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Merged as part of the many VFS changes for Linux 7.2 is the new OPENAT2_REGULAR flag for the openat2 system call. This can be used to limit programs to only open regular file-systems and avoid accidentally or intentionally opening up device files or other non-conventional data files on the file-system...

Commodore Callback 8020 Is a Linux Phone Built to Block the Web  Linuxiac

Following last week's Wine 11.11 release that brought alpha modifier support for opacity handling with the Wine Wayland driver, merged this week to Wine is support for fractional scaling with the Wine Wayland driver...

KDE Plasma 6.7 out with per-screen virtual desktops, Wayland upgrades, better support for background apps  GamingOnLinux

The x86/cpu changes have been merged for the Linux 7.2 kernel with an interesting span of changes covering 36 years from the Intel 486 days up to adding the new "rugged" Panther Lake variant...

Linux 7.2 Continues Removing Old i486 Code Remnants, Adds Rugged Panther Lake  Phoronix

Epic Games is looking for someone to "Champion" a Linux-friendly anti-cheat in new job listing  PC Guide

Commodore announces Linux-based flip phone with ‘no social media, no browser’ — the Callback 8020 will be available in five retro colorways starting at $499, runs 99% of Android apps  Tom's Hardware

Giada 1.5 Hardcore Loop Machine Adds New Tick-Based Audio Rendering Engine  9to5Linux

Atomic Arch Supply Chain Attack Hits 1,500 AUR Packages  SecurityWeek

The XFS file-system updates for the Linux 7.2 kernel aren't too notable with the exception of its zone allocator being promoted from behind its previously-experimental flag...

XFS Zone Allocator No Longer Experimental With Linux 7.2  Phoronix

These 6 Linux monitoring tools helped me uncover every problem on my network  How-To Geek

The power management changes merged for the Linux 7.2 kernel are aplenty as usual. New hardware support, dropping obsolete hardware support, and various bug fixes and other enhancements throughout this important area of the kernel...

Linux 7.2 Power Management Adds New Hardware Support While Dropping AMD Elan  Phoronix

Today's the day! KDE developers have just released Plasma 6.7 as the newest version of this leading open-source desktop environment...

After Linux 7.1 dropped support for old i486 CPUs and also began removing some old ISA and PCMCIA device drivers, there is some additional old hardware relics being cleared out of the in-development Linux 7.2 driver... The frame-buffer device driver for the old Hercules Monochrome ISA graphics card is now removed from the Linux kernel after decades at play...

Linux 7.2 Drops Driver For The 40+ Year Old Hercules Monochrome ISA Graphics Card  Phoronix

China-Linked SprySOCKS Backdoor Expands to Windows with Driver-Based Stealth  The Hacker News

KDE Plasma 6.7 Desktop Environment Officially Released, This Is What’s New  9to5Linux