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Linux 6.9-rc3 Released With Many Bcachefs Patches  Phoronix

This Is the Secret to a Hassle-Free Linux Desktop  How-To Geek

Developer Explains Why Explicit Sync Will Finally Solve the NVIDIA/Wayland Issues  9to5Linux

Similar to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Fedora 39, and other recent Linux distributions increasing its vm.max_map_count default in order to satisfy some Windows games running under Valve's Steam Play (Proton) and other memory-intensive software, Arch Linux is also increasing its default value...

Arch Linux Increasing Its vm.max_map_count To Help Steam Play Games & Other Software  Phoronix

The Noonification: The Case Against Rocky Linux (4/7/2024)  hackernoon.com

Ubuntu 24.04 Improves Power Efficiency on Laptops  OMG! Ubuntu!

While recently there has been more Linux distribution vendor interest in evaluating x86-64-v2 and/or x86-64-v3 baselines for future Linux distribution releases as well as offering optimized packages for higher x86-64 baselines either for x86-64-v3 with being able to assume AVX/AVX2 or in the x86-64-v4 level where AVX-512 is introduced, the prospect of x86-64 micro-architecture feature levels for future processors isn't clear...

x86-64-v5? Questions Arise Over The Future Of x86-64 Micro-Architecture Feature Levels  Phoronix

Framework Computer as the company behind the popular Framework 13 and Framework 16 upgradeable/modular laptops is hiring for an open-source firmware developer...

The 6 best Linux desktop PCs in 2024  Digital Trends

The 6 best Linux desktop PCs in 2024  Digital Trends

For confidential computing "CoCo" virtual machines where the VM host is assumed to be un-trusted and aims to be as isolated as possible, RdRand hardware random number generator instructions are one of the limited sources of entropy for guest VMs. Right now RdRand can fail and the CoCo guest VMs will continue to boot albeit with limited or no entropy to see the VM's random number generation. But being merged today as part of x86 fixes for Linux 6.9 is now requiring seeding RNG with RdRand for CoCo environments otherwise a kernel panic...

One of the latest areas being worked on for enabling Rust programming language use within the Linux kernel is for CPU frequency "CPUFreq" scaling drivers...

Rust Bindings Are Being Worked On For Linux CPUFreq Drivers  Phoronix

A new version of the Debian Policy Manual has been published that outlines the policy requirements for Debian around the package archive and various design matters of the platform...

Flipping pages, from userland to godmode Linux Kernel at risk - universal exploit  Red Hot Cyber

German state to move 30,000 PCs from Windows/Office to Linux/LibreOffice  iTWire

One engineer’s curiosity may have saved us from a devastating cyber-attack  The Guardian

Running Windows Apps on Linux Is Easier Than Ever With This One Tool  How-To Geek