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Someone Turned a PS5 Into a Linux Gaming PC, and It Actually Works  It's FOSS

AMD Posts Newest Linux Patches To Accelerate Page Migration For Better Performance  Phoronix

Posted to the Linux kernel mailing list this week was the newest revision of a patch series originally started in early 2025 by a NVIDIA engineer for accelerating page migration. Now being worked on by AMD engineers, this accelerated page migration via batch copies and hardware offloading continues to show promising results...

‘Copy Fail’ Logic Flaw in Linux Kernel Enables System Takeover  SecurityWeek

Linux Can Now Be Installed On PS5, But You’ll Need A Disc-Based Console Running Specific Firmwares  PlayStation Universe

Following the recent Servo 0.1 release, the Servo project has published their latest monthly status report to highlight recent development efforts around this modern open-source browser engine...

New “Copy Fail” bug puts Linux systems at serious risk  Latest news from Azerbaijan

Last year with the ACPI 6.6 specification release came revised Collaborative Processor Performance Control (CPPC) support for enhancing the capabilities around this standard for OS management of the performance of CPU cores using an abstract performance scale. That CPPC v4 support is now being worked on for the acpi_cppc Linux driver by NVIDIA engineers...

Urgent warning over critical Linux kernel privilege escalation bug: tiny script grants root  Cybernews

New Linux 'Copy Fail' Vulnerability Enables Root Access on Major Distributions  The Hacker News

PlayStation 5 Linux Breakthrough Lands A Little Late, But It Could Reshape How Some Owners Use Their Consoles  Wccftech

AMD Halo Box surfaces in Linux driver patch ahead of Q2 2026 launch  gagadget.com

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Rocket League adds Easy Anti-Cheat with Steam Deck / Linux still supported  GamingOnLinux

Ubuntu AI Integration: Canonical Clarifies Opt-In Features And User Privacy  Ubergizmo

Critical kernel vulnerability affects a wide range of Linux distributions  Techzine Global

Proton Experimental updated to get Crimson Desert working again on Linux / SteamOS  GamingOnLinux

Linux Kernel 0-Day “Copy Fail” Grants Root Access Across Major Distros Since 2017  gbhackers.com

9-Year-Old Linux Kernel Vulnerability “Copy Fail” Enables Full Root Access  Hackread

This PS5 Mod Installs Linux, Turning the Console into a Steam Machine  80 Level