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New AMD & Intel Laptop/Platform Support In Linux 6.8
Merged last week for the Linux 6.8 kernel were the platform driver x86 updates, which include a lot of new AMD Ryzen and Intel Core platform support and new laptop functionality. The Linux platform-drivers-x86 space continues to be quite busy with the multitude of interesting AMD/Intel laptops coming out these days and rather interesting designs. Read more
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Never-before-seen Worm Attacking Linux Devices
Based on Mirai malware, self-replicating NoaBot installs cryptomining app on infected devices. For the past year, previously unknown self-replicating malware has been compromising Linux devices around the world and installing cryptomining malware that takes unusual steps to conceal its inner workings, researchers said. The worm is a customized version of Mirai, the botnet malware that Read more
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Canonical wants better Snap support outside Ubuntu
Snaps, the self-contained application packages that Ubuntu has long seen as a simpler app store and a potential solution to dependency hell, could be getting better support outside Ubuntu itself, based on one recent hire and potentially more. As spotted by the Phoronix blog, developer Zygmunt Krynicki, who worked at Ubuntu distributor Canonical from 2012 Read more
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ZD Net’s Crowned Coolest Distro: Rhino
From ZD Net: There’s a new coolest Linux distribution ready to wow you in 2024If you’re looking to start off the New Year with a new operating system that is not only cool-looking but also has a lot to offer users of just about every type, Rhino Linux is sure to impress. Happy New Year Read more
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What is ‘immutable’ Linux?
In the beginning, there was the source code. And, Linus Torvalds shaped it and called it Linux, and it was good. Now the operating system was formless and hard to use, so Owen Le Blanc of the Manchester Computing Centre (MCC) said, “Let there be a Linux distribution,” and there was light. And from then Read more
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Linux bug with AMD Ryzen + Firewire
Linux Could Experience Unexpected System Reboots When Pairing AMD Ryzen With FirewireWritten by Michael Larabel in AMD on 5 January 2024 at 04:15 PM EST. In the land of odd hardware bugs and interesting Linux kernel behavior, a fix was merged today for Linux 6.7 and to be back-ported to existing stable kernel series for Read more
