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Linux 6.9-rc7 is now available. It could be the final release candidate before the final release. It adds support for the ASUS ROG Raikiri controller and improves support for the upcoming Lunar Lake.

AMD and Intel modern processors just got big boosts in performance thanks to various implementations of AES-XTX that help in disk encryption. For example, Windows BitLocker uses AES-XTX-128.

As Microsoft makes more progress with ReFS on Windows 11, Linux is also getting performance optimizations and improvements on some of its major file systems, namely, F2FS, Btrfs, and EXT4.

Intel's Clear Linux has lent a hand to AMD's Ryzen 9 7950X, and together, they have managed to extend the performance lead that Linux already had on Microsoft's Windows 11 22H2 update.

Microsoft and Intel touted special Windows 11 optimization on Alder Lake when it came out. However, the performance gap has shrunk and it could be completely wiped out thanks to new Linux patch.

Last week, an Alder Lake bug on Linux was found in Intel Turbo Boost Max, related to CPPC. This bug is very similar to a recent Ryzen bug on Windows 11. Patch for the issue has been committed.

Linux gamers do much more effective bug reporting for games than their Windows counterparts, according to game dev Kodera Software. The number of bugs as well the quality of reporting are superior.