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Patches Posted For Removing The SLAB Allocator From The Linux ...  Phoronix

Since the Linux 6.5 kernel this summer the SLAB allocator has been officially deprecated. This followed the demise of SLOB and trying to get all Linux users over to the SLUB allocator. Patches have now been posted for stripping out the SLAB allocator for good from the mainline kernel...

Firefox Is Going To Try And Ship With Wayland Enabled By Default  Phoronix

Guardrails have been in place where the Firefox browser has enabled Wayland by default (when running on recent GTK versions) but as of today that code has been removed... Firefox will try to move forward with stable releases where Wayland will ship by default!..

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 35: The New Stories  GamingOnLinux

How to Change GRUB Menu Font Size on Linux  Linuxiac

The Aurora supercomputer originally was supposed to be completed by Intel and Cray/HPE for the Argonne National Laboratory back in 2018. Now at the end of 2023, it's made its first debut on the TOP500 list... But only as a partial deployment and is coming in at spot number two...

Linux Foundation zakládá High Performance Software Foundation  Root.cz

AlmaLinux OS 9.3 Is Here as a Free Red Hat Enterprise Linux ...  9to5Linux

AlmaLinux OS 9.3 Is Here as a Free Red Hat Enterprise Linux Alternative  9to5Linux

SavageOS: Arch Linux with Awesome Window Manager  DebugPoint.com

One of the great niche features of Ubuntu Linux has been the Ubuntu Mainline Kernel PPA that's been maintained by Canonical for providing daily kernel builds of the Linux Git kernel state as well as of all point releases and release candidates. Sadly it's now been broken for one month for this very convenient feature...

One Of Ubuntu's Great Features Has Been Broken For One Month  Phoronix

OBS Studio 30 Released: An Essential Update for Linux Users  DebugPointNews.com

Linux-based DIN Rail smart controller works with Zigbee, Z-Wave, KNX, and Ajax Systems security solutions  CNX Software

Israel warns of BiBi wiper attacks targeting Linux and Windows  BleepingComputer

Israel warns of BiBi wiper attacks targeting Linux and Windows  BleepingComputer

WHAT THE GOLF? gets an 'Among Golf Update' out now  GamingOnLinux

Ubuntu for Arm64 laptops (plus RISC kit)  The Register

OBS Studio 30.0 released with full-height docks plus Intel QSV H264 ...  GamingOnLinux