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Fwupd 2.0 debuted back in October while out today is Fwupd 2.0.3 as the newest incremental update to this open-source solution for updating system and device firmware under Linux...

Fwupd 2.0.3 Delivers Latest Firmware Updating Capabilities For Linux Systems  Phoronix

Fwupd 2.0.3 Linux Firmware Updater Adds Power Quirk for Framework Laptops  9to5Linux

The SDL2 library is widely used by cross-platform games and other software. Fedora 42 is eyeing the possibility of replacing SDL2 with the sdl2-compat code so that by way of this compatibility layer the newer SDL3 version will ultimately be used instead...

Fedora 42 Eyes Replacing SDL2 With sdl2-compat To Leverage SDL3  Phoronix

While the Linux v6.13 merge window has been over for less than one week, already the first pull requests of new feature code are being submitted to DRM-Next for queuing the display/graphics driver changes ahead of the Linux 6.14 merge window in two months...

Broadcom BCM2712 MOPLET Graphics For Linux 6.14, Other Early drm-misc-next Code  Phoronix

Flathub to become a self-sustaining entity and they're looking to hire someone to help  GamingOnLinux

AMD P-State Driver Improvements Getting Ready For Linux 6.14  Phoronix

While Linux 6.13-rc1 was only released this past Sunday and there is around two months to go until the start of the Linux 6.14 kernel cycle, AMD P-State driver improvements are already beginning to collect for this next kernel cycle...

It's been a while since there have been any new advancements or performance optimizations to talk about for Multi-Gen LRU (MGLRU) that was upstreamed to the Linux kernel two years ago as a very exciting kernel innovation. But that's changing now with some fresh performance optimizations being worked on for the MGLRU code...

Free to play Marvel Rivals is out now on Steam and works on Steam Deck / Linux (Steam Deck has issues though)  GamingOnLinux

Alpine Linux 3.21.0 brings loongarch64 support and several package updates  Notebookcheck.net

Valve may be working on a new kind of Steam Machine  GamingOnLinux

How to Connect to Linux Samba Shares from Windows  TechRepublic

Linux Containers Explained  Open Source For You

Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android: Top Cyberattacks Targeting Operating Systems  BlackBerry Blog

Powered by SteamOS: Valve's Linux gaming OS prepares to expand beyond the Steam Deck  TechSpot

Canonical's Matthieu Clemenceau as the Engineering Director for the Ubuntu Foundations Team has provided a public roadmap around some of the plans for Ubuntu 25.04. This next Ubuntu Linux (non-LTS) release that is due out in April is set to enjoy more performance optimizations and other exciting bits...

Linux stable maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman officially designated Linux 6.12 as this year's long-term support (LTS) kernel version...