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While the holidays are quickly approaching, the System76 developers working on their Ubuntu-based Pop!_OS Linux distribution and new Rust-written COSMIC desktop environment haven't been losing focus. December has been another busy month so far as they continue crafting this new modern desktop environment...

Pop!_OS COSMIC Desktop Improving Multi-Monitor & Multi-Window Support  Phoronix

A quirk has been discovered with the AMD-powered Framework 13 inch laptop where if a user closes the laptop's lid on an already-suspended system, the system will wake up. A set of Linux kernel patches are on the way to workaround this issue...

Framework 13 AMD Workaround Prepared For Linux To Deal With A Suspend Issue  Phoronix

How to install Linux Mint  XDA Developers

Intel's VC Intrinsics software package that provides a set of intrinsics atop the LLVM IR instructions to represent SIMD semantics for programs targeting Intel GPUs has been updated for new hardware support...

Ubuntu 23.04 “Lunar Lobster” to Reach End of Life on January 25th, 2024  9to5Linux

PyPI Repository Malware Infects Windows Systems  Spiceworks News and Insights

Tim Holmes-Mitra with Canonical has shared some roadmap highlights for the Ubuntu desktop with the in-development Ubuntu 24.04 LTS...

Canonical Details Ubuntu 24.04 Desktop Plans + Ongoing X11 Sunsetting Discussions  Phoronix

While some at Intel were busy launching the 5th Gen Xeon Scalable "Emerald Rapids", other Linux engineers at the company were pushing ahead on their new hardware enablement quest for future platforms. Sent out on the same day as Emerald Rapids being announced were continued patches for enabling Grand Ridge...

In addition to Fedora 40 applying systemd hardening settings to bolster system security, another security enhancement now approved by the Fedora Engineering and Steering Committee (FESCo) is on having the linker error out on encountering possible security issues...

It's been two weeks since Mesa 23.3 was punctually released and this week has been succeeded by the Mesa 23.3.1 point release with the first batch of bug/regression fixes...

Oracle Linux: 2023 year in review  Oracle

Understanding System Log Management Using Logrotate  Linux Journal

Open Networking Foundation merges open source networking portfolio into Linux Foundation  SDxCentral

Fedora 40 is planning to provide more hardened system security by leveraging some high level security features provided by systemd...

Vivaldi releases end-of-year versions for Windows, macOS and Linux  iTWire

Linux Kernel of the Beast 6.6.6 exorcised by angelic 6.6.7 update  The Register

Optimizing Embedded System Functionality with the Right OS  Embedded Computing Design