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MSEAL Protection Of System Mappings Merged For Linux 6.15  Phoronix

Yet another Qualcomm Snapdragon X1 Elite powered laptop seeing new DeviceTree patches for enabling Linux support is the HP EliteBook Ultra G1q...

Linux Patches Being Worked On For The HP EliteBook Ultra G1q  Phoronix

The Chinese LoongArch CPU architecture will enjoy slightly better support with the upcoming Linux 6.15 kernel...

Everything to grab from Prime Gaming, April 4th edition for Steam Deck / Linux  GamingOnLinux

Download Ultracopier (SuperCopier) for Windows, macOS and Linux  Gizmodo

#DRIVE Rally leaves Early Access on April 16 with Linux support and Steam Deck Verified  GamingOnLinux

Awesome auto-battler Mechabellum gets a free weekend, discount and update  GamingOnLinux

The post 5 Best Tools to Compare Text Files in Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

In the world of Linux system administration and development, comparing files is an essential task when you are updating configuration

The post 5 Best Tools to Compare Text Files in Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

Download Universal USB Installer (free) for Windows  Gizmodo

Archinstall 3.0.3 Rolls Out with Partitioning and Bootloader Improvements  info-mods.com

For those looking to replace their proprietary BIOS with the open-source Coreboot on a supported platform or are already doing so, Coreboot 25.03 is out today to provide the newest capabilities for this open-source BIOS/firmware solution...

AMD software engineers today released AOMP 21.0-0 as the newest snapshot of their LLVM/Clang compiler downstream focused on providing the best OpenMP/OpenACC GPU offloading support to AMD GPUs and Instinct accelerators via the ROCm software stack...

Look, no patches! Why Chainguard OS might be the most secure Linux ever  ZDNET

The Khronos Group today published the OpenCL 3.0.18 specifications as the latest incremental update to OpenCL 3.0...

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D Impact Of The 3D V-Cache Optimizer Linux Driver Review  Phoronix

Last month I posted benchmarks showing the performance when using the new 3D V-Cache Optimizer driver on Linux using the flagship Ryzen 9 9950X3D. This optimizer driver allows tuning the "amd_x3d_mode" for indicating your prefereoce for the CCD with the higher frequency or larger cache size. For some additional insight into the 3D V-Cache Optimizer driver performance impact on Linux, here are benchmarks looking at the difference while using the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D.

Hunters International Linked to Hive Ransomware in Attacks on Windows, Linux, and ESXi Systems  GBHackers News

Hunters International Overlaps Hive Ransomware Attacking Windows, Linux, and ESXi Systems  CybersecurityNews

Two separate patch series updated this week for the open-source Intel Linux graphics driver stack is the still-ongoing work around the DRM sharpness property for the new adaptive sharpening filter with Xe2 Lunar Lake graphics and then separately is the work to bring VRAM Self Refresh (VRSR) over to the modern Xe kernel driver...