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AMD Ryzen 5 9600X & Ryzen 7 9700X Linux Performance With 105 Watt cTDP Review  Phoronix

With the upcoming Ubuntu 24.10 release, Canonical is introducing permission prompting for more control over Snap access to systems to enhance security...

Solus is a no-frills desktop distribution that makes using Linux a no-brainer  ZDNet

KDE Slimbook 16 Linux-based laptop gets refreshed with AMD Hawk Point processor  Notebookcheck.net

Ubuntu 24.10 to Introduce User-Controlled Permissions Prompts  9to5Linux

Motherboard vendors have begun rolling out updated BIOS versions for AMD AM5 platforms that allow a configurable TDP on the Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 7 9700X processors to allow a 105 Watt cTDP compared to the base 65 Watt TDP. For those wondering about the Linux performance and power efficiency impact from running these mid-tier Zen 5 desktop processors at the higher cTDP value, here is the full set of benchmarks compared to my original review data on Linux.

10 Linux apps I can't do without - and why  ZDNet

VirtualBox 7.1 Released with Qt 6 GUI, Wayland Support for Clipboard Sharing  9to5Linux

The Juno Tab 3 Linux Tablet Seems Rather Overpriced  OMG! Ubuntu!

With Linux 6.11 expected for release on Sunday that in turn will mark the start of the two-week merge window for Linux 6.12. The Linux 6.12 cycle will get underway and work towards its stable release in mid to late November. Ahead of the Linux 6.12 merge window here is a look at some of the material anticipated for merging during this next cycle...

Linux 6.12 Kernel To Add New Features For Intel & AMD Systems, Many Other Changes Too  Phoronix

Debian 12.7 Released with 55 Security Updates and 51 Bug Fixes  Security Boulevard

Device Tree patches have been posted to the Linux kernel mailing list for review and possible upstreaming to the mainline Linux kernel for booting Apple iPhones, iPads, and iPods that use the A7 to A11 SoCs...

With Mozilla having backed away from the Servo web engine years ago and recent open-source development on Servo focused on making it suitable for embed purposes into other applications/software, it's remained to be picked up by any standalone web browser project. But taking shape over the past few months has been Verso as a ground-up build of a new Rust-based web browser making use of Servo...

ClangIR is a new IR for LLVM's Clang compiler built atop MLIR. Thanks to this year's Google Summer of Code, there has been progress on being able to compile GPU kernels using ClangIR as another improvement for heterogeneous programming with this open-source compiler stack...

With this past weekend's release of Linux 6.11-rc7, the kernel changes for the week were larger than prior RCs and Torvalds was a bit hesitant on releasing v6.11 this coming Sunday due to the upcoming that takes place next week in Vienna, Austria. But after a bit of time and feedback from other kernel developers, Torvalds is now more inclined to release Linux 6.11 this coming Sunday rather than dragging it out for an extra week...

The latest Rust-written OpenCL driver "Rusticl" work by Red Hat engineer Karol Herbst is support for shader variants and introducing an optimized kernel variant...

The Crew 2 and The Crew Motorfest are getting offline modes  GamingOnLinux

Linux and BSD alternative Redox OS reaches version 0.9.0 with COSMIC desktop applications and multiple optimizations  Notebookcheck.net

Bookmarks | And now for Microsoft Linux?  TechCentral