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One of the many exciting features merged for Linux 6.11 is getrandom() in the vDSO for very fast yet secure random number generation. Now that the kernel bits have landed, it's on to making use of it in the GNU C Library and other libc implementations...

Debian derivative eLxr addresses simplifies and enhance edge-to-cloud  Embedded

There's been no shortage of cheap, ARM-based handheld game consoles coming to market. Given Linux on Arm tending to work better than Windows and in keeping vendor costs to a minimum, they've tended to be running Linux or Android with various open-source games/emulators. Many of the vendors have kept their Linux support downstream while with time more of these gaming handheld consoles are seeing mainline Linux support. Yet another one being worked on for mainline Linux kernel support is the GameForce Ace...

Linux Seeing Support For Another ~$230 ARM Handheld Game Console  Phoronix

Merged on Sunday prior to tagging the first release candidate of Linux 6.11 were some last minute updates to Turbostat, the tool that lives within the kernel source tree and used for reporting CPU frequency and idle statistics along with other useful metrics. With Linux 6.11, Turbostat is gaining some new abilities...

Linux's Turobstat Utility Can Now Be Used For Reading Intel PMT Counters  Phoronix

For those enjoying the classic game Snake (Blockade) or rather wanting to learn about the SDL3 API to develop your own software using this cross-platform software/hardware abstraction library, a game of Snake has been added to the SDL3 repository to serve as a more full-featured example...

SDL3 Library Adds A Built-In Snake Game  Phoronix

Why Snap and Flatpak make Linux a better OS and how they're different  ZDNet

Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-5 Release is Here!  It's FOSS News

Compared to other distros, Vanilla OS 2 'Orchid' is rewriting how Linux works  The Register

How to get a free Windows (or Linux) recovery image for your Dell, HP, Lenovo, or Microsoft Surface PC  ZDNet

5 reasons why Linux will overtake Windows and MacOS on the desktop - eventually  ZDNet

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Sinevibes Plugins Get Compatibility With Linux  Sonic State

While the Linux 6.11 merge window ended just days ago, Intel engineers are already beginning to submit kernel graphics driver changes to the DRM-Next branch of material they want to get in for the Linux 6.12 cycle that will end out 2024. Notable is they are trying to wrap up the Xe2 graphics support for Lunar Lake and Battlemage discrete graphics so that the support can be exposed by default...

Intel Xe2 Lunar Lake & Battlemage Graphics Might Be Officially Supported With Linux 6.12  Phoronix

Announcing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 on Amazon WorkSpaces and Amazon AppStream 2.0  AWS Blog

This Linux distro is inspired by Windows' UI - and it works surprisingly well  ZDNet

How to use the watch command  InfoWorld