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Android 13 is in AOSP — Today we’re pushing the Android 13 source to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) and officially releasing the newest version of Android.

Android 13 Sources Released To AOSP

Glibc 2.36 Dropping DTHASH Has Been Breaking Easy Anti Cheat Games — The breakage stems from the DTHASH section being dropped in GNU C Library but EAC being among the few software still expecting that section rather than DTGNUHASH.

Pierre-Loup Griffais on Twitter — Unfortunate that upstream glibc discussion on DTHASH isn't coming out strongly in favor of prioritizing compatibility with pre-existing applications. Every such instance contributes to damaging the idea of desktop Linux as a viable target for third-party developers.

Carlos O’Donell on Twitter — How far should Linux ELF follow the generic ELF standard (gABI)? We recently let distributions drop DTHASH from glibc builds (mandatory under the gABI). This broke EPIC's Easy Anti-Cheat. We should ask the gABI for DTHASH to be optional.

GLIBC update broke EAC for most games that use it — Issue #6051 · ValveSoftware/Proton

Should we make DTHASH dynamic section for glibc?

gapi discussion: Making DTHASH optional?

Linux 6.0 debuts, missing some Rusty bits — Emperor Penguin Linus Torvalds has released the first release candidate for Linux 6.0, but doesn't mind what you call it.

Linux 6.0 arrives with performance improvements and more Rust coming

Linux 6.0-rc1 Released With Exciting Performance Optimizations

Real-Time “PREEMPTRT” Not in 6.0-rc1 — Of the 50 patches, it's not too bad either as there are five patches for example that are rather trivial for just enabling real-time (RT) support in the Kconfig files for ARM / ARM64 / POWER / x86 / x86_64. There are also a handful of patches each specific to POWER and the i915 graphics driver code.

Debian turns 29! — Today is Debian's 29th anniversary. We recently wrote about some ideas to celebrate DebianDay, and several events have been planned in more than 14 locations.

LocalGroups - Debian Wiki

A New Jailbreak for John Deere Tractors Rides the Right-to-Repair Wave — An exploit that provides root access to two popular models of the company’s farm equipment.

mu on Twitter — Sick Codes has jailbroken a John Deere, and this is just the beginning. Turns out our entire food system is built on outdated, unpatched Linux and Windows CE hardware with LTE modems.

How a version of Doom running on a John Deere tractor champions the right-to-repair movement — Sick Codes achieved this by working with different tractor control touchscreen consoles, narrowing it down to a select few models, and finding a way to exploit these devices.

Right to repair movement goes Deere hunting

The debate over right to repair in 2022 | Successful Farming

Deere Hit with Class Action Lawsuit Over Right to Repair

Late Night Linux – Episode 190