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GNU Shepherd as a service manager for both system and user services that is used by Guix and relying on Guile Scheme has finally reached version 1.0. For those not pleased with systemd, GNU Shepherd can be used as an init system and now has finally crossed the version 1.0 milestone after 21 years of development...

GNU Shepherd 1.0 Service Manager Released As "Solid Tool" Alternative To systemd  Phoronix

GNOME 46.7 Improves Accessibility of Quick Settings’ Keyboard Backlight Toggle  9to5Linux

GNOME 46.7 Improves Accessibility of Quick Settings’ Keyboard Backlight Toggle  9to5Linux

It's been a few months since running any fresh Linux graphics driver comparison benchmarks. But given the imminent availability of the first Intel Arc Battlemage graphics cards, I have been carrying out some fresh Linux GPU driver testing. Given the recently-stabilized NVIDIA R565 Linux driver series and then also the newest upstream code in Linux 6.13 Git and Mesa 25.0-devel for the AMD Radeon and Intel Arc Graphics hardware on their open-source drivers, here is a fresh look at where Intel / AMD / NVIDIA mid-range graphics stand today on Ubuntu Linux with the leading-edge drivers.

NVIDIA R565 vs. Linux 6.13 + Mesa 25.0 Git AMD / Intel Graphics For Linux Gaming  Phoronix

5 of the More Useful Note-taking Apps in Linux  Make Tech Easier

Linux 6.12 kernel received official LTS status for at least 2 years  Mezha.Media

Linux 6.12 kernel received official LTS status for at least 2 years  Mezha.Media

Finally Putting The RK1 Through Its Paces  Hackaday

Finally Putting The RK1 Through Its Paces  Hackaday

4 reasons containers are better than VMs  XDA Developers

Video and image encoders/decoders written in the Rust programming language for its memory safety guarantees is often viewed as one of the compelling areas for the programming language to better protect against malformed/malicious content especially within web browsers. Not only are Rust-based PNG image decoders proving to be more secure than C-based decoders, but the performance of the Rust solutions can be even faster...

Linux Mint 22.1 Beta ISOs now undergoing final testing  Neowin

For those wishing to kick off the new week with some interesting technical videos and are into compiler tech, the video recordings from the 2024 LLVM Developers' Meeting are now online...

OBS Studio 31 released with first-party YouTube Chat features, new NVIDIA filters and Linux improvements  GamingOnLinux

Raspberry Pi 500 Computer Launches with the Official Raspberry Pi Monitor  9to5Linux

Raspberry Pi 500 Computer Launches with the Official Raspberry Pi Monitor  9to5Linux

For those with the ASUS TUF GAMING X670E PLUS as a ~$230 USD AM5 motherboard for Ryzen 7000/9000 series processors, this desktop motherboard is seeing support tacked onto the asus-ec-sensors hardware monitoring driver so you can enjoy working sensor readings under Linux...

ASUS TUF GAMING X670E PLUS Seeing Linux Sensors Support  Phoronix