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Both the GCC and LLVM/Clang compilers today saw support for Intel's Branch Hint extension merged today for this feature of Redwood Cove P cores as found with current generation Meteor Lake processors as well as upcoming Intel Granite Rapids server processors...

GCC & LLVM/Clang Compilers Updated For Intel Branch Hint  Phoronix

Valve fixes up the new Riven from Cyan Worlds videos on Linux / Steam Deck  GamingOnLinux

5 Linux commands for managing users  ZDNet

12 Things I Do Right After Installing Linux (And You Should Too)  How-To Geek

Frustrated with Windows? Here's your guide to switching to Linux  NewsBytes

Google announces extension of support for latest Linux kernel releases from 2 to 4 years  gagadget.com

Linux Mint 22 Stable release may take more than two weeks, project lead warns  Neowin

Linux Mint 22 Stable release may take more than two weeks, project lead warns  Neowin

Google extends Linux kernel support to keep Android devices secure for longer  Android Authority

Linus Torvalds just released Linux 6.10-rc7 as the latest weekly release candidate of the forthcoming Linux 6.10 kernel...

Linux 6.10 Is Shaping Up Well Or It Might Just Be Due To 4th Of July Week  Phoronix

GDB 15.1 was released on Sunday as the first version in the GNU Debugger 15 branch for this widely-used, open-source debugging solution...

Direct3D 8 support by way of the D8VK project has now been merged into DXVK, the widely relied upon open-source software for mapping Direct3D 9/10/11 atop Vulkan that is used by Valve's Steam Play (Proton) for enjoying Windows games on Linux...

Linux Mint 22 faces uncertain July release as critical bugs threaten stability  BetaNews

Self-hosting: Installing your first virtual machines on the Proxmox hypervisor  Neowin

How to Manage Linux Storage  The New Stack

Ubuntu-based Linux Mint 22 aims for release this month after a busier than usual period of bug fixing...

Linux Mint 22 Aims To Be Out This Month After Fixing Many Bugs  Phoronix

Upstreamed to the mainline Linux kernel last year was HID BPF as a means of more easily shipping new drivers and in particular quirks/workarounds for different HID devices. This allows for some nice continued innovations around (e)BPF within the Linux kernel. With Linux 6.11 there is yet more HID BPF capabilities to be upstreamed as well as new drivers...