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I tested the top 5 Linux distros on DistroWatch—here’s how I rank them  How-To Geek

Linux 7.3 Expected To "Flatten The Pick" For Better Scheduling While Gaming & More  Phoronix

Going back to early May there were patches for improving the Linux scheduler to help with gaming performance on old "potato" hardware by providing better cgroup scheduling. Those patches, referred to as the "flatten the pick" patch series, are now slated for introduction in the Linux 7.3 kernel...

Proof-of-Concept Exploit Released for Linux ‘Bad Epoll’ Root Access Vulnerability  SecurityWeek

When it comes to the real-time "RT" patches carried outside of the Linux kernel, a number of them pertain to adjustments around the Intel i915 kernel DRM graphics driver. The mainline Linux kernel and its RT support depend upon not building "PREEMPT_RT" for the i915 driver support while patches have been worked on recently for making this Intel kernel graphics driver code play nicely with real-time Linux...

Intel i915 Driver Nearly Ready To "Work Well" With RT Linux Kernel Sans Display Support  Phoronix

4 custom keyboard shortcuts that drastically improved my Linux workflow  How-To Geek

Return of The Meme! Hannah Montana Linux Lives Again in 2026  It's FOSS

Canonical On Making Ubuntu For ARM64 "Truly A First-Class Architecture"  Phoronix

The Ubuntu Foundations Engineering Manager, Ravi Kant Sharma, with Canonical has provided an update regarding the current ARM64 state on Ubuntu Linux...

Phosh 0.56 Linux Mobile Shell Adds New Top-Bar Load Meter  Linuxiac

System76 Adder Pro Packs RTX 5070 Into 1.53 kg Linux Laptop Due Mid-July  Tech Times

The Pioneer DJM-S11 is a professional scratch style 2-channel DJ mixer that retails for $2,269 USD. But if currently connecting this expensive piece of kit to Linux, it does nothing and is unusable. With 87 new lines of code, it will begin to work with the Linux 7.3 kernel later this year...

Pioneer DJM-S11 Professional DJ Mixer To Be Supported By Linux 7.3  Phoronix

The Unwill laptop driver on Linux for supporting various device-specific features by that major OEM/ODM will be seeing several new features with the Linux 7.3 cycle later this year. One of the most notable users of the Unwill driver is Bavarian Linux PC vendor TUXEDO Computers...

Uniwill Laptop Driver Preparing A Number Of Features For Linux 7.3  Phoronix

Linux Kernel Flaw Enables Root Access On Servers and Android Devices  LinkedIn

Bad Epoll Flaw Gives Attackers Root Access on Linux and Android  Security Affairs

AerynOS Lands Versioned Repositories Phase 2 in Major July Update  Linuxiac

Linux 7.2 is on schedule after a smooth RC2  Techzine Global