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NetworkManager 1.58 is out today with the latest feature enhancements for bettering wired and wireless network management on Linux...

With Intel's next-generation Xeon Diamond Rapids processors not slated to launch until next year and with AMD EPYC Venice being right around the corner, Intel announced today that with upcoming BIOS updates they will be expanding the range of RDIMM and MRDIMM memory support for current-generation Xeon 6 and Xeon 6+ processors...

This PC runs on over 100 AA alkaline batteries and Hannah Montana Linux  PC Gamer

While AMD ROCm 7.14 released last week as the first production release built off TheRock, there is already more to look forward to moving into the future with the AMD ROCm stack... In particular, SPIR-V with ROCm becoming a reality for unified binaries that can work across graphics architectures/targets, better portability across GPU hardware, and other improvements to the experience in targeting a unified IR...

The GNOME project is changing its handling of security reports due to the influx of AI/LLM-generated security findings...

10ZiG & Cendio add ThinLinc for centralised Linux desktops  SecurityBrief Asia

Ryzen PC boots with 192 AA batteries, runs Hannah Montana Linux  VideoCardz.com

“Fork It Or Leave”: Linus Torvalds Shuts Down Anti-AI Pushback In The Linux Kernel [2026]  eGamers.io

How I configure DNS on Ubuntu Linux distros via the command line - it's easier than you think  ZDNET

Reviving a 15-year-old netbook with Arch Linux  Adafruit

Seek the Surface in Sci-Fi Thriller Visual Novel Advent: Dawn on PC, Mac, Linux Today  Games Press

Linux 7.2 Improves Intel Panther Lake Xe3 Arc B390 Graphics Performance Review  Phoronix

My testing of the in-development Linux 7.2 kernel continues in the lab. One of the latest promising findings from this kernel that will be released as stable in August is faster Intel Xe3 graphics performance on Core Ultra Series 3 "Panther Lake" hardware.

NetworkManager 1.58 Officially Released with New Features and Improvements  9to5Linux

Some extremely cool patches were posted to the Linux kernel mailing list on Sunday. The patches for "KNOD" allow for in-kernel network offloading to GPUs with an initial focus on AMD GPU support. What makes this all the more nifty is that it doesn't depend upon any user-space libraries like AMD ROCm but is all handled in-kernel with driving the GPU directly...

Collabora Releases First 64-Bit Arm Arch Linux Packages As It Prepares for Valve's Steam Frame VR  Hackster.io

My Bluetooth mouse kept disconnecting until I changed one Device Manager setting  How-To Geek

Moonshine - Turn your headless Linux server into a game streaming host  Korben

Mozilla has uploaded the Firefox 153.0 release binaries today for the newest monthly update to this cross-platform web browser. Making Firefox 153 exciting is that it's the newest Extended Support Release "ESR" as well as introducing Vulkan Video decode support...

Firefox 153 Available With Support For Vulkan Video Decoding, Experimental JPEG-XL  Phoronix