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A patch currently residing within Andrew Morton's "MM" memory management branch ahead of the upcoming Linux 6.16 merge window is an addition by Red Hat for introducing deferred THP insertion to khugepaged. This deferred Transparent Huge Page (THP) insertion aims to help reduce memory waste on Linux with some workloads...

Deferred THP Insertion Nearing The Linux Kernel To Help Avoid Memory Waste  Phoronix

5 High-Performance Linux Distros for Modern PCs and Laptops  How-To Geek

5 reasons I stopped dual‑booting Linux/Windows and spun up a Type‑2 hypervisor instead  XDA

Critical IXON VPN Vulnerabilities Let Attackers Gain Access to Windows & Linux Systems  CybersecurityNews

The XPG Alpha Wireless Gaming Mouse boasts a 16K DPI sensor and retails for $65~80 USD but turns out it doesn't even work properly under Linux without a pending kernel patch...

XPG Alpha Wireless Gaming Mouse Being Quirked For Linux Support  Phoronix

The SHA-256 code within the Linux kernel's cryptography subsystem is in the process of being refactoring so that it's available via the crypto's library API and also opening it up to support architecture-optimized implementations...

Mold 2.38 is out this weekend as the latest feature update to this open-source, high-speed linker...

6 things I wish I knew before installing SteamOS on my Asus ROG Ally X  XDA

I regret switching to Linux, even though I wanted to love it  XDA

Forget WinRAR: These Are the Best Native Archive Managers for Linux  How-To Geek

Ahead of the Linux 6.16 merge window opening up in just one month, the new Zblock allocator was queued up into Andrew Morton's "MM" tree of memory management material likely destined for the next kernel merge window. Zblock is showing much potential as a compressed slab memory allocator...

Zblock Compressed Slab Memory Allocator Looks Like It Could Be Coming In Linux 6.16  Phoronix

Tests indicate Intel's '200S Boost' feature provides no real gain for Arrow Lake CPUs on Linux  Tom's Hardware

'Fall Guys' on Linux Was Broken Until I Did This  How-To Geek

A worrying stealthy Linux security bug could put your systems at risk - here's what we know  MSN

The Death of Windows 10 Could Net You a Bunch of Free Linux PCs  How-To Geek

The Death of Windows 10 Could Net You a Bunch of Free Linux PCs  How-To Geek

The Best Office Suites for Linux  The New Stack