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Intel previously indicated that Lunar Lake processors would launch by the end of 2024 and leading to anticipation of a Q4 launch... Intel today announced that Lunar Lake will actually launch in Q3...

The x86 platform driver updates have been merged for the ongoing Linux 6.10 merge window. The platform-drivers-x86 changes continue to primarily revolve around x86 Intel/AMD laptops but also some other desktop/platform drivers. Now in Linux 6.10 there is also a new "ARM64" sub-section of the platform drivers...

Many x86 Laptop Improvements In Linux 6.10 Plus Acer ARM Laptop  Phoronix

Ubuntu 24.04 Now Runs on the Nintendo Switch (Unofficially)  OMG! Ubuntu!

IceWM 3.5 Lightweight Window Manager Released with New Features  9to5Linux

NyArch Linux is the cutest distribution for fans of anime and manga  ZDNet

The Fedora Engineering and Steering Committee (FESCo) has approved of the newest Fedora desktop ISO spin: Fedora Miracle...

Fedora Miracle Spin Approved To Ship As Part Of Fedora Linux 41  Phoronix

Linus Torvalds on Why He Does Not Like Cryptocurrencies  CryptoGlobe

Last week I wrote about Intel aiming to remove Xeon Phi support in GCC 15 with the products being end-of-life and deprecated in GCC 14. While some openly wondered whether the open-source community would allow it given the Xeon Phi accelerators were available to buy just a few years ago and at some very low prices going back years so some potentially finding use still out of them especially during this AI boom (and still readily available to buy used for around ~$50 USD), today the Intel Xeon Phi support was indeed removed...

Farewell Intel Xeon Phi: Support Removed In The GCC 15 Compiler  Phoronix

Novel Linux backdoor used in Kimsuky attacks  SC Media

MX Linux 23.3 Libretto: Why you should switch from Microsoft Windows 11  BetaNews

It was just earlier this month that AMD Linux kernel graphics driver patches appeared for introducing a new ISP hardware block for Image Signal Processing with new AMD APUs. Already the AMDGPU ISP firmware has appeared in linux-firmware.git indicating that this "ISP" block may be coming in hardware quite soon if not already quietly found within some products...

Switchroot Lets You Run Ubuntu 24.04 LTS On Your Nintendo Switch!  It's FOSS News

Fwupd 1.9.20 Firmware Updater Adds Support for FPC FF2 Fingerprint Devices  9to5Linux

It's not often having anything to write about on the Oracle Cluster File-System v2 (OCFS2), but with Linux 6.10 it's seeing a rather significant performance optimization...

OCFS2 File-System Seeing Improved Write Performance On Linux 6.10  Phoronix

MX Linux 23.3 “Libretto” Released with Linux Kernel 6.8 and Updated Components  9to5Linux

As a small information heads up, the Linux 6.10 kernel will print the number of populated memory slots at boot time to the kernel log as a little helper...