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Patches for wiring up async device shutdown within the Linux kernel were queued via the driver core branch for the in-development Linux 6.12 kernel. However, at the last minute these asynchronous device shutdown patches were reverted so that they can be reworked and hopefully land for the Linux v6.13 kernel in the new year...

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Sound Open Firmware 2.11 is now available for this open-source audio DSP firmware infrastructure and SDK project backed by Intel, AMD, and other IHVs/ISVs. With SOF 2.11 comes support for new hardware from both AMD and Intel...

The upstream Linux 6.11 kernel introduced the ability to easily produce a Pacman kernel package for Arch Linux with the new "make pacman-pkg" target. With Linux 6.12 new additions to the Kbuild code make it easy to also produce a debug kernel build for Arch Linux systems...

Upstream Linux 6.12 Makes It Easier To Build A Debug Kernel For Arch Linux  Phoronix

CUPS vulnerabilities affecting Linux, Unix systems can lead to RCE  Help Net Security

Asynchronous Device Shutdown Doesn't Make It For Linux 6.12  Phoronix

As part of his new hope for helping to accelerate Wayland protocol development, Mike Blumenkrantz with Valve proposed an "experimental" protocol development area within Wayland-Protocols. He's also laid out a proposal for seeking to solidify the means by which suggested protocol changes can be rejected...

Printing feature in Linux vulnerable to RCE attack  Techzine Europe

New Chrome Security Warning For 3 Billion Windows, Mac, Linux, Android Users  Forbes

Fedora 41 beta arrives, neck-and-neck with Ubuntu – but with a different focus  The Register

Highly Anticipated Linux Flaw Allows Remote Code Execution, but Less Serious Than Expected  SecurityWeek

Linux takes close to five days to load on this ancient CPU from 1971  TweakTown

Useful Linux Commands Every Developer Should Know | by Onix React | Sep, 2024  Medium

Major flaw found in CUPS - time to run Linux system updates  GamingOnLinux

Simplify Linux Reinstallations with a Separate /home Partition  ITPro Today

Warnings on High Severity Linux Printing System Vulnerabilities  SC Media UK

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Unauthenticated RCE Flaw Impacts all Linux Systems - Details Revealed  CybersecurityNews

Ubuntu Patches ‘Severe’ Security Flaw in CUPS  OMG! Ubuntu!