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Leaving Windows 10 for Linux? 5 security differences to consider first  ZDNet

Fedora Asahi Remix 41 Released for Apple Silicon Macs with KDE Plasma 6.2  9to5Linux

Last week with the availability of the Intel Arc B-Series Battlemage graphics cards I ran benchmarks looking at the GPU compute performance, Linux gaming benchmarks, and also the workstation graphics capabilities. The Intel Arc B580 graphics showed some nice generational uplift under Linux for most workloads but there were some anomalies where clearly the Intel Linux graphics driver had room to better optimize the new Xe2/Battlemage graphics support. Windows benchmarks of the Intel Arc B580 also showed it performing more competitively to the likes of the GeForce RTX 4060 compared to what I was seeing under Linux. Thus I spent the past few days working on some Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu Linux graphics benchmarks for both Intel Arc Graphics of Alchemist and Battlemage GPUs to see how the performance compares.

Windows 11 vs. Linux Benchmarks For Intel Arc B-Series "Battlemage" Shows Strengths & Weaknesses Review  Phoronix

Fedora Asahi Remix 41 brings Fedora Linux to Apple Silicon Macs with Vulkan 1.4 and x86 emulation  BetaNews

Fedora Asahi Remix 41 as the re-base of the Asahi Linux work for Apple Silicon devices atop the recently released Fedora 41 is now ready for Apple device users...

Fedora Asahi Remix 41 Now Ready For Apple Silicon Devices  Phoronix

I'm a Linux power user, and I recommend this distro to newbies and experts alike  ZDNet

The LLVM compiler stack offers a number of sanitizers like the AddressSanitizer, MemorySanitizer, UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer, and others for detecting different coding issues like data races, memory addressing issues, use of uninitialized memory, and more. The newest sanitizer addition to LLVM mainline is TySan as a Type Sanitizer...

NVIDIA today announced the Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit as their "most affordable generative AI Supercomputer" with this upgraded Jetson Nano offering 1.7x better GenAI performance while also costing less than its predecessor. This new product looks like an exciting addition to the NVIDIA Jetson line-up and will have performance benchmarks soon on Phoronix...

The 3 most Windows-like Linux distros you can try because change is hard  ZDNet

New version Kali Linux adds tooling and also removes features  Techzine Europe

Alpine Linux 3.21: Lean, mean, and LoongArch-ready  The Register

Best Linux server distro of 2024  TechRadar

How to Turn Ubuntu Into the Perfect Programming Platform  Review Geek

Greg Kroah-Hartman has decided to extend the Linux 6.1 LTS planned lifespan from four to five years...

While Fedora is often times eager to introduce new spins and other variants as well as supporting a comprehensive set of CPU architectures, it doesn't always drive new users. In the case of atomic versions of Fedora Linux for desktop use on POWER hardware, it turns out there are seemingly no active users...

Fedora Atomic Desktops For POWER PPC64LE To End Due To Finding No Users  Phoronix

Kali Linux 2024.4 Release Disables Pip for Pipx, Adds GNOME 47 and 14 New Tools  It's FOSS News

Merged yesterday as part of "fixes" to the Linux 6.13 were new Intel support additions for their next-generation Core Ultra and Xeon processors...