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Valve reportedly cooking native Linux version of Half-Life: Alyx, optimized for Steam Frame VR  TweakTown

The EROFS read-only file-system started by Huawei and now maintained by a growing number of contributors continues attracting even more interest. EROFS has exhibited much potential for mobile devices as well as container use-cases while proving itself to be quite robust since its mainlining back in 2019...

EROFS File-System Continues Attracting More Industry Players  Phoronix

We’ve been dedicated to advancing Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes in line with the rapid evolution of Kubernetes security. With version 4.9, we’re introducing key integrations and updates designed to help streamline your workflows. To that end, we’ve improved our ability to integrate with other tools and services, enhanced visibility into operations, and begun the work of bringing virtual machines (VMs) into our scope of reporting and scanning. Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security Integration with ServiceNowA significant highlight of Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 4.9 is

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NewsroomAt KubeCon + CloudNativeCon, Red Hat is redefining the modern application platform to unite your IT estate: from legacy VMs to next-generation AI workloads. Check out the headlines and dive into our newsroom. Learn more FastForward - Red Hat’s CTO sees AI as next step for company’s open approachRed Hat's CTO, Chris Wright, talks with FastForward about how AI is the logical next step in the company's long-standing open hybrid cloud strategy. To do this, Red Hat is focusing on leveraging existing open source tools like Linux and Kubernetes, extending them to

Kubernetes has emerged as a powerful foundation for deploying and managing cloud-native applications, and Red Hat OpenShift operators are the best way to streamline this. DH2i's DxOperator, the SQL Server Operator bundled with DxEnterprise and preferred by Microsoft for Kubernetes deployments, is now officially certified for OpenShift 4.19, and it's available from the Red Hat Ecosystem Catalog. This compliments the recent RHEL 9.6 certification for DxEnterprise. The Openshift certification for DxOperator marks another milestone in delivering enterprise-grade solutions for customers running Mi

Proton 10.0-3 released bringing lots of improvements for gaming on Linux, SteamOS, Steam Machine  GamingOnLinux

CISA warns of Akira ransomware Linux encryptor targeting Nutanix VMs  BleepingComputer

Valve and CodeWeavers today released Proton 10.0-3 as the newest stable update to this Wine-based software that powers Steam Play for enabling countless Windows games to run often extremely well under Linux...

Proton 10.0-3 Released For Steam Play With Dozens Of Fixes, More Games Working  Phoronix

“The Big Pause” – Microsoft’s AI Strategy Deconstructed – From Energy to Tokens  Thurrott.com

I don't miss any Windows features, but here's the one thing I want to see on Linux  XDA

Following the recent patch proposal for moving AMD GCN 1.1 generation GPUs over to the AMDGPU Linux driver by default in place of the legacy Radeon driver, a similar patch has now been proposed for the GCN 1.0 graphics processors. AMD GCN 1.0/1.1 GPUs are at parity with the AMDGPU driver to the Radeon driver while needing this newer kernel driver for enjoying RADV Vulkan support, better performance, and overall a better experience...

Anti-cheat will still be one of the biggest problems for the new Steam Machine  GamingOnLinux

RCE flaw in ImunifyAV puts millions of Linux-hosted sites at risk  BleepingComputer

For those making use of the out-of-tree Bcachefs file-system driver, rolling out to the snapshot/nightly testing channel is the long-in-development "rebalance_v2" functionality now known as the "bcachefs_metadata_version_reconcile" feature...

Bcachefs Rolls Out Metadata Version Reconcile "rebalance_v2" Feature  Phoronix

Canonical’s Ubuntu LTS Leap: 15-Year Support Redefines Enterprise Linux Longevity  WebProNews

The excellent CloverPit has sold over 1 million and gets a Hard Mode update  GamingOnLinux

Running Modern Linux on a Pentium 133  Hackster.io