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SUSE's David Sterba sent out the Btrfs updates today for the Linux 6.9 merge window. Besides stabilization and bug fixes there are also some minor performance optimizations to see with this next kernel...

How to lock away sensitive information on Linux with KDE Vaults  ZDNet

Btrfs Enjoys Performance Optimizations With Linux 6.9  Phoronix

The Linux Kernel version 6.8 just released #Linux @omgubuntu « Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists ...  Adafruit Blog

The Linux Security Journey — “umask” (Set File Mode Creation Mask)  Medium

Linux Kernel 6.8 Arrives with Future-Forward Features  How-To Geek

What You Missed Last Month in NYC (According to Linux)  Papermag

Magnet Goblin Hackers Using Ivanti Flaws to Deploy Linux Malware  HackRead

Linux kernel 6.8 offers some exciting new features and 'fixes all over'  ZDNet

Linux kernel 6.8 offers some exciting new features and 'fixes all over'  ZDNet

Linux hits 4% desktop user share  Network World

The in-development Linux 6.9 kernel is finally landing support for AMD Preferred Core as part of the power management updates for this mid-2024 kernel release...

AMD P-State Preferred Core Submitted For Linux 6.9 While Intel Meteor Lake Gets Tuned  Phoronix

Intel this morning released Continuous Profiler as open-source, a software solution developed by Intel Granulate for aiming to help boost CPU performance...

1. Linux Kernel 6.8 Released, This is What's New  OMG! Ubuntu!
2. Linux Kernel 6.8 Officially Released, Here’s What’s New  9to5Linux
3. Linux 6.9 will be the first to top ten million Git objects  The Register

New Magnet Goblin cybercrime crew is targeting Windows and Linux devices with all-new malware  TechRadar

GNU Linux-libre 6.8-gnu is out as the newest downstream kernel variety endorsed by the Free Software Foundation that takes the upstream Linux kernel but does away with proprietary module support and stripping out drivers/functionality contingent upon binary-only microcode/firmware and other elements not deemed up to their free software standards...

GNU Linux-libre 6.8-gnu Dealing With Blobs From New Intel Drivers  Phoronix

Linux Kernel closes in on 10M git objects  Developer News

The Ubuntu 24.04 LTS release next month will roll out initial support in its server installer for being able to handle root file-system setups on NVMe-over-TCP scenarios for remote drives...