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In addition to this week seeing Raptor Lake S support added for Mesa 22.0, the Alder Lake N additions have also been merged for this quarter's Mesa update...

Kedro, A Python Machine Learning Pipeline Framework Developed By McKinsey, Has Been Donated To The Linux Foundation  MarkTechPost

Linux version of LockBit ransomware targets VMware ESXi servers  BleepingComputer

Archinstall as the quick and easy-to-use installer for the Arch Linux distribution is out with a new point release delivering a few worthwhile enhancements to the text-based OS installer...

Archinstall 2.3.1 Released With PipeWire App Profile Added, Btrfs Install Improvements  Phoronix

5 Reasons Why Linux Distros Create Their Own Desktop Environments  MUO - MakeUseOf

The Linux Foundation makes record progress in addressing talent shortages  IT Brief Australia

Internet Hall of Famer Dr. Richard Stallman to give presentation to the Jeff.pro GNU+Linux User Group  PR Web

Serious Privilege Escalation Flaw in Linux Component Patched  Decipher

Internet Hall of Famer Dr. Richard Stallman to give presentation to the Jeff.pro GNU+Linux User Group - B  Benzinga

Intel's "i915" kernel graphics driver has been patched for a software issue that could lead to malicious user-space trigger DMAR read/write faults or worse is the possibility of user-space gaining access to random memory pages. Unfortunately, the security fix comes with performance implications...

Intel's Linux Graphics Driver Patched For New Security Issue But Can Impact Performance  Phoronix

Why must you use ./ to run your Ubuntu scripts? The meaning of Linux's dot slash explained.  TheServerSide.com

After slipping from the original shipping target of Q4 due to component shortages, Valve is making good on their Q1'2022 shipping plans for the Steam Deck...

With today's SDL2 Git, Wayland is now preferred over X.Org/X11 by default without having to set the SDL video driver environment variable...

Windows ransomware LockBit makes the jump to Linux  Windows Central

Linux Fu: Bash Strings  Hackaday

EndeavourOS: Arch Linux Made Easy for Everyone  MUO - MakeUseOf

DirectFB2 project brings back DirectFB graphics library for Linux embedded systems  CNX Software