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New Sophisticated Linux Backdoor Targets OT Systems via 0-Day RCE Exploit  GBHackers

New Sophisticated Linux Backdoor Targets OT Systems via 0-Day RCE Exploit  GBHackers

KDE developer David Edmundson has published a lengthy blog post today outlining the long-standing challenges they have with the SDDM display manager, unimplemented features they want out of a log-in manager, and acknowledging GNOME's GDM as a "gold standard" for display managers. While not yet an official project, they have begun working on a new KDE Login Manager for improving the situation...

The Linux 6.15 kernel is set to remove support for IBM Cell Blade servers for those server platforms from around two decades ago that used the Cell Broadband Engine Architecture processors. IBM Cell Blades at the time powered a few supercomputers but these IBM QS20 / QS21 / QS22 platforms are no longer relevant and the IBM Linux kernel maintainers no longer even have these platforms available/running. With no apparent users remaining, it's time to say goodbye to the IBM Cell Blades from the mainline kernel...

IBM Says Goodbye To Cell Blade Servers With Linux 6.15  Phoronix

ChimeraOS Linux 48 brings new hardware support for your handhelds and living room PCs  GamingOnLinux

Intel Low Power Mode Daemon 0.0.9 Released For Linux Users  Phoronix

Intel engineers today released LPMD 0.0.9, the newest version of their open-source Low Power Mode Daemon for Linux systems to optimize active idle power consumption on Intel Core processors...

Flowblade 2.20 Releases With Sync Editing Upgrades  It's FOSS News

Download Free Download Manager (FDM) (free) for Windows, macOS, Android, APK and Linux  Gizmodo

With the Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization updates for the Linux 6.15 kernel there are two new features worth mentioning...

Microsoft Brings Two More Features To Hyper-V With Linux 6.15  Phoronix

Among other Linux Virtual File-System (VFS) changes submitted and already merged for Linux 6.15 was a set of minor performance optimizations around VFS file operations...

Best Bitcoin Mining Software for Windows, Mac, Linux in 2025  99Bitcoins

The post Install Subsonic to Create Your Personal Media Server on Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

If you’re looking for a powerful and easy-to-use media streaming solution, Subsonic is an excellent choice to access your music

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The post How to Set Up Auto-Restart for Failed Services on OpenRC first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

OpenRC is a fast and lightweight init system used by many Linux distributions like Alpine, Gentoo, and Artix. It helps

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Coming Soon - A Fork in the Road: The Potential of Debian Linux for Mission-critical Solutions in A&D  Tech Briefs

Linux 6.15 Goes Very Heavy On Intel & AMD x86_64 CPU Changes  Phoronix

Merged today for the recently-opened Linux 6.15 merge window were all of the "x86/core" changes that are particularly heavy on new feature work for both Intel and AMD x86/x86_64 processors. This is easily quite one of the most significant Intel/AMD CPU set of updates in a given kernel cycle in quite some time...

EU OS: A Bold Step Toward Digital Sovereignty for Europe  Linux Journal