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Google Chrome/Chromium is preparing to ship with "--ozone-platform-hint=auto" functionality by default so the web browser will play nicer out-of-the-box with Wayland...

In addition to the many MM changes merged this weekend for Linux 6.17, Andrew Morton on Sunday also sent out his "non-MM" pull request for this new kernel. Notable there is improving the Kdump code to allow for crash kernel reservation made from the contiguous memory allocator to help yield less wasted RAM and greater reliability...

Along with the release of the Mutter 49 beta, GNOME Shell 49 beta was released on Sunday in preparation for the imminent GNOME 49 beta release. Notable here is long sought after support for having the ability to restart or shutdown the computer from GNOME's lock screen...

NetBSD 11.0 release preparations have begun. The NetBSD developers are hoping to officially release NetBSD 11.0 in October and for that to happen the release candidate would be out in September and daily beta builds can already be tested...

NetBSD 11.0 Preparing For Release With Improved Linux Emulation, Better RISC-V Support  Phoronix

Hackers sneak Raspberry Pi into bank to fake out Linux systems  Fudzilla.com

Legendary OpenPrinting architect looking for new role  theregister.com

Linux App Release Roundup (July 2025)  OMG! Ubuntu

New “Plague” Backdoor for Linux Hijacks SSH Using Malicious PAM Module  CyberInsider

Linux gaming on a $1,000 AMD Strix Halo laptop delivers 74 FPS in Spider-Man 2 on iGPU at 65 W  Notebookcheck

Steam data reveals PC gamers shifting from Windows to Linux  TweakTown

Linux Kernel 6.17 Brings Scalable EXT4 Boosts for AI and Cloud  WebProNews

Linux's Sylva Unveils Host Based Routing and v1.4 to Advance Telco Cloud Automation  The Fast Mode

These 5 Linux distros were built specifically to keep data safe from prying eyes  xda-developers.com

The GNOME 49 Mutter beta release is now available for testing ahead of the stable release of GNOME 49 coming up In September...

I've been using Talos Linux for Kubernetes, and I'll never look back  xda-developers.com

A few days ago the Intel QuickAssist "QAT" accelerators were demoted by FSCRYPT in the Linux 6.17 development code due to being slow and bug prone with AVX-512 showing to be much faster than leveraging the QAT accelerators in this file encryption framework. With the Linux 6.17 crypto subsystem is a second separate demotion to Intel's QAT support for kernel use...

Cybersecurity News Recap – Chrome, Gemini Vulnerabilities, Linux Malware, and Man-in-the-Prompt Attack  CyberSecurityNews

Earlier this year there was talk of Linux potentially dropping its Apple HFS and HFS+ file-system drivers as they had been orphaned for a decade and proving to be a maintenance burden. Following that some developers stepped up to better maintain the code for HFS and HFS+ file-system support. In Linux 6.17 we are seeing some of the fruits of that work...

Apple HFS/HFS+ File-System Drivers See Many Fixes In Linux 6.17  Phoronix