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Building off Intel graphics driver code already staged for the upcoming Linux 5.18 merge window, another round of feature changes were sent in this week to DRM-Next for adding to the queue ahead of this next kernel cycle...

While the X.Org Foundation didn't participate in Google Summer of Code last year amid GSoC project changes, with this year's GSoC design having incorporate feedback from last year's changes, X.Org is hoping to once again participate in this summer initiative that sees student developers contribute to and engage with open-source projects. So far under the X.Org umbrella there is one project idea being solicited that has willing mentors and that is for improving the unit testing coverage of the AMDGPU kernel driver...

AMD Linux Graphics Driver Could See Improved Test Coverage Thanks To Google  Phoronix

Linux developers patch security holes faster than anyone else, says Google Project Zero  ZDNet

Dangerous privilege escalation bugs found in Linux package manager Snap  CSO Online

New Linux Privilege Escalation Flaw Uncovered in Snap Package Manager  The Hacker News

Red Hat's David Airlie continues carrying out almost magical work on the open-source Linux graphics stack. Reviving some work he originally started a while back, patches pending for Mesa allow speeding up the software-based LLVMpipe OpenGL driver for vertex and fragment shader processing...

Sharing a computer in a household is usually a pretty casual affair. When you need the computer, you pick it up and start using it. It's simple in theory, and mostly works. That is, until you accidentally grab the common computer and accidentally post screenshots of your server's uptime to your partner's cooking blog. Then it's time for separate user accounts.

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How to Install Budgie Desktop on AlmaLinux | Rocky Linux 8  Linux Shout

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Google in cooperation with AOMedia this week released the AOM-AV1 v3.3 encoder for this royalty-free video codec...

Bottles 2022.2.14 Release Lets You Easily Install Windows Apps on Linux  It's FOSS News

How to Transfer Files between Linux/Windows/Mac/Android/iPhone  BollyInside

In addition to the road-map update for Arc Graphics and Sapphire Rapids along with announcing Falcon Shores as a server CPU/APU/XPU pulling in Xe Graphics, Intel's 2022 Investor Meeting also made other updates and some new disclosures...

Multiple vulnerabilities found in Snap-confine function on Linux systems  ZDNet

Black/White, multicolor static screen when shutting/reopening MacBook Pro - Linux & Unix  BleepingComputer

Using the Linux host command to dig out DNS details  Network World

How to Install the Windows Subsystem for Linux on Windows 11  BollyInside

Linux Process Management: The Ultimate Guide  MUO - MakeUseOf

Goodbye, CentOS: How to Install Rocky Linux 8  MUO - MakeUseOf