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This nasty Steam performance bug for Linux has gone unfixed for seven years  XDA

Back in 2022 Google deprecated and then removed JPEG-XL image support from the Chrome/Chromium browser codebase and now in 2026 it's back. Last month I wrote about JPEG-XL decoding merged back to Chromium/Chrome and that has rolled out today as part of today's Chrome 145 stable debut...

New Linux botnet SSHStalker uses old-school IRC for C2 comms  BleepingComputer

Linux 7.0 Scheduler Updates Land Time Slice Extension, Performance & Scalability Work  Phoronix

Merged today for the Linux 7.0 kernel are some pretty exciting scheduler changes: new features and never-ending work around scheduler performance optimizations and greater scalability with today's increasingly high core count systems...

For programmers fond of the Go programming language, Go 1.26 is out today with two language changes, performance improvements, and other alterations to this Google-backed programming language...

SSHStalker botnet hijacks 7,000 Linux systems using IRC and SSH  SC Media

SSHStalker botnet hijacks 7,000 Linux systems using IRC and SSH  scmagazine.com

GeForce Now on Linux Feels Like a Real Turning Point for Cloud Gaming  Comics Gaming Magazine

CrossOver on Linux and Mac can now play more Windows games  How-To Geek

Intel today for Patch Tuesday released several generations worth of CPU microcode updates for addressing multiple security issues and functional issues...

The various SoC and platform Device Tree additions were sent out today for the Linux 7.0 kernel. Easily most exciting on the SoC side this cycle among the ARM and RISC-V changes is getting support ready for the SpacemiT K3 RVA23 SoC...

Linux 7.0 Bringing Mainline Support For The SpacemiT K3 RVA23 SoC, Qualcomm Kaanapali  Phoronix

Handmade by human hands using machines  Digg

Waydog Linux Revives Old PCs With Modern Look  findarticles.com

In addition to introducing nullfs and the OPEN_TREE_NAMESPACE support for containers, there were also a number of other interesting VFS updates merged on Monday for the Linux 7.0 kernel...

Kernel Upgrades  Trend Hunter

This lightweight Linux distro I tried can run on older machines - but looks modern  ZDNET

This Application Brings macOS Styled Installer for AppImages on Linux  It's FOSS

Linux Mint is too bland by default: 5 "Spices" to fix your desktop  How-To Geek