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Considering Moving From Windows to Linux? Pros, Cons & Guide  Guiding Tech

Linux App Summit 2026 Will Take Place on May 16-17 in Berlin, Germany  9to5Linux

OBS Studio 32.1 is now available for this popular cross-platform desktop screen recording app that is also popular with game live-streaming and other uses...

Debian-based Linux for enjoying music on low-spec hardware Volumio got updated  Notebookcheck

It has been eight years already since System76 announced Thelio as their own built-in-the-USA, custom-engineered cases for desktops and workstations. System76 Thelio is an open hardware design and built exceptionally well out of their facilities in Colorado. System76 Thelio has served them well for their range of desktop systems over the years from ARM64 developer workstations to high-end AMD Linux systems. Now though they are preparing to introduce their next-generation Thelio design. Ahead of the announcement next week, here is an exclusive first look at the next-gen Thelio hardware.

Exclusive Preview Of System76's Completely Redesigned Thelio Desktop Review  Phoronix

Ubuntu-based Zentyal Server 8.1 launches with multiple improvements and a 24.04 LTS base  Notebookcheck

Unity announce expanded support for Steam, Native Linux, Steam Deck and Steam Machine  GamingOnLinux

AMD Ryzen AI NPUs Are Finally Useful Under Linux For Running LLMs  Phoronix

Over the past two years AMD has developed the AMDXDNA accelerator driver in the mainline Linux kernel for supporting the AMD Ryzen AI NPUs. But when it comes to user-space software on Linux actually able to leave the Ryzen AI NPUs it's been... extremely limited with nothing really useful besides some niche bits of code. Even AMD's own software like their GAIA on Linux has used Vulkan with their iGPUs rather than any NPU support. But finally today there is a significant shift with the Ryzen AI NPUs becoming useful on Linux and able to handle LLMs...

Zenclora Delivers Superfast Linux With One Standout Feature  findarticles.com

8 powerful Apt commands I use to unlock hidden features - and why they're so handy  ZDNET

Fedora 44 Beta Goes Live With Updated Gnome and KDE Desktops and Linux 6.19 Kernel  TechPowerUp

With GNOME 50 that is being used by default with the upcoming Ubuntu 26.04 LTS release, you may be curious about the out-of-the-box performance especially compared to prior Ubuntu Linux releases -- especially with Mutter 50 having some NVIDIA optimizations. In today's article is a first look at how the NVIDIA Linux gaming performance on Ubuntu 26.04 is looking compared to the current Ubuntu 25.10 release.

Ubuntu 26.04 With GNOME 50 Offering Some Performance Benefits For NVIDIA Linux Gaming  Phoronix

I tried Zenclora, a super-fast Linux distro with zero bloat - and one truly special feature  ZDNET

SUSE May Undergo Another Ownership Change in Potential $6 Billion Sale  Linuxiac

The open-source D7VK project began to implement Direct3D 7 over Vulkan similar to DXVK and VKD3D-Proton providing support for newer Direct3D APIs atop Vulkan. With succeeding releases D7VK was extended to Direct3D 6 too and then Direct3D 5 support. Now with today's D7VK 1.5 release, Direct3D 3 is implemented for faster acceleration using Vulkan...

Posted today were new Intel kernel graphics driver patches for Linux to enable Adaptive Sync SDP (Secondary Data Packet) handling for Panel Replay and Auxless Adaptive Link Power Management (ALPM) modes...

Intel Posts New Linux Graphics Driver Patches For Improved Adaptive Sync Support  Phoronix