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Linux on Steam Deck: What you need to know, what currently works  Ars Technica

Over the past nearly 18 years of running Phoronix, I have come across many interesting Linux-based products from Linux embedded in motherboards for instant-on use to the BlackDog USB port pen drive Linux servers to solar-powered super-computers in trash cans. The most fun and promising Linux-powered gaming device for the masses though is launching today: Valve's Steam Deck. I've been fortunate to be testing out this Arch Linux derived handheld game console the past month and it has been working out very well -- both as a portable Steam gaming device but making it even more compelling from the Linux enthusiast angle is its "developer mode" that effectively turns it into a general Linux handheld and also being free to load your own Linux distribution of choice.

Steam Deck Linux-Powered Gaming Handheld Launches Officially  9to5Linux

Linux Persistence and Privilege Escalation: Threat Research January 2022 Release  Marketscreener.com

Oh, Snap! Security Holes Found in Linux Packaging System – The New Stack  thenewstack.io

Fancy some new features? Try general-purpose Linux alternative Liquorix  The Register

AlmaLinux OS 8.5 for PowerPC Now Available, Distribution Inches Closer to Parity with Red Hat Enterprise Linux  TechDecisions

AlmaLinux OS 8.5 for PowerPC Now Available, Distribution Inches Closer to Parity with Red Hat Enterprise Linux  Business Wire

How to Generate SSL Certificates on Linux Using OpenSSL - Make Tech Easier  Make Tech Easier

Fwupd 1.7.6 is out today as the newest version of this open-source software for facilitating system and peripheral firmware updating under Linux in conjunction with the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS)...

Fwupd 1.7.6 Linux Firmware Updater Adds Support for Star Lite Mk III Laptop  9to5Linux

I can not connect to my wifi - Linux & Unix  BleepingComputer

AMD "HSMP" System Management Driver On The Way To The Linux Kernel  Phoronix

The AMD HSMP kernel driver is currently under review for possible inclusion into the Linux 5.18 cycle. HSMP in this context is the Host System Management Port...

Linux Software Market 2021 Report Forecast the Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Business and future opportunity | Google, Twitter, Facebook, Amazon – ZNews Africa  ZNews Africa

We are now one step closer to the long overdue GIMP 3.0 release as the GTK3, much improved version of this open-source alternative to the likes of Adobe Photoshop...

GIMP 2.99.10 Released As "A Pretty Massive Step" Toward GIMP 3.0  Phoronix

It was just with Linux 5.17 that its RISC-V code adds "sv48" support for being able to handle more system memory by offering 48-bit virtual address space support. Now for Linux 5.17 there is "sv57" support prepared for 57-bit virtual address space support with five level page table handling...

Install Brave Browser on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Jammy JellyFish  Linux Shout

The Fedora Silverblue and Fedora Kinoite immutable OS spins of Fedora Linux are looking at mounting /sysroot read-only by default for where the operating system assets are stored...