Linux Age Laws, Valve Wins, Linux Root Exploits, 10GbE USB & Framework Shocks Microsoft
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A wide-ranging Linux and open source news roundup covering: Debian 14 mandating reproducible builds to combat supply chain attacks; a Linux kernel Kconfig cleanup tool (KConfirm) written in Rust; 10GbE USB support via Realtek RTL8159 drivers in Linux 7.2; a ~60% per-core IO performance improvement patch from the io_uring lead; KDE Plasma 6.7 GPU memory copy optimizations cutting CPU usage from 80-90% to ~20%; the 'dirty frag' local privilege escalation CVE affecting most Linux distros; OpenCL 3.1 release with AI/HPC improvements; CUDA Oxide letting developers write NVIDIA GPU kernels in Rust; Framework Laptop 13 Pro Ubuntu configs outselling Windows ones; Dell and Lenovo becoming premier LVFS sponsors; Valve's new Steam Controller selling out; and a coalition of privacy organizations pushing back against UK online age verification and VPN ban proposals.