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Back in May there were Linux kernel patches posted as a workaround for Arm CPU errata around the Speculative Store Bypass (SSB) handling. Initially this workaround was just noted as the Cortex-X4 and Neoverse-V3 as being affected, but now it turns out many more exciting Arm processor cores are impacted...

Arm Expands Speculative SSBS Workaround With More CPU Cores Being Affected  Phoronix

Linux Mint 22 'Wilma' gets a Beta release  GamingOnLinux

Canonical Firefighting Support offers expert troubleshooting for Ubuntu Linux systems  BetaNews

Nearly every Linux kernel cycle has bought patches to bump the version of the Rust language targeted by the kernel as it worked toward having a suitable minimum version. With the latest Linux kernel patches, it looks like we may be finally approaching the point where a safe minimum version can be specified and for the Linux kernel to in turn allow supporting multiple different versions of the Rust compiler...

The Linux Kernel Matures To Having A Minimum Rust Toolchain Version  Phoronix

Guide to SCP Command in Linux  Built In

A terminal-based Bluetooth manager for Linux « Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers!  Adafruit Blog

LLVM Clang 19 this morning landed initial support for the -std=c2y and -std=gnu2y options for targeting the next C programming language standard...

Over 14M servers may be vulnerable to OpenSSH's regreSSHion RCE flaw. Here's what you need to do  ZDNet

A change proposal has been filed by Red Hat engineer Miro Hrončok for retiring Python 2.7 within Fedora 41 and to drop packages still depending upon Python 2...

Linux Mint 22 Beta Released, Based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS  OMG! Ubuntu!

The Rust-written Redox OS open-source operating system is out with its monthly development summary that notes some interesting work taking place...

Redox OS Doubles The Performance Of Its File-System & I/O Drivers  Phoronix

Bye bye Microsoft Windows 11: Hello Nitrux 3.5.1, the secure, lightweight Linux alternative  BetaNews

Canonical engineer Matthew Kosarek has released Miracle-WM v0.3 as the newest version of this Wayland tiling compositor built atop Mir. Miracle-WM is beginning to be useful and practical enough for daily driving by its lead developer...

Manjaro 24.0.3 Wynsdey now available with with Plasma 6 - NotebookCheck.net News  Notebookcheck.net

The kernel powering Microsoft's Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL2) has long been using the Linux 5.15 LTS kernel while finally it's now upgraded past that aging long-term support kernel and onto the current Linux 6.6 LTS series...

Microsoft's WSL2 Transitions To Linux 6.6 LTS Kernel  Phoronix

Vulkan 1.3.289 was released at the end of last week with a handful of clarifications/corrections to the Vulkan API specification plus one new maintenance extension...