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One of the most exciting developments in recent times for the open-source AMDGPU kernel graphics driver is HDMI 2.1 FRL support for the AMDGPU driver along with Display Stream Compression support as they work toward providing full HDMI 2.1 support for this open-source AMD Radeon driver. The details how AMD managed to pull this feat off given prior resistance from the HDMI Forum remains to be confirmed, but it's moving ahead and out today is the latest iteration of the HDMI 2.1 FRL+DSC patches...

AMDGPU HDMI 2.1 FRL To Be Initially Disabled-By-Default  Phoronix

Tails 7.8 Anonymous Linux OS Patches Recent Kernel Flaws, Removes Thunderbird  9to5Linux

CVE-2026-46333: Local Root Privilege Escalation and Credential Disclosure in the Linux Kernel ptrace Path  Qualys

PinTheft: Another Linux Privilege Escalation, Another Working Exploit, This Time Targeting Arch  Security Affairs

As a very exciting development ahead of the Linux 7.2 kernel merge window opening in about one month's time, it looks like the long-awaited Cache Aware Scheduling support will finally be merged! CONFIG_SCHED_CACHE has made it into a TIP branch with all the Cache Aware Scheduling code for helping with Linux performance on modern CPUs sporting multiple last level caches...

The Very Exciting Cache Aware Scheduling Looks Like It Will Land For Linux 7.2  Phoronix

The Very Exciting Cache Aware Scheduling Looks Like It Will Land For Linux 7.2  Phoronix

Linus Torvalds admits he has a 'love-hate relationship with AI'  ZDNET

Vizio Smart TV Owners Leading The Fight For Control Over Your Idiot Box  PC Perspective

PinTheft Linux Vulnerability Let Attackers Gain Root Access - PoC Released  CyberSecurityNews

Fedora: Microsoft is all aboard, but Deepin is dumped  The Register

Crashes with consequences: Serial code-reuse attack SFOP breaks Intel CET in Linux  Tech Xplore

PlayStation 5 runs Cyberpunk 2077 with path tracing through Linux at 34 FPS  VideoCardz.com

The latest nightly builds of Firefox 153 have rolled out a new appearance for the browser's settings area...

HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 3.26.4 Drivers Add Support for New Printers  9to5Linux

OneXPlayer controller will arrive in Linux kernel 7.2 in June  Foro3D

Almost every service I self-host runs in a Linux container, and the math just doesn't favor a VM anymore  XDA

Square Enix rolling out Steam Cloud support to various classics  GamingOnLinux