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In addition to the notable libcrypto optimizations and improvements merged during this first week of the Linux 7.1 merge window, the main cryptography subsystem pull was also merged. Notable here are the Intel QuickAssist (QAT) improvements...

Linux Kernel 7.1 Merges New NTFS Driver With Full Write Support  Linuxiac

Linux 7.1 switches Kaveri, Kabini, and Mullins to AMDGPU  igor´sLAB

Type with your voice on Linux using this Whisper-based app  omgubuntu.co.uk

The block subsystem and IO_uring changes were merged this week for Linux 7.1 in continuing to enhance Linux storage capabilities...

Linux is getting optimized for better gaming on low VRAM GPUs  HWCooling.net

GhostBSD 26.1-R15.0p2 released today as a big upgrade for this desktop-focused, BSD operating system derived from FreeBSD...

The AMD Machine Check Exception "mce_amd" driver as part of the Error Detection And Correction (EDAC) subsystem is introducing support for new SMCA bank types on AMD platforms. Given the timing these new bank types are presumably for AMD's upcoming Zen 6 / EPYC Venice hardware...

For those making use of the WireGuard open-source, secure VPN tunnel software, WireGuard For Windows 1.0 is finally available...

Solus 4.9 Released With Linux 6.18, Mesa 26, and Installer Upgrades  Linuxiac

Solus 4.9 “Serenity” Released with Linux 6.18 LTS, KDE Plasma 6.6, and More  9to5Linux

Skip the tutorials and build something real: Learn Linux the easy way  How-To Geek

Valve's Proton 11 beta unlocks more playable games and boosts performance for Steam Deck and Linux fans  TweakTown

NVIDIA keeps neglecting frame gen on Linux, so I turned to this $7 alternative instead  How-To Geek

PC gaming still has accessbility issues, and Linux gaming doubly so  PC Gamer

'We must become less reliant on American tools': Windows 11 is so bad the French government is switching to Linux — and Microsoft should be worried  TechRadar

Valve Quietly Rebased Proton on Wine 11, and Linux Gaming Just Got Windows-Level Frame Pacing  Wccftech

The scheduler changes for Linux 7.1 are now in place and may bring performance benefits for at least some systems and workloads...

For pairing nicely with the GNOME 50 desktop release last month, a number of GNOME-associated apps have been seeing new features and refinements...

Merged this week for Linux 7.1 was a rework of the high resolution timer "HRTIMER" subsystem for reducing the overhead of frequently-armed timers, such as the HRTICK scheduler timer. The HRTICK scheduler timer is useful for enhancing system responsiveness and fairness...