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Rust in Linux now: Progress, pitfalls, and why devs and maintainers need each other  ZDNet

Following the release of the COSMIC Alpha desktop in early August, System76 is closing out September by issuing the second alpha release of their Rust-based open-source desktop environment...

System76 Releases COSMIC Alpha 2 Desktop Packages  Phoronix

How to Use the Terminal to Solve Wi-Fi Problems in Linux  How-To Geek

Linux 6.12 Brings 9p Network USB Gadget Driver To Ease Embedded Device Development  Phoronix

The USB/Thunderbolt subsystem updates were submitted today for the Linux 6.12 kernel merge window along with the other areas of the kernel overseen by Greg Kroah-Hartman. A new USB driver is the 9p network gadget driver that has been in development for quite a while and aims to help ease embedded Linux device development...

The Tor Project merges with Tails, a Linux-based portable OS focused on privacy  TechCrunch

The RISC-V architecture updates have been submitted for the Linux 6.12 kernel cycle. More RISC-V CPU ISA extensions are being supported along with enabling some additional kernel features for this CPU architecture...

RISC-V Wires Up More Kernel Features With Linux 6.12  Phoronix

DXVK 2.4.1 brings improvements for launchers, more robust D3D8, lots of game fixes for Linux  GamingOnLinux

This Linux App Turns Websites Into Apps Themselves—Here's Why It's Great  How-To Geek

The VirtIO Vsock guest/host communication interface using virtual sockets will see better performance with the in-development Linux 6.12 kernel...

VirtIO Vsock Performance To Improve With Linux 6.12  Phoronix

It's been nearly three months since the last DXVK release for this Direct3D 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 implementation built atop Vulkan for Steam Play (Proton) / Wine. That changed today with Philip Rebohle having just released DXVK 2.4.1...

Vulkan 1.3.296 is out as the first spec update in nearly one month. Given the time that has passed there are more bug fixes than usual but there is also a prominent new extension: VK_EXT_device_generated_commands...

From 'Just for Fun' to a Full-Fledged Distribution: Aditya Shakya's Archcraft Journey  It's FOSS News

Where do Linux and Rust go from here? A roundtable of kernel developers share their thoughts  ZDNet

Linux nerds in existential crisis  Fudzilla

Linux nerds in existential crisis  Fudzilla

Check Hardware Info on Linux Graphically With Hardinfo  It's FOSS