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Dell Laptop Platform Profile Patches Being Worked On For Linux  Phoronix

A patch recently posted to the Linux kernel mailing list is working on implementing ACPI Platform Profile support for modern Dell laptops to allow users to have more control over their balanced / cool / quiet / performance behavior of the laptop and its resulting impact on the fan noise / cooling performance...

Only 29% of Companies Laid Off IT Staff Last Year, Reveals Linux Foundation Study  TechRepublic

LibreELEC 12.0 launches with Kodi 21 Omega and more - NotebookCheck.net News  Notebookcheck.net

Enthusiast demos installing Alpine Linux with the Windows Installer  Tom's Hardware

Proton 9.0 launches: A major boost for Linux gamers  BetaNews

Proton 9.0 Released with Support for THE FINALS, Lord of the Rings: Gollum  9to5Linux

Valve and CodeWeavers have announced the availability of Proton 9.0-1 as their Wine downstream that pulls in DXVK and VKD3D-Proton along with other changes and powers Steam Play for Linux desktop gaming and on the Steam Deck...

Proton 9.0-1 released with expanded game support for Steam Deck / Linux  GamingOnLinux

Raspberry Pi 5 OS: The Best Options in 2024  All3DP

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 simplifies Linux across hybrid cloud  SDxCentral

Red Hat's Olivier Fourdan announced today the second release candidate of the upcoming XWayland 24.1...

CIQ Extends the Life of CentOS 7 to Provide Users More Time to Complete Rocky Linux Migration Plans  PR Web

Get 'Linux Cookbook, 2nd edition' (worth $56.99) for FREE  BetaNews

The logic of && and || on Linux  Network World

Total War: WARHAMMER III gets the 5.0 update and Thrones of Decay for Linux  GamingOnLinux

Breathe some new life into your old PC with these 5 operating systems  MSN

Pop!_OS With Linux 6.8 Is Benefiting Older System76 Threadripper Systems Too  Phoronix

As noted at the end of March, System76's Pop!_OS Linux distribution has upgraded to the Linux 6.8 kernel as a stable release update for this Ubuntu-derived distribution. That Linux 6.6 to 6.8 leap on Pop!_OS yielded some nice kernel performance improvements for the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X available with their newest System76 Thelio Major workstations. But tests I've carried out of the Pop!_OS upgrade on a years older System76 Thelio is showing off some nice advantages too.

Red Hat Simplifies Standard Operating Environments Across the Hybrid Cloud with Latest Version of Red Hat ...  WebWire