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With Linux 5.18 expected to be released as stable tomorrow and that opening up the Linux 5.19 merge window, feature work aimed for this next kernel should be largely wrapped up. Within the RISC-V architecture's "for-next" branch is several interesting additions...

RISC-V With Linux 5.19 Preps "COMPAT" Mode For 32-bit Apps On 64-bit Kernels & More  Phoronix

Stay Organized With These 7 Calendar Apps for Linux  MUO - MakeUseOf

Systemd 251 is officially out this Saturday as the first feature update to this Linux init system for 2022...

How to install Dolphin File manager on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS  Linux Shout

Malicious PyPI package opens backdoors on Windows, Linux, and Macs  BleepingComputer

HP Dev One laptop with Pop!_OS Linux coming soon for $1099  Liliputing

Switching to Linux OS isn't as scary as you think — here's why  Laptop Mag

How To Manage Users in Linux  Tom's Hardware

How To Manage Users in Linux  Tom's Hardware

Looks Like Ubuntu 22.10 Will Finally Switch to PipeWire by Default and Drop PulseAudio  9to5Linux

Massive Surge in Use of Linux XorDDos Malware Reported  GovInfoSecurity.com

An early change made this week to Ubuntu 22.10 in its early development state is replacing the PulseAudio sound server with PipeWire...

The folks from the Polish open-source firmware consulting firmware 3mdeb are hosting another "OSF vPub" where they discuss open-source firmware efforts over beers in this currently-virtual event...

HarfBuzz 4.3 was released on Friday as this open-source library that serves as a text shaping engine used by GNOME/GTK, KDE/Qt, Android, Flutter, Java, all major web browsers, and other software...

Following this week's KDE Plasma 5.25 beta release, KDE developers turned their attention to bug fixing and they accomplished a lot...

Wine 7.9 was released on Friday as the latest bi-weekly development release of this open-source software for enjoying Windows games and applications on Linux, macOS, and other platforms...

Microsoft Detects a Significant Growth in Linux XorDDos Malware  Tech Times

HP chooses Ubuntu-based Pop!_OS Linux for its upcoming Dev One laptop — could System76 be an acquisition target?  BetaNews

To date Pop!_OS has been System76's own Ubuntu derivative pre-loaded onto their various laptops and desktops. Rather interestingly, HP is preparing to launch a new laptop that will make use of Pop!_OS...