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While the AppleTalk networking protocols were innovative when they first appeared for their plug-and-play capabilities, Apple itself ended their AppleTalk support back in 2009. Now 17 years later, the Linux kernel is ending AppleTalk support due to a recent surge of AI-generated patches...

Linux Finally Ends AppleTalk Protocol Support  Phoronix

System76 boss reckons he can liberate the entire PC stack... just give him another 15 years  The Register

Malicious apps got into the Arch User Repository - how to protect yourself  ZDNET

Zenless Zone Zero has arrived on Steam and works on Linux / SteamOS  GamingOnLinux

Linux 7.2 continues seeing a fair amount of storage-related changes from file-systems to the block device code itself, software RAID, the wonderful IO_uring interface, and more. Here is some of the latest feature work that has been merged for Linux 7.2...

AIRecon: AI-Powered Penetration Testing Tool with Kali Linux Sandbox  CyberSecurityNews

Atomic Arch Supply Chain Attack Compromises 1,500 Arch User Repository Packages: Credential-Stealing Malware Targets Arch Linux Systems  Rescana

Windows SprySOCKS Malware: Advanced Kernel-Level Rootkit Targets Government Organizations via Supply Chain Vulnerabilities  Rescana

Linux 7.2 finally drops support for a 44-year-old graphics card  XDA

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Your Linux server’s network is maxed out, and you have no idea what’s eating it, so here’s how to find

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Since the release in May of Firefox 151, Mozilla has been relying on the zlib-rs library for Gzip compression/decompression. This subtle change to use this Rust-based Zlib implementation has yielded some performance benefits and better memory safety but also some headaches when dealing with Intel CPU bugs...

For decades, the power industry has relied on "black box" proprietary appliances. While reliable, these hard-wired fixed-function devices have created a landscape of vendor lock-in, where hardware refresh cycles (often lasting 20 years) dictate the pace of software innovation. The operational effort required just to apply a cyber-security patch can be immense, diverting resources that could be focused on introducing new functionality or AI capabilities.As we face a global talent shortage and the urgent need to integrate renewables and AI data center demands into the grid, the status quo is no

Last year, we released the automation intelligent assistant (formerly Red Hat Ansible Lightspeed intelligent assistant), a generative AI service accessed through a chatbot embedded within Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform. Using a retrieval augmented generation (RAG) pipeline connected to Red Hat documentation and other trusted resources, the intelligent assistant allows administrators to use natural language prompts to help them manage and troubleshoot Ansible Automation Platform without leaving the platform UI. The automation intelligent assistant in the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platfor

openSUSE’s Agama 22 Installer Brings Usability and Accessibility Improvements  9to5Linux

There is no shortage of different file-systems available for Linux. New file-systems continue to come about in the open-source world but ultimately many of them end up not being well maintained or having very limited users and not necessarily innovating enough to make them worthwhile over other alternatives. Given the continued increase in file-systems looking to get into the Linux kernel, such as FTRFS and VMUFAT being some of the most recent and then even having multiple NTFS drivers for Linux, there is now documentation in place to formally lay out criteria for new file-systems to be accepted...

Linux Enacts Guidance To Tighten Acceptance Of New File-Systems Into The Kernel  Phoronix

VirtualBox 7.2.10 Released with Initial Support for Linux Kernel 7.1  9to5Linux

ARC Raiders is broken for some Linux / SteamOS players - but a fix is on the way  GamingOnLinux

It's been a while since there has been any Slackware news to pass along, but this week they've finally landed the KDE Plasma 6 desktop in this legendary Linux distribution...