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Lilbits: A new Linux-based tablet OS, and the latest Bond villain is… product placement?  Liliputing

Google at odds with package maintainers for Chromium. - Linux & Unix  BleepingComputer

How to Manipulate Images in the Linux Terminal  MakeUseOf

'One of the most beautiful bugs I've seen': Decade-old sudo bug grants Linux root access | SC Media  SC Magazine

Serious 10-year-old flaw in Linux sudo command; a new version patches it  Network World

With a pending patch, the Linux 5.11 AMD Zen 2 / Zen 3 performance is looking very good as far as the out-of-the-box performance is concerned when using Schedutil as is becoming the increasingly default CPU frequency scaling governor on more distributions / default kernels. With the previously noted Linux 5.11 regression addressed from when the AMD CPU frequency invariance support was first introduced, the Schedutil performance from small Ryzen systems up through big EPYC hardware is looking quite good. But how much upside is left in relation to the optimal CPU frequency scaling performance with the "performance" governor? Here is a look at those benchmarks on Ryzen and EPYC for Schedutil vs. Performance on a patched Linux 5.11 kernel.

AMD Schedutil vs. Performance Governor Benchmarks On Linux 5.11 Shows More Upside Potential  Phoronix

Sudo Bug Gives Root Access to Mass Numbers of Linux Systems  Threatpost

Finally with the upcoming Linux 5.12 cycle is support for Variable Rate Refresh (VRR) / Adaptive-Sync for Intel Tiger Lake "Gen12" Xe Graphics and newer...

Linux 5.12 Bringing VRR / Adaptive-Sync For Intel TIger Lake / Xe Graphics  Phoronix

Linux security and growing cyberthreats: Everything you need to know  TechGenix

PSA: If your PC runs Linux, you should update Sudo now  XDA Developers

Linux 5.10 LTS Will Only Be Maintained Until EOY 2022 Unless More Companies Step Up  Phoronix

Linux malware uses open-source tool to evade detection  BleepingComputer

Announced a few years ago was the notion of "extended" LTS kernel versions whereby the long term support cycle would span six years rather than the usual two years for LTS kernels in providing maintenance and bug/security fixes to the codebase. This means Linux 5.4 LTS is supported until the end of 2025, Linux 4.19 until the end of 2024, and even Linux 4.19 until the end of 2024. But with the recently minted Linux 5.10 LTS at least for now it's only being committed to maintenance until the end of next year...

Linux 5.10 LTS Will Only Be Maintained Until EOY 2022 Unless More Companies Step Up  Phoronix

10 Best Linux Distros for Developers  MakeUseOf

A new Radeon power management feature with RDNA2 graphics processors being exposed by the open-source Linux driver is Duty Cycle Scaling in the name of power/thermal management with a focus on low-power hardware...

AMD RDNA2 "Duty Cycle Scaling" Will Turn Off The GPU Under Heavy Load For Relief  Phoronix

Cyber Security Today – Executives targeted with Office365 scam, update Unix and Linux systems, phone numbers stolen from Facebook and advice for Data Privacy Day  IT World Canada