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Kent Overstreet announced the release today of Bcachefs-Tools 1.38.6 as the user-space tools built around the Bcachefs copy-on-write file-system. There are a few new features and a lot of performance work in v1.38.6 without bringing any on-disk format breakage...

The slab memory allocation changes for Linux 7.2 have been merged and continue to see more work around shaves and performance optimizations...

I found one Linux app that replaced my entire toolkit — and now I can't imagine going back  MakeUseOf

The open-source Lemonade AI server for "100% free and private" AI usage across Windows and Linux in leveraging AMD Ryzen AI NPUs, Radeon GPUs, and x86_64 CPUs, is now much more powerful with today's v10.8 release...

AMD's Lemonade AI Server Now Much More Useful With MCP Server Integration  Phoronix

NVIDIA 595.84 Linux Driver Improves Support for 007 First Light and Other Games  9to5Linux

Every time I crawl back to Windows, EndeavourOS pulls me home to Linux  MakeUseOf

Arch Linux's largest software repo is blocking sign-ups due to a malware crisis  How-To Geek

Your old Pixel phone could soon get reincarnated as a cheap Linux data center thanks to this Google-backed project — and it shows mobile chips now beat high-end server hardware in single-core benchmarks  TechRadar

Linux Foundation launches DocLang group for AI documents  IT Brief UK

The original DisplayLink USB display adapters were great for working with an upstream, open-source driver while sadly the newer DisplayLink tech has been limited to an out-of-tree driver and proprietary user-space daemon. But posted today is an experimental "Vino" driver that is a clean-room, reverse-engineered driver for newer DisplayLink hardware...

Experimental, Reverse-Engineered & AI Assisted Rust Driver Targets Modern DisplayLink Hardware  Phoronix

NVIDIA 595.84 released as the new Recommended Driver for Linux  GamingOnLinux

Fortnite on Steam Deck? Epic Games Hires To Expand EAC Support for Linux  TechPowerUp

Linux Foundation Launches Appia Foundation to Establish Standardized Conformity Specifications Across the AI Value Chain  PR Newswire

Linux Foundation Launches Appia Foundation to Establish Standardized Conformity Specifications Across the AI Value Chain  Yahoo Finance Singapore

FishMonger Hackers Expands SprySOCKS Backdoor From Linux to Windows With Advanced Stealth Features  CyberSecurityNews

6 distros that prove Linux is the future of desktop PCs  How-To Geek

Epic Games announced today they have created a new version control system that is now open-source as Lore. Given the proliferation and excellence of Git, you may be wondering why Epic Games is pursuing another VCS option... They are specifically catering Lore to games and entertainment purposes with large file sizes...

Intel Core Ultra X7 Panther Lake Performance On Linux 7.1  Phoronix