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Mesa's Vulkan windowing system integration (WSI) code now has support for present timing support "VK_EXT_present_timing" with X11 and XWayland...

Mesa 26.2 Merges Vulkan Present Timing Support For X11/XWayland  Phoronix

5 pioneering Linux distros that quietly faded into history  How-To Geek

Your Steam Deck Is Secretly a Linux PC. Here Are 10 Ways to Unlock Its Full Potential  PCMag

These 6 Linux tools make the classics feel ancient—I use them on every machine  How-To Geek

Google Antigravity with the Gemini 3.5 Flash model helped a Linux user sort out a situation where his laptop was taking around 36 seconds to boot the kernel, which shouldn't be the case for the high-end laptop with AMD Ryzen 9 processor and 32GB of RAM. It ended up being yet another case of device firmware issues, but now a Linux kernel patch is pending for working around the issue on the ASUS ROG Strix G16 G614 laptop while discussions are ongoing in getting the vendor to provide a proper firmware fix...

Google's Gemini Partially Figures Out A Lengthy Linux Boot Time On Modern ASUS Laptop  Phoronix

Linux 7.2 Converts exFAT to IOmap: USB and SD Card Transfers Get Faster  Tech Times

Linux 7.2 Closes Memory Bug Class With strncpy Removal After Six Years  Tech Times

After 6 years on Ubuntu, a performance-obsessed Arch distro finally pulled me away  MakeUseOf

When going through the VFIO subsystem patches for the ongoing Linux 7.2 merge window, there isn't too much to get excited about for end users with these changes. But there is the first time mentioning "Blackwell-Next" enablement by NVIDIA for the Linux kernel...

Linux 7.2 Begins Making Preparations For NVIDIA "Blackwell-Next"  Phoronix

KUnit as the unit testing framework for the Linux kernel and was inspired in part by Java's JUnit when originally conceived, is now finally able to output to the JUnit format for better interoperability with other CI systems and the like that standardize on that common format...

Linux's KUnit Finally Supporting JUnit Output  Phoronix

SteamOS 3.8.11 released to fix getting stuck on the Desktop Mode lock screen  GamingOnLinux

System76 Refreshes the Serval WS Linux Laptop with Intel Core Ultra Series 2 CPUs  9to5Linux

Olimex LCD7-PANEL-LIME2 combines 7-inch touchscreen, A20 Linux SBC, and panel-mount frame  LinuxGizmos.com

Interesting feature work for VMware virtualization on Linux now being pursued by Broadcom is to support zero-copy buffer sharing between the VM(s) and host hypervisor, which would equate to an efficiency and performance win...

Broadcom Working On VMware Zero-Copy Buffer Sharing Between VMs And Hypervisor  Phoronix

Shelly 2.4 GUI Package Manager for Arch Linux Released with New Features  9to5Linux