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System76 Debuts 2026 Lemur Pro with 18-Hour Battery Life and Wi-Fi 7  Linuxiac

Lilbits: Asahi Linux release fix for booting Linux on macOS 27, Surface Go is going away, and Sony announces plans to stop making PlayStation game discs  Liliputing

With the start of the new month comes a new progress report on the KDE Linux distribution for the prior month. Even with KDE developers being busy to ship Plasma 6.7 in June, they still accomplished a lot when it comes to KDE Linux...

KDE Linux Introduces "Developer Mode" Option, Easier Log Collection  Phoronix

System76 Lemur Pro Linux laptop refresh brings Intel Panther Lake and two screen sizes: 14 or 16 inches  Liliputing

I ran the same SSD health check on Linux and Windows—only one gave me the full picture  How-To Geek

Arch Linux July ISO Is Out with Linux Kernel 7.0.14 and Archinstall 4.4  Linuxiac

System76 Launches New Lemur Pro Linux Laptop with 18-Hour Battery Life  9to5Linux

System76 today announced their new Lemur Pro high-end Linux laptop that is now powered by the Core Ultra Series 3 "Panther Lake" SoCs...

System76 Launches New Lemur Pro Laptop Powered By Intel Panther Lake  Phoronix

I always keep PorteuX portable Linux distro on a USB - here's why  ZDNET

Why Déjà Dup and these 4 other tiny Linux tools have become essential to my daily routine  ZDNET

Android's Linux Terminal app picks up some new tricks in QPR1 Beta 5  Android Authority

Fwupd 2.1.6 Improves Firmware Update Handling on Linux  Linuxiac

While the Linux 7.2 feature merge window ended just days ago and the better part of two months now before v7.2 will be released as stable, there are already features beginning to accumulate that will target the Linux 7.3 cycle. The most exciting change I've seen to kick off that dance ahead of Linux 7.3 is addressing a "significant" bottleneck affecting small direct I/O performance with speedy storage such as PCIe Gen5 NVMe SSDs...

Linux 7.3 To Overcome "Significant Bottleneck" For Small I/O With PCIe Gen5 NVMe SSDs  Phoronix

Fwupd 2.1.6 Linux Firmware Updater Released with New Features and Bug Fixes  9to5Linux

AMD Sends Out Latest Linux Patches For RMPOPT Optimization  Phoronix

Earlier this year AMD disclosed the RMPOPT instruction that given the timing will seemingly be introduced with upcoming Zen 6 EPYC "Venice" processors. The RMPOPT feature amounts to a performance optimization for AMD EPYC SEV-SNP enabled servers by cutting down on the associated Reverse Map Table (RMP) overhead. Linux enablement of AMD RMPOPT remains ongoing and out this week is the latest iteration of the enablement...

I turned my old Galaxy phone into a pocket Linux server with Termux  How-To Geek