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While there has been the recent drama over upstream maintainership over Apple Silicon / Asahi Linux code, Sven Peter is continuing to move things forward for the upstream kernel and this week sent out a set of Apple SoC DeviceTree updates intended for the upcoming Linux 6.15 kernel cycle...

Similar to the Autonomous Performance Level Selection and Energy Performance Preference (EPP) support already found within the Intel P-State and AMD P-State CPU frequency scaling drivers for their modern processors, NVIDIA engineers are working on similar support for the CPPC CPUFreq driver that can benefit their Grace processor...

NVIDIA Wiring Up Autonomous Performance Level Selection To Linux CPPC CPUFreq Driver  Phoronix

Today could finally be the day. In the works for 5+ years, the Wayland color management and HDR protocol additions look like they will finally be merged in the coming hours...

Student turns a PDF into a functional Linux emulator  TechSpot

I brought my aging PC back to life with this lightweight Linux OS - and it's easy to use  ZDNet

FINALDRAFT Malware Exploits Microsoft Graph API for Espionage on Windows and Linux  The Hacker News

Critical Vulnerability in Crowdstrike Falcon Sensor for Linux Enables TLS MiTM Exploits  GBHackers

Linux Software Market: Rising Valuation to Reach $9,714.11 million by 2032, Fueled by Strong CAGR of 13.8%  EIN News

CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor for Linux TLS Vulnerability Enabling MiTM Attack  CybersecurityNews

SUSE/openSUSE has a long history with the AppArmor Linux security module going back to the Novell days and when AppArmor was originally known as SubDomain. OpenSUSE/SUSE and Ubuntu Linux have been big proponents of AppArmor for Linux security but now moving forward on new installations of openSUSE Tumbleweed it will be defaulting to Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux)...

Ubuntu 24.04.2 Delayed, Won’t Be Released This Week  OMG! Ubuntu!

Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS along with new point releases for its derivatives had been scheduled for release on Thursday. But a last minute issue has delayed this release...

Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS Delayed To Next Week  Phoronix

Your old laptop can 'shine on' after Windows 10's sunset with this Linux distro  ZDNet

How to Install a Docker-Driven Home Server on Ubuntu With CasaOS  Built In

The Steam Deck Is Our Path To Ending Microsoft's Death Grip On Personal Computers  Digg

Linux Foundation and OpenSSF to Help Developers Navigate EU Cyber Resilience Act  ADT Magazine

HandBrake 1.9.1 Open-Source Video Transcoder Improves AV1 Video Decoding  9to5Linux

Along with the recently reviewed ARCTIC Freezer 4U-M for Ampere Altra, ARCTIC Cooling had also recently sent over their ARCTIC Freezer 4U-SP5 heatsink for cooling AMD EPYC 9004/9005 server processors within 4U rackmount height requirements. This cooler does a very good job at keeping even 400 Watt processors running well.