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Submitted today via DRM-Misc-Next for queuing in DRM-Next until the Linux 6.16 merge window in June is the Asahi driver user-space API "UAPI" header. This is the user-space API intended for the Asahi kernel graphics driver for supporting the Apple M-Series graphics hardware under Linux. But due to being written in the Rust programming language and various kernel abstractions not yet ready among other obstacles, only the user-space API header is set to be added and not yet introducing the actual Direct Rendering Manager driver...

Linux 6.16 To Add Asahi UAPI Header For Apple Silicon Graphics But No Actual Driver Yet  Phoronix

6 Linux applications and tools that prevent me from ever switching back to Windows  XDA

Linux USB Audio Driver Vulnerability Let Attackers Execute Arbitrary Code Via Malicious USB Device  CybersecurityNews

Last year TUXEDO Computers shared that they were developing an ARM Linux notebook powered by the Qualcomm Snapdeagon X Elite. They hoped to have the Snapdragon X Elite Linux laptop shipping by Christmas 2024, but that didn't pan out. TUXEDO Computers has now provided a status update regarding this ARM Linux notebook effort...

TUXEDO Provides Update On Their Snapdragon X Elite Linux Laptop  Phoronix

Framework Computer has been working on bringing the Framework 12 to market as a new, smaller and convertible laptop while retaining the upgradeable aspects that users have come to love from the company. Today the company announced the pre-orders are open and the first Framework Laptop 12 devices will be shipping in June...

FLOSS Weekly Episode 828: Incus Inception  Hackaday

The easiest way to try out Ubuntu Linux  ZDNET

Not to be confused with the AMDXDNA accelerator driver that was mainlined just with the Linux 6.14 kernel, AMD Linux engineers are now working on "AMDPK" as a new accelerator driver for their upcoming PKI Accelerator engines...

AMD Prepping PKI Accelerator Driver "AMDPK" For Linux  Phoronix

Linux Mint Adds Regex Search In Nemo, LMDE 7 OEM Install Option  WebProNews

Linux Mint Debian Edition 7 gets OEM support — does that signal the impending death of Ubuntu-based Mint?  BetaNews

Self-Hosting A Cluster On Old Phones  Hackaday

DUCKSIDE from tinyBuild may get BattlEye Anti-Cheat enabled for Steam Deck / Linux  GamingOnLinux

Download Apache HTTP Server (free) for Windows and Linux  Gizmodo

IPFire Linux Firewall Gets Post-Quantum Cryptography Support for IPsec Tunnels  9to5Linux

Linux Mint Introducing Regex Searches to Nemo  OMG! Ubuntu

Fwupd 2.0.8 Adds New Plugins to Update the UEFI Signature Database and KEK  9to5Linux

Linux Mint Debian Edition Is Getting Support for OEM Installations with LMDE 7  9to5Linux