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Asahi Linux developers have been working for a while now on porting Asahi Linux to the Apple M3 hardware that launched back in 2023. Sent out today to the Linux kernel mailing list were finally Device Tree files for booting Linux on Apple M3 hardware but it's far from functional for end-users...

Patches Sent Out For Booting Linux On Apple M3 But Without Much Functionality  Phoronix

Stop using the cloud to move files: This free tool is faster and has no limits  How-To Geek

Fed up with the Spotify Linux app? This custom widget is the fix  Yahoo Tech

Huawei engineer Chen Jinghuang posted the latest request for comments (RFC) patches for stealing tasks from overloaded CPUs in the same last level cache (LLC) in order to improve overall CPU utilization with today's large core count servers...

Linux Patches Updated To Steal Tasks For Improving CPU Utilization  Phoronix

Systemd’s New Feature Brings Age Verification Option to Linux  It's FOSS

GNOME 50 Releases With X11 Session Support Removed and Wayland  gHacks

Linux kernel scale is swamping an already-flawed CVE system  The New Stack

Ubuntu maker Canonical announced today MicroCloud Cluster Manager that is now in beta as a new cloud platform for managing lightweight cloud clusters...

Vulkan 1.4.347 made its debut overnight as the latest routine update to this high performance graphics and compute API. Beyond the usual maintenance churn over the past week, Vulkan 1.4.347 brings three new extensions...

It's been nearly three years since the release of Mageia 9 for this Linux distribution who's lineage traces back to the glorious Mandrake Linux. Following the Mageia 10 alpha release back in January, Mageia 10 beta builds are now available...

Mageia 10 Beta Now Available For Those Who Reminisce About Mandrake Linux  Phoronix

How to Fix “No Sound” Issue on MacBook Pro with Linux Kernel 6.17 and Later  9to5Linux

Sent out today was the latest weekly round of drm-misc-next patches for queuing ahead of the Linux 7.1 merge window that is set to happen in mid-to-late April...

Systemd Introduces Birth Date Support for Upcoming Linux Desktop Age Controls  Linuxiac

An interesting new Steam client beta dropped overnight from Valve with some exciting low-level enhancements...

Steam Linux Beta Prepares For 64-bit, Can Be Run Inside Steam Runtime Container  Phoronix

SteamOS 3.8.0 Preview brings initial Steam Machine support, and improvements for many handhelds  GamingOnLinux

Linux kernel engineer introduces Sashiko code review system  theregister.com