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Linux 7.0 Should Fix Nouveau For The Large Pages Support For Better NVK Performance  Phoronix

The Linux 6.19 merge window had introduced support for larger pages and compression with the Nouveau kernel driver, which ultimately should help provide a performance win to this open-source NVIDIA driver. The Mesa NVK driver was ready to make use of that new kernel driver functionality but then it ended up being disabled due to bugs. Fortunately, for the Linux 6.20~7.0 kernel those issues should be resolved so then the Mesa NVK usage of the larger pages / compression support could be restored...

Linux Mint And Zorin OS Tested Winner Revealed  findarticles.com

Keeping an eye on your laptop battery on COSMIC Desktop just got a ton easier  XDA

Linux Mint vs. Zorin OS: I've tried both Windows alternatives, and here's my winner  ZDNET

You can now install the Ubuntu 24.04.4 HWE update (Linux 6.17 & Mesa 25.2.7)  OMG! Ubuntu

Following December's release of COSMIC Epoch 1 along with the Pop!_OS 24.04 release by System76, today they shared more of their feature plans for the next two major COSMIC desktop updates...

Ahead of the imminent GNOME 50 beta release, the GNOME Shell and Mutter components have declared their "50.beta" releases to ship the latest bug fixes, memory leak fixes, and some last minute improvements ahead of the stable release in March...

Attacks involving critical React Native bug target Windows, Linux systems  SC Media

LibreOffice 26.2 Arrives for Windows, Mac, and Linux  Thurrott.com

Microsoft engineers and other stakeholders have been developing LiteBox as a security-focused library OS written in the Rust programming language and leveraging Linux Virtualization Based Security "LVBS". The design is for LiteBox to operate as a secure kernel protecting the normal guest kernel via virtualization hardware...

Microsoft's New Open-Source Project: LiteBox As A Rust-Based Sandboxing Library OS  Phoronix

You may recall the news last month around no one was left on Debian's data protection team and other volunteer staffing challenges with different Debian efforts in the past. Debian Project Leader Andreas Tille has been looking at the issue of the challenges that arise when Debian's all-volunteer developers quietly drift away either due to time commitments, other interests, or other reasons but don't properly communicate it to the Debian project...

Eric Engestrom is out with another on-time Mesa release. Mesa 26.0-rc3 provides the latest week's worth of bug fixes as we work toward the stable Mesa 26.0 release as soon as next week...

Linux Users, Do You Use Non-Free Software?  Linuxiac

Discord is getting a speed boost on Windows, Mac, and Linux  How-To Geek

Secure Linux Distros  Trend Hunter

In recent months Intel Linux engineers have been quite active in preparing for next-gen Nova Lake processors. That work has included initial Xe3P graphics support and enabling display support and related display/graphics functionality. The newest now is enabling Nova Lake P including the Xe3P_LPG graphics support...

Intel Sends Out Initial Linux Patches For Xe3P_LPG Graphics With Nova Lake P  Phoronix

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Users Get Linux 6.17 and Mesa 25.2 Ahead of Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS  9to5Linux