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Deepin 23 brings AI to the Linux desktop - and it's complicated  ZDNet

This sneaky Linux malware went undetected for years, and is using all-new attack tactics  TechRadar

These 14 Linux Commands Helped Me Become a Better Troubleshooter  How-To Geek

How to install Steam on Linux to start playing thousands of games  ZDNet

Linux market share hit its highest point ever last month  ZDNet

Linux OS market share climbs towards 5% — thanks, Steam Deck!  PCWorld

Last week an AmpereOne server finally arrived at Phoronix! Ampere Computing sent over a reviewer server of the AmpereOne A192-32X flagship AArch64 server processor with 192 custom cores and using a Supermicro ARS-211M-NR R13SPD platform. I have been carrying out a number of benchmarks for this much-anticipated AArch64 cloud native processor and have initial performance and power efficiency metrics to share today to see how it compares to prior Ampere Altra Max as well as the Intel Xeon and AMD EPYC server competition.

In addition to the recent news of AMD and FreeBSD Foundation collaborating over improvements, some more good news for this leading BSD open-source project is the Sovereign Tech Fund (STF) now beginning to invest in FreeBSD...

Stealthy Linux Malware 'Sedexp' Having Zero-detections Since 2022  CybersecurityNews

Linux market share approaching 4.5% for first time, could hit 5% by 1Q25  Tom's Hardware

Advanced stealth of new sedexp malware for Linux detailed  SC Media

AMD Kria Development Boards To Enjoy Wayland Support With Ubuntu 24.04 LTS  Phoronix

Ubuntu maker Canonical partnered with AMD for supporting Ubuntu Linux on the AMD-Xilinx Kria development boards for their UltraScale+ / Versal Adaptive SoC evaluation kit. Currently the official builds are based on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS but it appears an Ubuntu 24.04 LTS build is being worked on and will come complete with Wayland support...

33-year-old Linux is a staple of IT infrastructures  Techzine Europe

Earlier this month Intel compiler engineers began adding AVX10.2 support into the GCC 15 open-source compiler. Now as we approach the end of August, another big batch of AVX10.2 enablement has landed for this next GNU Compiler Collection release...

It's not too often these days seeing new OpenGL extensions come to Mesa drivers given their already robust coverage and not many new OpenGL extensions being introduced compared to the still-expanding Vulkan APIs. Overnight though RadeonSI Gallium3D saw GL_KHR_shader_subgroup support land...

Released on Sunday night was a new version of the Intel QuickAssist Technology (QAT) Zstd plug-in for accelerating Zstandard compression with QAT-enabled adapters and modern Xeon Scalable processors sporting QAT accelerators...

Sedexp malware hides unseen in Linux kernel for years  Techzine Europe

Stealthy Linux Malware "sedexp" Exploits Udev Rules For Persistence And Evasion  Information Security Buzz

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: August 25th, 2024  9to5Linux