. Here's a look at what's ahead for this stable release for enjoying Windows games and applications under Linux and other platforms...

Following the Bcachefs pull requests being rejected during the Linux 6.13 cycle by the kernel's Code of Conduct committee, the Linux 6.14 kernel cycle is kicking off with a big pull request so that the upstream kernel can get back into sync with the latest development code for this cycle. This pull also contains the last anticipated major on-disk format upgrade prior to the removal of the "experimental" flag for this copy-on-write file-system...