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Linux Mint Once Again the Most Popular Distro On DistroWatch  WebProNews

Coincidentally coming one day after the GNU Shepherd 1.0 service manager release, the systemd 257 release is now shipping as the newest feature release for this widely-used service manager / init system to Linux systems. Systemd 257 brings a number of new features and improvements for powering late 2024 and early 2025 Linux distributions...

Nokia expands data center SONiC support  Network World

While the Ubuntu desktop has been offered the newer GNOME Console as an alternative to GNOME Terminal, there's been a recent fondness around Ptyxis and apparently is becoming the recommended replacement to GNOME Terminal for the Ubuntu camp...

scrcpy 3.0 adds a virtual Android display to your Windows, Mac or Linux PC  Liliputing

Global Linux Software Market Size, Share and Forecast By Key Players-Google, Twitter, Facebook, Amazon, IBM  openPR

Linux Mint dethrones MX Linux as the most popular distro on DistroWatch  BetaNews

New Linux Patch Establishes "CONFIG_X86_64_NATIVE" For -march=native Kernel Builds  Phoronix

Last week I wrote about Linux patches cleaning up x86 32-bit kernel builds for x86_64 CPUs. The new iteration of those patches were sent out today, including the addition of a patch adding the CONFIG_X86_64_NATIVE Kconfig tunable for enabling "-march=native" kernel builds to cater your optimized kernel compilation for the CPU on which you are building the kernel...

Currently the Linux kernel's "perf" performance monitoring subsystem has a limit on 2,048 CPU cores for its CPU map that is set by the MAX_NR_CPUS value. But that's becoming not enough in today's high core count era that patches are looking to raise it to a 4,096 CPU core limit by default...

Perf Support For 2,048 CPU Cores Is Becoming Not Enough - Patches Bump Kernel Limit  Phoronix

GNU Shepherd 1.0 released after two decades in development  Notebookcheck.net

For those wanting to run Coreboot or Coreboot-derived firmware on a modern desktop motherboard with good performance and features, the main contender currently is 3mdeb's Dasharo downstream that can be flashed on the MSI PRO Z790-P/Z790-P motherboards for using with Intel Core Alder Lake and Raptor Lake processors. Firmware consulting firm 3mdeb today published a new Dasharo firmware update for the MSI PRO Z790-P WIFI motherboard...

Working with PDF files on Linux  Network World

Working with PDF files on Linux  Network World

System76 just took everything that was good in Pop!_OS and made it even better  ZDNet

What will the year 2025 bring for Linux PCs?  PCWorld

Predictive Analytics: Enhancing Linux System Reliability with Data-Driven Insights  Analytics Insight

Space Marine 2 adds DLSS3, FSR3 and Frame Generation - more playable on Steam Deck, needs launch option for Desktop Linux  GamingOnLinux

Why I Want to See an Official GNOME-Only OS  How-To Geek