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Firefox 72 vs. Chrome 80 Browser Performance On Ubuntu Linux With AMD Ryzen  Phoronix

Given this week's release of Google Chrome 80, here are fresh benchmarks of Chrome 80 against Firefox 72 on Linux plus also a run with Firefox's WebRender option being enabled. This round of tests was under an Ubuntu 20.04 snapshot with AMD Ryzen processor and AMD Radeon VII graphics.

A second round of KVM virtualization updates were sent out today for the Linux 5.6 merge window that is still open through the weekend...

Linux 5.6 KVM Expands AMD APIC Virtualization Support With Dynamic APICv  Phoronix

New League of Legends Anti-Cheat Will Run at Kernel Level  TechRaptor

South Korea To Switch From Windows 7 To Linux  Techworm

Mozilla developer Dzmitry Malyshau has provided an update on WGPU, their implementation of WebGPU built off GFX-RS and Rust for next-gen graphics and compute on the web...

Serious sudo flaw could be exploited to gain root access to Linux systems  BetaNews

Debian developer Mike Gabriel in cooperation with the UBports developers continuing to maintain Ubuntu Touch and Unity 8 are working to offer Unity 8 (and in turn, Mir) packages within Debian...

As another step towards tightening up the Linux kernel security, Intel's Kristen Carlson Accardi has proposed "FGKASLR" as a significant step forward for better enhancing the Kernel Address Space Layout Randomization...

Intel Open-Source Developer Has Been Working On "FGKASLR" For Better Kernel Security  Phoronix

Added back to Linux 5.4 was VirtIO-FS for better file/folder sharing with guest VMs that makes use of the FUSE protocol but is much faster than the likes of virtio-9p...

While the Linux 5.5 is out as stable today and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS isn't shipping until late April, it looks like they are settling on the use of the Linux 5.4 series, rather than the newer 5.5 and Linux 5.6 would be cutting too close to release anyhow for making this long-term support release...

Red Hat kicks off long goodbye for CoreOS Container Linux  DevClass

It has been a while since there has been any new developments to report on BFQ, the Budget Fair Queueing I/O scheduler that offers both low-latency and high throughput modes, bandwidth and latency guarantees, and other functionality. With the ongoing Linux 5.6 cycle, BFQ at least has picked up some fixes...

Checkra1n Jailbreak now supports Linux & iOS 13.3.1, Windows support teased  PiunikaWeb

BleachBit 3.2.0  Neowin

Intel’s Clear Linux Just Outperformed Ubuntu 20.04 — On An AMD Laptop  Forbes

Intel’s Clear Linux Is Outperforming Ubuntu 20.04 —On AMD Hardware  Forbes

RedHat Will Totally Delete Fedora Container Linux CoreOS  Fossbytes