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Kali Linux Gets A Second Update, And Boy Does It Need It This Year!  PC Perspective

PS5 Linux adds PlayStation 5 Slim support on firmware 7.61  VideoCardz.com

Fedora 45 Looks To Finally Offer Install Support For Stratis Storage  Phoronix

Ever since RHEL deprecated their short-lived Btrfs plans, Red Hat engineers over the past decade have been developing Stratis Storage as their storage management solution leveraging XFS, LUKS, DM, and their Rust-based daemon. While Stratis Storage has been available in Fedora Linux going all the way back to Fedora 28, until now there hasn't been the option of using it for the root file-system on new Fedora installations. Finally with Fedora 45 that may change...

Claude Desktop - The official app finally lands on Linux  Korben

AMD confirms low-power CPU cores in Linux kernel patch — Zen 6 chips could follow in Intel's footsteps with new core type for background tasks  Tom's Hardware

Anthropic releases Claude Desktop app beta for Linux users  Crypto Briefing

Linux 7.2 Features: Cache Aware Scheduling, USB4STREAM, AMD ISP4, AMDGPU HDMI 2.1 FRL  Phoronix

Linux 7.2 is working toward release in August with its more than 43 million lines in the codebase. With Linux 7.2 there are many new changes in tow as summed up in today's feature overview.

New Linux Support for Zen 6 "Low Power" Cores Lines Up with Previous PS6 Handheld Rumour  Digital Foundry

New Linux Driver Posted To Enable Keyboard Support On M3 MacBooks  Phoronix

While Linux 7.2 introduces the ability to boot on Apple M3 Macs, it's not yet remotely useful for end-users wanting to use an Apple Mac/MacBook as their daily system. As it stands now, the M3 Macs boot to a simple console and that's about it with the lack of proper GPU acceleration and functionality like the keyboard on MacBooks not working either. Posted to the kernel mailing list today was the new driver patches for enabling the internal keyboard on more recent Apple MacBooks...

I found the Linux tool that shows what's using your disk space — and lets you clean it up instantly  MakeUseOf

Microsoft previews Linux containers that run in Windows  The Register

KDE Plasma 6.7.2 is out today as the latest point release to deliver bug fixes for the Plasma 6.7 desktop that debuted earlier this month...

SimpleHelp Flaw Exploited to Deploy Malware Targeting Windows, macOS, and Linux  TechRepublic

With Q2'2026 drawing to a close, as part of the different quarterly recaps of popular areas on Phoronix, here is a look back at the most popular AMD Linux/open-source news of the quarter...

Steve Ballmer once trashed Linux as "a cancer" — now it’s saving Windows 10 holdouts  Yahoo Tech

Steve Ballmer once trashed Linux as "a cancer" — now it’s saving Windows 10 holdouts  Windows Central

KDE Plasma 6.7.2 Is Out Now to Improve Support for Chromium-Based Apps  9to5Linux