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You Can Now Upgrade Your Linux Mint 21.3 PC to Linux Mint 22, Here’s How  9to5Linux

Merged back in 2021 for Linux 5.13 was Landlock as a means of unprivileged application sandboxing. The Landlock Linux security module has continued to be improved since but it turns out there's been a big hole within this security module since its introduction... The possibility for apps to drop restrictions on itself...

Linux Mint 22 Officially Released, This is What’s New  OMG! Ubuntu!

The mainline RISC-V Linux kernel port continues to become more featureful each kernel cycle... Last week for the start of the Linux 6.11 merge window there were new RISC-V ISA extensions wired up while in ending out the v6.11 merge window this weekend there is yet more enablement activity...

As part of the early Mesa 24.3 changes for this open-source 3D graphics driver stack coming out in Q4, a new "legacy-x11" build option has been introduced to its Meson build system...

OpenSUSE's Aeon is up to its third release candidate as what was formerly known as MicroOS Desktop GNOME for a container-based, immutable desktop operating system. With the Aeon RC3 release, full disk encryption is enabled by default as an exciting development...

openSUSE's Aeon RC3 Released With Full Disk Encryption By Default  Phoronix

Setting up a Development Environment for Blockchain  Coinpedia Fintech News

EEVDF Scheduler On The Verge Of Being "Complete"  Phoronix

EEVDF Scheduler On The Verge Of Being "Complete"  Phoronix

Merged one year ago for Linux 6.6 was the EEVDF scheduler as a replacement to the CFS code and designed to provide a better scheduling policy for the kernel and being more robust. With a new set of patches for this "Earliest Eligible Virtual Deadline First" scheduling code, it's nearing the point of officially being completed...

5 Linux commands for better group management (and how to use them)  ZDNet

Ahead of the Linux 6.11 merge window set to close tomorrow, Linux engineer Christian Brauner at Microsoft sent in a set of two VFS fixes. One of the fixes is more noteworthy that is for a five year old bug that could cause on-disk corruption, security issues, or a kernel crash...

Linux VFS Fix For 5 Year Old Bug That Could Cause Corruption, Security Issues Or Crash  Phoronix

Linux VFS Fix For 5 Year Old Bug That Could Cause Corruption, Security Issues Or Crash  Phoronix

While most Linux file-systems are rather robust in recovering when the system experiences a power loss, the UBIFS file-system is more prone to problems when a power-cut happens. With patches submitted for the Linux 6.11 merge window, UBIFS is seeing some hardening so it can better cope with the loss of power...

UBIFS File-System Being Hardened Against Power Loss Scenarios  Phoronix

UBIFS File-System Being Hardened Against Power Loss Scenarios  Phoronix

In addition to refining the KDE Human Interface Guidelines, KDE developers have been busy with a variety of other tasks this week in polishing their open-source desktop stack...

LocalSend: An Open-Source AirDrop Alternative For Everyone!  It's FOSS News