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Python 3.13 had been scheduled for release today with a new interactive interpreter, experimental free-threaded build mode to disable the Global Interpreter Lock (GIL), an experimental JIT, and other shiny new features. But a performance regression has delayed the Python 3.13 release to next week and in turn an unexpected Python 3.13-rc3 final test release...

Manjaro 24.1 "Xahea" launches with KDE Plasma 6.1.5, VirtualBox 7.1, and more  Notebookcheck.net

Intel is preparing a new staging feature for better handling of CPU microcode updates. Initial patches for the Linux kernel are out for discussion in enabling this feature that can yield around a 40% reduction in latency during the CPU microcode updating process...

The Linux disaster that almost was  Axios

Taking place last week in Paris was the annual Kernel Recipes conference devoted to a variety of Linux topics and sponsored by Meta, Dell, Arm, AMD, and other organizations. The slides and videos from the different Linux/open-source talks are now online for those wanting to watch some interesting technical content...

Kernel Recipes 2024 Slides & Videos Posted  Phoronix

#DRIVE Rally is an impressive new racer that I can't wait to see more from  GamingOnLinux

One of the interesting highlights of September was finally having our hands on an AmpereOne server! After years of being eager to test Ampere Computing's next-generation AArch64 server processors, Ampere sent over their 192-core flagship server processor for a few weeks of testing. The review server was comprised of the AmpereOne A192-32X flagship model within a Supermicro ARS-211M-NR 2U server.

Booting Linux on an Intel 4004 takes patience  Adafruit Blog

Building off last year's release of the EPYC 8004 "Siena" processors featuring up to sixty-four Zen 4C cores, AMD today announced the EPYC Embedded 8004 series...

Firefox 131 is out today with a few improvements worth mentioning for Mozilla's web browser...

Halcyon Announces Anti-Ransomware Protection for Linux Environments  Business Wire

Linux Software Market Touching New Development Level | Red Hat, Canonical, SUSE  EIN News

Vesta Admin Panel Vulnerability Allows Complete Linux Server Takeover  CybersecurityNews

The best old-school Linux window managers that still hold up  ZDNet

For those making use of "reverse PRIME" setups where you have a primary NVIDIA discrete GPU while monitors are connected to Intel integrated graphics as the secondary GPU, such configurations should be working nicely with the upcoming Ubuntu 24.10 release under Wayland. This support is also likely to be back-ported for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS...

Valve to fund developers of Arch Linux distribution, on which SteamOS is based  Mezha.Media

Manjaro-based ultralight Mabox Linux 24.09 now available for download  Notebookcheck.net

While the Linux 6.12 merge window only ended this weekend and won't be out until November, already code is beginning to accumulate for DRM-Next of graphics driver improvements targeting the Linux 6.13 cycle that in turn will be the first major Linux kernel release of 2025. A nice improvement is on the way for the Raspberry Pi graphics driver...

Linux 6.13 To Bring Big/Super Pages For The Raspberry Pi Graphics Driver - Better Performance  Phoronix