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Snapdragon 8 Elite arrives with Linux support, potentially unlocking PC gaming on phones and tablets  TechSpot

Bazzite updated to Fedora 41 with expanded PC gaming handheld support  GamingOnLinux

TUXEDO OS 4 Launches with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Base and Linux Kernel 6.11  9to5Linux

DRM_Panic is the functionality first added in Linux 6.10 for "Blue Screen of Death" type functionality when a kernel panic occurs or similar for displaying a nice graphical error message. Since the initial introduction it's been extended to handle QR code error messages, monochrome logos, and other customization options. The AMDGPU driver has new patches available for expanding the DRM_Panic support to all DCE/DCN-based graphics cards...

DRM Panic "Screen of Death" Support Being Extended To All Recent AMD GPUs  Phoronix

The RadeonSI Gallium3D driver used by all modern AMD Radeon graphics hardware has landed support in Mesa 24.3 for async VCE/UVD video operations to enhance the performance with the widely-used FFmpeg multimedia library...

Support for making use of Vulkan with VirtIO-GPU while using QEMU could very soon be upstream...

Cybersecurity News: Five Eyes program, Chinese activity, Russian Linux  CISO Series

How to use a PPA in Linux to install applications safely  ZDNet

Wasmer 5.0 is now available as the latest major update to this WebAssembly (WASM) runtime focused on being able to allow developers to write "universal apps" that will run anywhere thanks to the power and versatility of WebAssembly...

Shotcut 24.10 is now available as the latest feature release to this open-source, cross-platform video editor built atop the MLT framework, Qt6, FFmpeg, SDL, and other software components...

Fedora 41 is Here: 9 Sweet Features That You Get With The Upgrade  It's FOSS News

TUXEDO OS 4 Launches with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Base and Linux Kernel 6.11  info-mods.com

Linux creator Linus Torvalds: AI is useless: it's '90% marketing' while he ignores AI for now  TweakTown

Linux creator Linus Torvalds: AI is useless: it's '90% marketing' while he ignores AI for now  TweakTown

Intel off their typical second Tuesday of the month patch regiment today posted new CPU microcode just for 13th Gen "Raptor Lake" and 14th Gen "Raptor Lake Refresh" processors for Linux systems. Notable with the updated Raptor Lake CPU microcode is the internal voltage handling fix for that well known problem plaguing many Raptor Lake owners plus two other fixes...

Intel Posts Updated Raptor Lake Microcode For Linux: Fixes Voltage Issue & Other Bugs  Phoronix

PineNote Community Edition is a $399 E Ink tablet that ships with Debian Linux  Liliputing

Fedora Linux 41 is here: Ditch Windows 11 for a fresh open-source experience  BetaNews

I converted a mini PC running Windows 11 into a Linux workstation, and it blew me away  ZDNet