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An Intel project developed the past several years was kAFL-Fuzzer as a hardware-assisted feedback fuzzer for x86 virtual machines (VMs) to help with security. While it saw a lot of work in prior years, development activity slowed down last year and now the project has been formally ended...

Intel Ends Work On Open-Source kAFL-Fuzzer For Fuzzing VMs  Phoronix

4 obscure Linux apps I use all the time  How-To Geek

Minimal Linux Installs Rise For Performance And Control  findarticles.com

What's a minimal install for Linux? 6 reasons it can come in handy  ZDNET

This Linux feature is why I’m not scared of updates anymore (and Windows should copy it)  MakeUseOf

My Linux setup kept breaking after updates — until I realized updates weren't the problem at all  MakeUseOf

GNOME 50 is out today, on-schedule and just in time for being the default desktop of the likes of Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and Fedora Workstation 44...

GNOME 50 “Tokyo” Desktop Environment Officially Released, This Is What’s New  9to5Linux

While Fedora 43 was released at the end of October and there is just one month to go now until the release of Fedora 44, Fedora Asahi Remix 43 debuted today as this spin of Fedora Linux for Apple Silicon Macs...

Fedora Asahi Remix 43 Released For Apple Silicon Macs  Phoronix

Linux on Apple Silicon Mac computers gets better with Fedora Asahi Remix 43  How-To Geek

Linux is less intimidating when you know what a "distro" actually is  Yahoo Tech

PS5 Linux hack leads to first Mesa update for Sony GPU  VideoCardz.com

Fedora Asahi Remix 43 Brings Fedora Linux 43 to Apple Silicon Macs  Linuxiac

4 ways to run a full Linux desktop on your Android phone  How-To Geek

Btrfs Performance From Linux 6.12 To Linux 7.0 Shows Regressions  Phoronix

Last week I provided a look at the EXT4 and XFS performance from Linux 6.12 LTS through Linux 7.0 in its current development form. As mentioned in that article and as requested by many Phoronix readers, benchmarks have since wrapped up looking at how the Btrfs copy-on-write file-system performance has evolved since that late 2024 period and all major Linux kernel releases past that Long Term Support version.

Fedora Asahi Remix 43 Released for Apple Silicon Macs with KDE Plasma 6.6  9to5Linux

Last week it was security issues with AppArmor to worry about on Ubuntu Linux while this week a "high" rated vulnerability for Ubuntu's Snap daemon has been revealed...