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Linux malware “perfctl” behind years-long cryptomining campaign  BleepingComputer

New Perfctl Malware Targets Linux Servers for Cryptocurrency Mining and Proxyjacking  The Hacker News

A Programmer Ran Linux on a 1971 Processor  Greek Reporter

Cryptomining perfctl malware swarms Linux machines  TechTarget

Now that sched_ext was upstreamed into the mainline Linux kernel as part of the many great features in Linux 6.12, Fedora's kernel builds are prepared to enable this innovative scheduler feature that allows for new scheduling policies to be loaded via (e)BPF programs...

Fedora's Kernel Build Now Enabling Sched_Ext Support  Phoronix

More info on the Valve (Steam) collab with Arch Linux and potential future hardware support  GamingOnLinux

This Linux distro has a smart feature that vastly improved my workflow  ZDNet

Google engineers have been working on support for the Linux kernel to leverage AutoFDO feedback directed optimizations and Propeller optimizations when compiling the Linux kernel with LLVM/Clang. In turn this can help Linux systems see 2~10% better performance thanks to the more optimized kernel...

After years of AmpereComputing talking about AmpereOne AArch64 server processors, it looks like we are finally on the cusp of seeing broader availability of the processors and servers/motherboards for this ARM server platform up to 192 cores. At the end of August I finally received a temporary review system with the AmpereOne A192-32X flagship SKU. That server was the Supermicro ARS-211M-NR and is supposed to be seeing availability real soon. Now the latest on the AmpereOne front is Giga Computing (Gigabyte) announcing general availability of their servers...

NetworkManager 1.50 released on Wednesday as the newest version of this software commonly used on the Linux desktop for managing wired and wireless network connections...

NetworkManager 1.50 Released - Now Ensures Offensive Terms Don't Appear In Settings  Phoronix

The Unified Acceleration Foundation (UXL Foundation), which was formed out of Intel's oneAPI software efforts, will be hosting a virtual developer summit...

XR glasses on Linux / Steam Deck get vastly better with the XR Gaming Plugin  GamingOnLinux

HexCon24: Hexnode announces major product updates, including support for Linux and Chrome OS  CXOToday.com

Urgent New Google Chrome 129 Security Warning For Windows, Mac, Linux, Android  Forbes

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HexCon24: Hexnode announces major product updates, including support for Linux and Chrome OS  APN News

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FOSS Weekly #24.40: Deprecated Commands, SSD Temp, Aria2App, Spotify Customization and More Linux Stuff  It's FOSS