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Linus Torvalds just promoted Linux 6.0 to stable on-schedule and thereby now ushering in the Linux 6.1 merge window to officially get underway tomorrow...

Debian Chooses Reasonable, Common Sense Solution To Dealing With Non-Free Firmware - Slashdot  Slashdot

Linux 6.0 is bringing many great features but looking ahead for Linux 6.1 there are even more changes to get excited about for that kernel which will release as stable around the end of 2022...

Improving the mainline Linux kernel support for the PinePhone is a keyboard driver expected to land for the imminent Linux 6.1 merge window...

PinePhone Keyboard Driver Prepped Ahead Of Linux 6.1  Phoronix

Along with the Rust infrastructure for Linux 6.1 pull request, another early pull submitted by kernel maintainer Kees Cook for Linux 6.1 is the introduction of a new Control Flow Integrity "CFI" implementation for the Linux kernel to replace the former, less-than-ideal code...

Improved Control Flow Integrity (KCFI) Implementation Submitted For Linux 6.1  Phoronix

Barring any last minute reservations today by Linus Torvalds, the Linux 6.0 stable kernel is expected to be christened before the day is through. Linux 6.0 comes with many notable hardware support additions and other improvements, here is a reminder of all what is great about this imminent kernel release...

1. The Most Interesting New Features Of Linux 6.0  Phoronix
2. Linux Kernel 6.0 Released, This is What’s New  OMG! Ubuntu!
3. Linux Kernel 6.0 Officially Released, This Is What’s New  9to5Linux
4. Linus Torvalds predicts Linux Kernel 6.0 debut next week, dispels fear of delays  The Register
5. Linux 6.0 should be with us very soon  TechRadar
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The Most Interesting New Features Of Linux 6.0  Phoronix

Debian developers have been figuring out an updated stance to take on non-free firmware considering the increasing number of devices now having open-source Linux drivers but requiring closed-source firmware for any level of functionality. The voting on the non-free firmware matter has now concluded and the votes tallied.....

Debian Choose A Reasonable, Common Sense Solution To Dealing With Non-Free Firmware  Phoronix

AMD on Friday upstreamed new Family 19h CPU microcode to linux-firmware.git...

AMD Publishes New Family 19h CPU Microcode  Phoronix

Linux kernel 6.0 debuts, Linus Torvalds teases ‘core new things’ coming in version 6.1  The Register

While the Steam on Linux marketshare has been consistently increasing this year since the launch of the Arch Linux powered Steam Deck, the September 2022 numbers are in and surprisingly there is a slight pull-back in Linux use...

Steam On Linux Usage Receded Slightly In September  Phoronix

New DDoS Malware 'Chaos' Hits Linux and Windows Devices  HackRead

Running Out of Space? How to Clone Your Linux System Drive to a Larger SSD With CloneZilla  MUO - MakeUseOf

System76 has been developing their own COSMIC desktop as the next evolution for their Pop!_OS Linux distribution built atop an Ubuntu base. Interestingly with this big COSMIC desktop undertaking, which is being written in the Rust programming language, they have decided to shift away from using the GTK toolkit to instead make use of Iced-Rs as a Rust-native, multi-platform graphical toolkit...