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The latest hand-tuned code in the FFmpeg multimedia library for allowing better performance on today's modern Intel/AMD AVX-512-capable processors is showing 1.372x faster performance for RGB24 to RGBA pixel format conversions...

Legion Y700 Gen4 Tablet Powered By Snapdragon 8 Elite Seeing Linux Patches  Phoronix

The Legion Y700 Gen4 is an Android tablet that debuted last year and powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset. This 8.8-inch tablet is now seeing patches for enabling Linux support outside the confines of Android and will hopefully end up in the mainline kernel...

Thanks to the work of the open-source community, more ASUS desktop motherboards for Intel Core and AMD Ryzen systems are seeing working sensor monitoring under Linux. With the upcoming Linux 7.3 cycle, several additional ASUS motherboards will now enjoy working sensor monitoring...

More ASUS Motherboards To Enjoy Working Sensor Monitoring With Linux 7.3  Phoronix

Microsoft's own mistakes are pushing users toward Linux faster than anyone expected  MakeUseOf

Crazed enthusiast runs PC on 192 AA batteries, successfully boots into Hannah Montana Linux — System is stable during stress testing and even plays FreeDoom  Tom's Hardware

The GNU Hurd project recently issued their Q2'2026 status report to outline recently development efforts. The Hurd is still happening!..

The Linux community's next big fight isn't about Wayland anymore; it's about whether AI belongs in your distro  XDA

AlmaLinux Launches VFX Edition Today, Filling CentOS Gap With No-Terminal Creative Installer  Tech Times

Immutable Linux Gets Safe Mode: GNOME OS Fixes Broken Driver Boot at GUADEC  Tech Times

I've tried dozens of Linux desktops, and COSMIC feels like the future  How-To Geek

Windows Storage Spaces isn't the only way to combine drives — Linux has a surprisingly simple alternative  MakeUseOf

The performance of the Nouveau kernel driver with the Mesa NVK Vulkan driver continues to improve each feature release in its quest toward better competing with NVIDIA's official Linux graphics driver with its proprietary Vulkan driver...

NVK Vulkan Performance Improving With Mesa 26.2 Against NVIDIA Proprietary Driver  Phoronix

Vocalinux Is an Open-Source Voice Dictation App Built for Linux  Linuxiac

Linux finally does HDR gaming right — here's the exact setup  MakeUseOf

D7VK 2.0 released with more performance fixes for retro Direct3D games on Linux  GamingOnLinux

DXVK 3.0.2 brings bug fixes for Dying Light: The Beast, Halo and more on Linux / SteamOS  GamingOnLinux

I tried every major file manager on Linux and only this one felt right  How-To Geek