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Merged today was the very first step toward implementing Vulkan support within KDE's KWin compositor as an alternative to OpenGL rendering...

From Linux to Blockchain: The Infrastructure Behind Modern Financial Systems  Linux Journal

VoidLink Rootkit Uses eBPF and Kernel Modules to Hide Deep Inside Linux Systems  CyberSecurityNews

How To Create File In Linux OS  About Chromebooks

CachyOS just dethroned Arch Linux on ProtonDB, and Linux gamers are finally noticing  XDA

New OrcaSlicer Update Fixes 3MF Security Vulnerability, Shows Linux Some Love  All3DP

As a few months have passed since our prior round of testing the fully open-source NVIDIA Linux driver stack with the Nouveau kernel driver and Mesa NVK Vulkan driver plus Zink, here is a fresh round of benchmarks using Linux 7.0 and Mesa 26.1-dev compared to the open-source stack shipped by Ubuntu 25.10 (Linux 6.17 + Mesa 25.2) for showing how far the open-source NVIDIA driver has progressed the past few months. Plus testing against the NVIDIA official Linux graphics driver for putting that Nouveau/NVK performance into perspective.

Open-Source Nouveau Performance With Linux 7.0 + NVK Mesa 26.1-dev vs. NVIDIA Linux Driver  Phoronix

GNU Stow turned me into the ultimate Linux distro-hopper  How-To Geek

RTS game PERIMETER: Legate Edition gets Linux ARM64 binaries and Steam Workshop support  GamingOnLinux

Tails 7.6 Privacy-Focused Linux Distro Released with Automatic Tor Bridges  9to5Linux

Canonical engineers are planning a switch to ntpd-rs as the newest Rust-based system component for Ubuntu Linux for handling time synchronization...

Ubuntu Will Switch To ntpd-rs As Its Next Rust System Component  Phoronix

Lock Down Your Linux Laptop on Public Wi-Fi  LinuxInsider

AMD this morning finally announced the long-rumored Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 flagship processor with 3D V-Cache for both of the CCDs...

Linux kernel czar says AI bug reports aren't slop anymore  theregister.com

4 times open-source apps broke their users' trust  How-To Geek

Cult-classic RPG 'OFF' adds Linux and macOS support  GamingOnLinux

Advanced Micro Devices Retreats After a 7% Rally: Can the Linux CIQ Partnership Keep AMD Competitive?  Yahoo Finance

Advanced Micro Devices Retreats After a 7% Rally: Can the Linux CIQ Partnership Keep AMD Competitive?  24/7 Wall St.