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Nokia expands data center SONiC support  Network World

While the Ubuntu desktop has been offered the newer GNOME Console as an alternative to GNOME Terminal, there's been a recent fondness around Ptyxis and apparently is becoming the recommended replacement to GNOME Terminal for the Ubuntu camp...

scrcpy 3.0 adds a virtual Android display to your Windows, Mac or Linux PC  Liliputing

Global Linux Software Market Size, Share and Forecast By Key Players-Google, Twitter, Facebook, Amazon, IBM  openPR

Linux Mint dethrones MX Linux as the most popular distro on DistroWatch  BetaNews

New Linux Patch Establishes "CONFIG_X86_64_NATIVE" For -march=native Kernel Builds  Phoronix

Last week I wrote about Linux patches cleaning up x86 32-bit kernel builds for x86_64 CPUs. The new iteration of those patches were sent out today, including the addition of a patch adding the CONFIG_X86_64_NATIVE Kconfig tunable for enabling "-march=native" kernel builds to cater your optimized kernel compilation for the CPU on which you are building the kernel...

Currently the Linux kernel's "perf" performance monitoring subsystem has a limit on 2,048 CPU cores for its CPU map that is set by the MAX_NR_CPUS value. But that's becoming not enough in today's high core count era that patches are looking to raise it to a 4,096 CPU core limit by default...

Perf Support For 2,048 CPU Cores Is Becoming Not Enough - Patches Bump Kernel Limit  Phoronix

GNU Shepherd 1.0 released after two decades in development  Notebookcheck.net

For those wanting to run Coreboot or Coreboot-derived firmware on a modern desktop motherboard with good performance and features, the main contender currently is 3mdeb's Dasharo downstream that can be flashed on the MSI PRO Z790-P/Z790-P motherboards for using with Intel Core Alder Lake and Raptor Lake processors. Firmware consulting firm 3mdeb today published a new Dasharo firmware update for the MSI PRO Z790-P WIFI motherboard...

Working with PDF files on Linux  Network World

Working with PDF files on Linux  Network World

System76 just took everything that was good in Pop!_OS and made it even better  ZDNet

What will the year 2025 bring for Linux PCs?  PCWorld

Predictive Analytics: Enhancing Linux System Reliability with Data-Driven Insights  Analytics Insight

Space Marine 2 adds DLSS3, FSR3 and Frame Generation - more playable on Steam Deck, needs launch option for Desktop Linux  GamingOnLinux

Why I Want to See an Official GNOME-Only OS  How-To Geek

10 Essential Linux Commands for Beginner DevOps Engineers to Automate Workflows  Medium

A promising patch for the Linux kernel is optimizing the locking contention and scattered address space for the MD bitmap code to improve both the storage throughput and latency...