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A Debian General Resolution was called following a lengthy and contentious period among Debian stakeholders on moving forward tag2upload, a system that lets Debian developers and maintainers more easily carry out source-only uploads by using a signed Git tag...

Linux updates improve Raspberry Pi performance and efficiency  TechSpot

Running Windows on Linux? Yes, It's Possible with Wine and Proton!  Linux Journal

New Raspberry Pi OS Release Brings Many UI Improvements and New Settings  9to5Linux

It's been nearly one decade since Intel began working on 5-level paging support for the Linux kernel to allow for greater virtual and physical address space with expanding memory sizes. The 5-level paging kernel-side bits were upstreamed back in Linux 4.12 in 2017 and enabled by default since 2019 with Linux 5.5. Intel CPUs for a while (since Ice Lake) have supported 5-level paging and AMD CPUs too since Zen 4. The Linux kernel may move to unconditionally enabling 5-level paging support for x86_64 kernel builds...

Linux Looking To Make 5-Level Paging Support Unconditional For x86_64 Kernel Builds  Phoronix

A Purdue University student booted Linux entirely through Google Drive  Android Police

Custom Linux-powered Smart TV breaks free from ads and tracking, enables ultimate customizability — EarlGreyTV ...  Tom's Hardware

Martijn Braam's Unusual Ethernet Switch Has One Reversed Port — for Linux Management Experiments  Hackster.io

Martijn Braam's Unusual Ethernet Switch Has One Reversed Port — for Linux Management Experiments  Hackster.io

KDE Gear 24.05.2 Is Out Now with More Fixes for Your Favorite KDE Apps  9to5Linux

While Linux 6.10-rc7 is due out this weekend and it's usually around the -rc6 timeframe when is the effective new material cut-off to DRM-Next of new graphics/display driver code aiming for the next kernel cycle, AMD is working to squeeze a bit more in for the upcoming Linux 6.11 cycle...

Patches have been posted for enabling the ROCK 5 ITX board for working with the mainline Linux kernel...

Linux Kernel Patches Posted For The Radxa ROCK 5 ITX Board  Phoronix

OSCP Quick Hacktricks | Linux: writeable /etc/passwd | by Security Guy | Jul, 2024  Medium

Experimental Mir-based tiling WM is winning acceptance outside Ubuntopia  The Register

How well does WSL work on the new Snapdragon X Elite laptops?  Windows Central

This month's FEX 2407 release as the open-source emulator for running x86_64 binaries on AArch64 (64-bit ARM) is a big one with now handling AVX/AVX2...

FEX 2407 Emulator For x86_64 Binaries On ARM Now Handles AVX/AVX2  Phoronix

The OpenMandriva ROME 24.07 RC is available for testing over the US holiday weekend or just summer downtime...