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Linux Distro Reviews: Tuxedo OS  WebProNews

One of the latest change proposals filed for Fedora 40 is to unify their /usr/bin and /usr/sbin locations...

HandBrake 1.7.2 Improves Automatic Selection of Dolby Vision Level  9to5Linux

Intel's open-source Linux drivers for OpenGL (Iris) and Vulkan (ANV) this week for Mesa 24.0 received support for dual-SIMD8 dispatch on Gen12 graphics (Tigerlake) and newer...

Intel Wires Up Dual-SIMD8 Dispatch For Mesa Drivers  Phoronix

While the Linux 6.7 release is being pushed back by one week due to the holidays and in turn the Linux 6.8 merge window not officially opening until 8 January, some pull requests do end up getting submitted early. The 1-wire bus driver changes for Linux 6.8 were sent out this week and most notably includes adding the AMD AXI 1-wire host driver...

AMD AXI 1-Wire Host Driver Submitted For Linux 6.8  Phoronix

With the Linux 6.7 kernel there is now KVM virtualization support for LoongArch CPUs. With the upcoming Linux 6.8 kernel cycle, that KVM support is being further extended for these RISC-V-inspired and MIPS64-derived Chinese processors...

LoongArch KVM Support Extended To Allow LSX/LASX SIMD Support  Phoronix

Enlightenment Desktop Sees New Stable Release  OMG! Ubuntu!

New upstream Linux kernel releases are typically issued on Sunday evenings (US time) but Linus Torvalds has released Linux 6.7-rc7 a day early in preparations for Christmas Eve festivities...

Linux 6.7-rc7 Released Early Ahead Of Christmas Eve Festivities  Phoronix

Entry-level Linux Zorin OS 17 now available for download  Notebookcheck.net

It's been two years since the release of Enlightenment 0.25 and now just ahead of Christmas there is Enlightenment 0.26 released by Carsten Haitzler...

Best Linux VPN: Download for Ubuntu, Fedora, CentOS & More | CyberGhost  CyberGhost VPN

Arch Linux vs. Fedora Linux: Which Should You Use?  How-To Geek

Firewalld: An Easier Way to Manage Linux Firewalls  The New Stack

Retornz ToneZ V2, free Synthesizer plugin for macOS, Linux, and Windows  Synth Anatomy

Xplorer: Not Just a Pretty Open-Source File Manager!  It's FOSS News