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Yesterday we noted that the Linux kernel picked up a patch mitigating an Intel Gen9 graphics vulnerability. It didn't sound too bad at first but then seeing Ivy Bridge Gen7 and Haswell Gen7.5 graphics are also affected raised eyebrows especially with that requiring a much larger mitigation. Now in testing the performance impact, the current mitigation patches completely wreck the performance of Ivybridge/Haswell graphics performance.

Google is finally killing off Chrome apps, which nobody really used anyhow  The Verge

Intel's Mitigation For CVE-2019-14615 Graphics Vulnerability Obliterates Gen7 iGPU Performance  Phoronix

Wind River acquires Star Lab to broaden portfolio with cyber and anti-tamper security software for Linux  Help Net Security

PinePhone Braveheart Linux smartphone begins shipping January 17th  Liliputing

As we mentioned back in December, a Kubuntu-powered laptop is launching with the blessing of Canonical and the Kubuntu Community Council. That laptop, the Kubuntu Focus, will begin shipping at the beginning of February while the pre-orders opened today as well as the embargo lift. We've been testing out the Kubuntu Focus the last several weeks and it's quite a polished KDE laptop experience for those wanting to enjoy KDE Plasma for a portable computing experience without having to tweak the laptop for optimal efficiency or other constraints.

Kubuntu Focus Linux Laptop Is Now Available for Pre-Order, Ships Early February  Softpedia News

Google sets final timeline for killing and replacing Chrome Apps  9to5Google

KAL and Ceska launch first Windows 10 ATM on Linux Hypervisor  Mobile Payments Today

CentOS 8 1911 has been released today as the community rebuild rebased to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 that debuted back in November...

CentOS-8 1911 Released As Rebuild Off Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1  Phoronix

CentOS Linux 8.1 Officially Released, Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1  Softpedia News

Linux Founder Linus Torvalds Draws Ire for Criticizing Oracle ZFS  Tom's Hardware

IPFire Linux Firewall Distribution Improves Its Intrusion Prevention System  Softpedia News

This morning's release of Vulkan 1.2 is off to a great start...

RenderDoc 1.6 Released, NVIDIA + AMD + Intel All Primed For Vulkan 1.2  Phoronix

RenderDoc 1.6 Released, NVIDIA + AMD + Intel All Primed For Vulkan 1.2  Phoronix

Oracle Releases VirtualBox 6.1.2 with Initial Support for Linux Kernel 5.5  Softpedia News

Coming up next month already will mark four years since the release of Vulkan 1.0 but for today is an early surprise... Vulkan 1.2! The Khronos Group has prepared Vulkan 1.2 for release as the newest major update to this graphics and compute API. Several vendors also have Vulkan 1.2 support in tow.