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Debian 11.5 Released With NVIDIA Driver Security Fixes, Linux Retbleed Mitigation, Other  Phoronix

Voxel Doom brings voxel goodness to the original DOOM  GamingOnLinux

Debian GNU/Linux 11.5 “Bullseye” Released with 53 Security Updates and 58 Bug Fixes  9to5Linux

Linux virus that is cunningly hidden behind February 31 occurrences  BollyInside

AMD: RDNA 3 And More Code For Linux 6.1  Nation World News

GNOME Shell for mobile Linux reimagines how a smartphone UI can work  Liliputing

GNOME Shell for mobile Linux reimagines how a smartphone UI can work  Liliputing

AMD engineers are working to better optimize the Linux kernel's scheduler for split-LLC (last level cache) processor designs, namely to benefit their EPYC server processors...

AMD Aims To Squeeze More EPYC Performance Out Of Linux With User-Space Hinting For Tasks  Phoronix

Install or Uninstall add-ons on Mozilla Firefox - Here is How?  H2S Media

Password Manager KeePass 2.52 is out  Ghacks

1. Shape-shifting cryptominer savaging Linux endpoints and IoT  The Register
2. New Linux malware combines unusual stealth with a full suite of capabilities  Ars Technica
3. New Linux malware evades detection using multi-stage deployment  BleepingComputer
4. New 'Shikitega' Linux Malware Grabs Complete Control of Infected Systems  SecurityWeek
5. New Stealthy Shikitega Malware Targeting Linux Systems and IoT Devices  The Hacker News
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Sent out as a "request for comments" on Friday night was a new patch series out of Intel introducing the notion of "classes of tasks" for the Linux kernel so that the scheduler can make better decisions on hybrid processors like with Intel's Alder Lake processors and upcoming Raptor Lake. This also provides a more complete implementation of Intel Thread Director for Linux and may also be used as the basis for instruction set differences between the performance and efficient cores...

The Starlight Children's Foundation Bundle has a really odd selection  GamingOnLinux

Intel engineers have submitted another batch of "i915" kernel graphics driver changes intended for Linux 6.1 that include updated GuC firmware version handling, more DG2/Alchemist Arc Graphics work, and also more Meteor Lake "MTL" enablement for that successor to Raptor Lake...

Intel Sends Updated GPU Firmware Handling, More Meteor Lake Graphics Code For Linux 6.1  Phoronix

Fedora Linux releases whether they be development/beta snapshots or the stable releases are known for slipping all too often. Fedora will often delay due to blocker bugs as they aim to deliver a bleeding-edge yet reliable Linux distribution and thus a week or two delay here and there isn't uncommon at all. While they have been delivering more timely releases than in the past with their notorious delays, for Fedora Linux 37 Beta they have delivered on the feat of an on-time release...

Fedora Linux 37 Beta To Be Released On-Time Next Week  Phoronix

KDE Plasma 5.26 is due for release on 11 October while the Plasma 5.26 beta is planned for next week. As such the developers involved have been quite busy with finishing touches ahead of the beta...

Following the news from this summer of Zstd compression being eyed for use within LLVM, the code has begun being merged to allow for Zstd-compressed ELF debug sections as an alternative to the long-used Zlib...