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System76 boss reckons he can liberate the entire PC stack... just give him another 15 years  The Register

Malicious apps got into the Arch User Repository - how to protect yourself  ZDNET

Zenless Zone Zero has arrived on Steam and works on Linux / SteamOS  GamingOnLinux

Linux 7.2 continues seeing a fair amount of storage-related changes from file-systems to the block device code itself, software RAID, the wonderful IO_uring interface, and more. Here is some of the latest feature work that has been merged for Linux 7.2...

Atomic Arch Supply Chain Attack Compromises 1,500 Arch User Repository Packages: Credential-Stealing Malware Targets Arch Linux Systems  Rescana

Windows SprySOCKS Malware: Advanced Kernel-Level Rootkit Targets Government Organizations via Supply Chain Vulnerabilities  Rescana

Linux 7.2 finally drops support for a 44-year-old graphics card  XDA

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Since the release in May of Firefox 151, Mozilla has been relying on the zlib-rs library for Gzip compression/decompression. This subtle change to use this Rust-based Zlib implementation has yielded some performance benefits and better memory safety but also some headaches when dealing with Intel CPU bugs...

openSUSE’s Agama 22 Installer Brings Usability and Accessibility Improvements  9to5Linux

There is no shortage of different file-systems available for Linux. New file-systems continue to come about in the open-source world but ultimately many of them end up not being well maintained or having very limited users and not necessarily innovating enough to make them worthwhile over other alternatives. Given the continued increase in file-systems looking to get into the Linux kernel, such as FTRFS and VMUFAT being some of the most recent and then even having multiple NTFS drivers for Linux, there is now documentation in place to formally lay out criteria for new file-systems to be accepted...

Linux Enacts Guidance To Tighten Acceptance Of New File-Systems Into The Kernel  Phoronix

VirtualBox 7.2.10 Released with Initial Support for Linux Kernel 7.1  9to5Linux

ARC Raiders is broken for some Linux / SteamOS players - but a fix is on the way  GamingOnLinux

It's been a while since there has been any Slackware news to pass along, but this week they've finally landed the KDE Plasma 6 desktop in this legendary Linux distribution...

KDE Plasma 6 Desktop Finally Comes To Slackware  Phoronix

The Btrfs file-system feature updates have been merged for the Linux 7.2 kernel with a few noteworthy changes for this copy-on-write file-system...

Your PC Might Soon Demand Proof of Age Before Letting You Browse. Here's What to Know  PCMag

A Linux build tree for the Adafruit Fruit Jam  Adafruit

Commodore Callback 8020 is a distraction-free flip phone that runs Linux-based Sailfish OS with support for (some) Android apps  Liliputing