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In addition to driver-core-next having queued up the long-awaited Zstd compressed firmware support ahead of the Linux 5.19 kernel, another change readied is allowing support for initiating firmware updates for supported drivers via sysfs...

How to Check the Python Version on Windows, Mac, and Linux  How-To Geek

Merged today into mainline LLVM 15.0 for the Clang compiler is Ampere Computing's support for "Ampere1", their next-generation server processor featuring their in-house "Ampere Cores" core design...

Pixel 6 finally getting a Dirty Pipe patch, one month after the Galaxy S22  Ars Technica

First Details About AMD's Next Generation Video Engine Revealed  Tom's Hardware

Linux Fu: The Infinite Serial Port  Hackaday

Privacy-focused Linux distro Tails 5.0 is finally here — Download it NOW!  BetaNews

How to install CUDA on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Linux  Linux Shout

Tails 5.0 Anonymous OS Officially Released, Based on Debian GNU/Linux 11 “Bullseye”  9to5Linux

How to Install Android Studio on Ubuntu  MUO - MakeUseOf

Tachyum Prodigy FPGA Running Applications in Linux Interactive Mode - Benzinga  Benzinga

KDE Plasma 5.24.5 LTS Released with Even More Plasma Wayland Improvements, Bug Fixes  9to5Linux

Global Linux Computer Market 2022 Key Factors and Key Companies Profile – Dell, System76, Purism, Slimbook – Queen Anne and Mangolia News  Queen Anne and Mangolia News

Following AMD completing its Xilinx acquisition back in February, AMD is now preparing to ramp up their investment into embedded Linux. AMD is hiring for the "creation and maintenance" of a Yocto-based Embedded Linux platform for running on Xilinx SoCs...

Nitrux 2.1.1 Adds New ISO for NVIDIA Users, Eases the Management of Debian Packages  9to5Linux

Linux gaming surges in popularity – is this the Steam Deck effect?  TechRadar

Intel's Thunderbolt "Light Ridge" controller was introduced all the way back in 2010 for Apple Macs and the updated Intel Thunderbolt 2 "Falcon Ridge" controller is from 2013. Now in 2022 under Linux the Thunderbolt driver will be better matching the Apple macOS behavior when daisy chaining multiple Thunderbolt displays...

The Lenovo ThinkPad TrackPoint Keyboard II is a standalone keyboard that mimics the traditional ThinkPad notebook's keyboard that comes complete with an integrated TrackPoint. With the Linux 5.19 kernel will be better support for this standalone ThinkPad keyboard...

Mozilla has joined Google Chrome in the three digit version world with Firefox 100 being available this morning...

Already within the Linux kernel there is initial support for tiered memory servers for dealing with platforms like those with Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory for being able to promote/demote pages to slower classes of memory when the speedy system RAM is under pressure. But with more tiered memory servers coming about especially with HBM classes of memory, Google and other vendors are discussing better handling of Linux's tiered memory interface...