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The upcoming Linux 7.2 mainline kernel is expected to be able to boot on Apple M3 devices including the M3-powered iMac and MacBook products. But before getting too excited it's still a long ways to go before it will actually be useful for any Apple M3 daily usage under Linux with the overall support at this stage still being very limited for these 2~3 year old Apple Macs...

Linux 7.2 Will Be Able To Boot On Apple M3 Macs - But Far From Useful For End-Users  Phoronix

For those interested in the prospects of running Snapdragon X2 laptops on Linux rather than Windows 11 on ARM, the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x Gen11 has emerged as one of the initial X2 laptops with tentative Device Tree handling to allow Linux to boot on this latest-generation Qualcomm-powered laptop,..

Blender 5.2 is now available in beta form for this leading open-source 3D modeling software...

Arch Linux 2026 Leadership Election Keeps Polyak in Charge  Linuxiac

Qualcomm Gets The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x Gen11 Snapdragon X2 Laptop Working On Linux  Phoronix

Microsoft Releases Three Linux Products at Build 2026  The Tech Buzz

AMD's GAIA open-source project geared for building AI agents that run locally on your PC is out with a significant new feature release for Windows and Linux systems...

AMD's GAIA Finally Has A Nice Multi-Device Experience For AI  Phoronix

/C O R R E C T I O N -- The Linux Foundation/  StreetInsider

5 operating systems that prove the PC world has more than Windows, macOS, and Linux  MakeUseOf

I finally learned Linux after 5 years of distro-hopping, and all it took was building a NAS  How-To Geek

Microsoft continues its big Linux push at Build 2026  ZDNET

In addition to Intel adjusting their Nova Lake and Diamond Rapids targets in GCC this week to deal with APX realities, AMD this week also adjusted some tuning bits for their Zen 6 "znver6" target...

GCC Git Enables Additional Tuning For AMD Zen 6  Phoronix

Tails 7.8.1 Emergency Release Fixes Serious Linux Kernel Flaw  Linuxiac

Linux Foundation launches Tokenomics Foundation to standardize AI infrastructure spending  SDxCentral

The stable release of systemd 261 is quickly approaching for being found in H2'2026 Linux distributions...

systemd 261-rc3 Released With Individual Binaries Now Embedding dlopen ELF Metadata Note  Phoronix

Tails 7.8.1 Is Out as an Emergency Release to Fix Serious Security Vulnerabilities  9to5Linux