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Anbernic RG Vita Pro: Linux update brings new themes and features  Notebookcheck

The Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) kernel graphics/display and accelerator driver changes have been merged for Linux 7.2. The Linux 7.2 DRM merge is headlined by the long-awaited HDMI 2.1 Fixed Rate Link (FRL) support for the AMDGPU open-source driver as part of the larger effort of finally proceeding with a full HDMI 2.1 implementation for this AMD Radeon Linux driver...

Initial AMDGPU HDMI 2.1 FRL Support Successfully Merged For Linux 7.2  Phoronix

ARC Raiders Denuvo Update Breaks Linux Compatibility - SDHQ  Steam Deck HQ

The 5 Linux distros you should never run on an old PC  How-To Geek

Windows and Linux users: The deadline to update Secure Boot keys is near  Ars Technica

Qt Creator 20 Open-Source IDE Released with AI Support, New Zen Mode  9to5Linux

The Qt Creator integrated development environment focused on Qt/C++ programming is out today with Qt Creator 20 and this new version is headlined by adding AI agent support...

Epic Games looks for engineer to improve Linux anti-cheat support  VideoCardz.com

Merged yesterday to the GCC Git development codebase for next year's GCC 17 release is the initial infrastructure laying out support for -std=c++29 and the like for targeting the C++29 standard not anticipated for release until around 2029...

As part of improving the experience of FreeBSD on laptops and desktops, FreeBSD developers have updated their drm-kmod port against the state of the Linux 6.12 LTS kernel...

FreeBSD Updates Its Graphics Driver Port From Linux 6.12 LTS  Phoronix

While the AppleTalk networking protocols were innovative when they first appeared for their plug-and-play capabilities, Apple itself ended their AppleTalk support back in 2009. Now 17 years later, the Linux kernel is ending AppleTalk support due to a recent surge of AI-generated patches...

Linux Finally Ends AppleTalk Protocol Support  Phoronix

System76 boss reckons he can liberate the entire PC stack... just give him another 15 years  The Register

Malicious apps got into the Arch User Repository - how to protect yourself  ZDNET

Zenless Zone Zero has arrived on Steam and works on Linux / SteamOS  GamingOnLinux

Linux 7.2 continues seeing a fair amount of storage-related changes from file-systems to the block device code itself, software RAID, the wonderful IO_uring interface, and more. Here is some of the latest feature work that has been merged for Linux 7.2...

AIRecon: AI-Powered Penetration Testing Tool with Kali Linux Sandbox  CyberSecurityNews

Atomic Arch Supply Chain Attack Compromises 1,500 Arch User Repository Packages: Credential-Stealing Malware Targets Arch Linux Systems  Rescana