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Compute module and eval kit run Linux on RISC-V-based PolarFire SoC  LinuxGizmos.com

File-system / storage activity is as busy as always during the Linux kernel merge windows...

Succeeding last week's DXVK 1.5.2 is now a version 1.5.3 release with various fixes...

In addition to the new openat2() system call in Linux 5.6, pidfd_getfd() has landed with growing interest from many different parties for what will be an increasingly used syscall moving forward...

pidfd_getfd Lands In Linux 5.6 With Use-Cases From LXD To Web Browsers  Phoronix

Crostini keys expired on Chrome OS Dev and Canary? There’s a simple fix  Chrome Unboxed

Ntablet Android & Linux Tablet Features a Replaceable RK3288 CPU Module, GPIO Board  CNX Software

Systemd-Homed Merged As A Fundamental Change To Linux Home Directories  Phoronix

Systemd-homed has been merged as the latest (optional) fundamental change to Linux distributions in how home directories are handled...

Need 32-bit Linux to run past 2038? When version 5.6 of the kernel pops, you're in for a treat  The Register

The Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) kernel driver updates were sent in today for Linux 5.6 with plenty of fun features in tow...

Earlier this month AMD finally published their Sensor Fusion Hub driver for Linux to improve the Ryzen laptop support. That new "SFH" driver hasn't been queued as part of any Linux 5.6 pull request but a second version of the driver did make it out this week...

AMD Sensor Fusion Hub Driver Revved But Not On Tap For Linux 5.6  Phoronix

Psyonix explains why Rocket League support for MacOS and Linux was pulled  PC Games Insider

Critical OpenSMTPD Bug Opens Linux and OpenBSD Mail Servers to Hackers  Internet

With Linux 5.6 the staging area has seen new functionality but thanks to removing old code it ends up removing a fair number of lines of code from the kernel...

Staging Changes Lighten The Linux 5.6 Kernel By More Than Thirty Thousand Lines  Phoronix

Linux Kernel 5.6 Source Tree Includes WireGuard VPN  BleepingComputer

Rocket League Ends Online Multiplayer Support For Linux and macOS  Geeky Gadgets

Way back in 2005, a company called Vyatta was founded by Allan Leinwand. It offered the first commercially supported, open source router and firewall solution. Named after the ancient Sanskrit for "open," the company's goal of bringing open source networking products to the market was so successful that it was purchased by competitor Brocade. This effectively killed Vyatta, but because Vyatta's product was open source, it didn't stop it.

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