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https://github.com/canonical/mirCanonical engineer Matthew Kosarek just released Mir 2.17 as the newest version of this open-source Wayland compositor that can be used for building Wayland-based shells and has shown some interesting potential with the likes of Miracle-WM and Miriway...

Manjaro Linux 24.0 'Wynsdey' Releases With Linux Kernel 6.9  It's FOSS News

Along with the various Intel Xe2 driver changes that are ongoing for the Intel Linux graphics driver stack, over in the sound subsystem the in-development Linux 6.10 kernel is bringing HDMI audio support for upcoming Intel Battlemage graphics cards...

Looks Like Arch Linux Is Going To Officially Support ARM/RISC-V  It's FOSS News

400000 Linux Servers Hit by Ebury Botnet  SecurityWeek

Kimsuky APT Using Newly Discovered Gomir Linux Backdoor  Duo Security

Linux Operating System Market to Witness an Outstanding Growth during 2023-2032 | Arch Linux, SUSE  openPR

New Automotive Grade Linux Platform Release Adds Cloud-Native Functionality, RISC-V Architecture and Flutter ...  Design and Reuse

Linus Torvalds Is Doing More ARM64 Linux Testing Now That He Has A More Powerful System  HardForum

Linux kernel and Git creator Linus Torvalds is known for his current use of an AMD Ryzen Threadripper workstation as his main system after years of using Intel hardware. The past few years he's also been doing more ARM64 testing now that he has an Apple MacBook using Apple Silicon that serves as a nice travel device and for routinely compiling new ARM64 Linux kernel builds. More recently, his ARM64 Linux testing has increased now that he has a more powerful AArch64 system to complement his collection of routine gear...

Linus Torvalds Is Doing More ARM64 Linux Testing Now That He Has A More Powerful System  Phoronix

The first release candidate of systemd 256 came just under one month ago with new features like run0 as the new sudo alternative, a new "systemd-vpick" binary, importctl as another new tool, Zboot kernel support with systemd ukify, systemd-homed improvements, and much more. Systemd 256-rc2 is out this evening with a few more features and other fixes collected over the past several weeks...

Qualcomm Working On Steady Support For Linux With Snapdragon X Elite SKUs  Wccftech

The Framework Laptops are some great systems with their upgradeable/modular design, friendly Linux support, both Intel and AMD options, the latest models making use of an open-source embedded controller, and nice build quality. The Framework Laptops have proven very popular with Linux/open-source enthusiasts but one of the recurring critiques has been the lack of Coreboot firmware support for these laptops as an alternative (or outright replacement) to the proprietary BIOS/firmware. As a promising avenue for the future, there is experimental work being done on getting Coreboot up and running with the Framework 13 laptop powered by the AMD Ryzen 7040 series...

Framework 13 AMD Laptop Seeing Experimental Coreboot Port  Phoronix

Endless OS 6 Is Here Based on Debian GNU/Linux 12 “Bookworm”  9to5Linux

Can You Use Linux Without the Terminal?  How-To Geek

Intel just published a new set of CPU microcode files for updating Alder lake and newer as well as Xeon Scalable 4th Gen and 5th Gen in order to address three security issues plus take care of various functional issues...

Qualcomm is bringing support for Snapdragon X chips to the mainline Linux kernel  Liliputing

Ebury botnet malware infected 400,000 Linux servers since 2009  BleepingComputer