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The core perf subsystem updates have been merged for the in-development Linux 6.12 kernel...

Linux 6.12 Perf Updates Bring Intel Lunar Lake & Arrow Lake Additions  Phoronix

Installing Vivaldi on Linux just got a lot easier  XDA Developers

Intel engineers today released OpenVINO 2024.4 as the newest version of their open-source AI toolkit. OpenVINO 2024.4 prepares for upcoming Intel Core Ultra Series 2 "Lunar Lake" processors, supports newer Gen AI models, now supports Python 3.12, and finally adds official support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9...

20 Best Linux Admin Tools In 2024  CybersecurityNews

The scheduler updates have been submitted for the Linux 6.12 kernel and come with several notable enhancements...

Linux 6.12 Scheduler Code Adds SCHED_DEADLINE Servers & Complete EEVDF  Phoronix

The Microsoft Hyper-V updates have been submitted for the Linux 6.12 kernel. They are mostly small changes but does bring work to optimize the boot time for large Hyper-V VMs...

Microsoft Optimizes Hyper-V Code To Boot Linux Faster When Having Many CPUs  Phoronix

Linux is becoming a Real-Time Operating System: what does it mean?  Techzine Europe

The XFS file-system changes have been merged for the Linux 6.12 kernel and introduce new ioctls for being able to exchange the contents of two files...

XFS With Linux 6.12 Adds New Ioctls To Exchange Contents Of Two Files  Phoronix

FOSS Weekly #24.38: Arch Experience, Kernel 6.11, Mint vs Ubuntu and More Linux Stuff  It's FOSS

Apple releases Swift 6 with improved concurrency, testing, cross-platform support – enough to lift it out of its niche?  DevClass

For anyone still relying upon virtual reality (VR) applications written for the OpenGL API rather than the Vulkan API that has been dominant among VR apps (and other modern games / software) for years, the Mesa code and in particular the Zink OpenGL-on-Vulkan driver now supports the OpenGL VR (OVR) extensions...

An interesting merge request opened this week and already merged for Mesa 24.3 comes from an Autodesk engineer adding Vulkan Windowing System Integration (WSI) around Apple's Metal API for use on macOS...

Wind River Unveils Linux Distro for AI and Critical Workloads  The New Stack

What is open-source and how does it benefit you?  ZDNet

GNOME 47 Is Coming to a Linux Desktop Near You  How-To Geek

GTA V Online's new kernel anti-cheat rug-pull unnecessarily breaks Steam Deck and Linux compatibility  Notebookcheck.net