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Engineers from Google are proposing that distributed ThinLTO build support be introduced for LLVM/Clang when compiling the Linux kernel. The distributed ThinLTO mode for link-time optimizations can lead to quicker build times than the current in-process ThinLTO mode while also being more convenient and work with kernel live-patching solutions...

KDE developers continue to be very busy working toward the Plasma 6.4 desktop release and making other enhancements throughout this open-source desktop...

Google removes memory usage limits for Linux Terminal in Android 16  Mezha.Media

Merged today ahead of the Linux 6.15-rc3 kernel test release on Sunday were the set of "x86 fixes" for the week. Of these x86 fixes are two notable changes in particular...

Linux 6.15-rc3 To Bring AMD Zen 5 Microcode Protection, Intel Bartlett Lake ID Addition  Phoronix

In recent kernel releases there have been performance enhancements to the AES implementations and other cryptographic subsystem code for speeding up the performance on modern Intel and AMD processors. With Linux 6.16 there will be at least some additional small gains to find with Intel and AMD processors bearing AVX-512 when employing AES-XTS...

Slightly Faster AES-XTS Performance For AVX-512 CPUs Expected With Linux 6.16  Phoronix

Linus On Git  i-programmer.info

Ubuntu 25.04 upgrades halted due to Kubuntu users getting a broken desktop  GamingOnLinux

EU OS: A European Proposal for a Public Sector Linux Desktop  The New Stack

Initial Linux Gaming/Graphics Performance For The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Review  Phoronix

Earlier this week the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti launched and there were launch-day Linux CUDA/OpenCL compute benchmarks on Phoronix. But for the Linux gaming performance tests we were waiting on a new supported driver release, which happened to be on launch day with the NVIDIA 575.51.02 Linux beta. Now that the gaming-ready Linux driver is available for the GeForce RTX 5060 series, here are some initial benchmarks of the PNY GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB up against other NVIDIA GeForce and AMD Radeon graphics cards using the newly-released Ubuntu 25.04.

Amazon smart TVs could soon replace Fire OS with Linux-based Vega OS  TechSpot

Witekio Offering Ubuntu Pro for Devices in Partnership with Canonical  Embedded Computing Design

Back in the Linux 6.12 kernel cycle the Intel i915 kernel graphics driver added fan speed reporting support. Finally for the upcoming Linux 6.16 cycle that fan speed reporting will also be working with the modern Intel Xe kernel graphics driver used by default with Intel's latest integrated and discrete graphics processors...

Intel Xe Driver Adds Fan Speed Reporting For Linux 6.16, BMG Instability Being Debugged  Phoronix

Linux Kernel Vulnerability Let Attackers Escalate Privilege - PoC Released  CybersecurityNews

The latest Ubuntu is great news for Linux fans everywhere  Tom's Hardware

Following the GCC 15 code branching after working its way down to zero "P1" regressions of the highest priority, GCC 15.1 Release Candidate 1 is out today for testing...

How to Install and Remove Software in Linux Using the Terminal  How-To Geek