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In addition to the release today of Sway 1.12 for that i3-inspired Wayland compositor, Labwc 0.20 is also out today as another wlroots-based Wayland compositor...

California and Colorado Age Verification Laws Get Open-Source OS Exemptions—SteamOS Enforcement Still Likely  TechPowerUp

I left Windows to escape preinstalled bloat, and then I found it on Linux  MakeUseOf

I didn't realize MS-DOS was training me for Linux  How-To Geek

These 7 apps helped me use Linux after ditching Windows  How-To Geek

Vadzo Imaging Explains V4L2 Driver Development for Embedded Linux MIPI CSI-2 Camera Integration  ACCESS Newswire

Vadzo Imaging Explains V4L2 Driver Development for Embedded Linux MIPI CSI-2 Camera Integration  newswire.com

Comet A13 evaluation kit showcases Agilex 5 SoC FPGA with Linux support  LinuxGizmos.com

Sway 1.12 is out today as the newest feature release of this i3-inspired Wayland compositor powered by the wlroots library...

Ubuntu-based Rhino Linux 2026.1 sports Lomiri support on both desktop and mobile  Notebookcheck

Sway 1.12 Wayland Compositor Released with HDR10 Support via Vulkan Renderer  9to5Linux

Torvalds Tightens Linux Kernel Rules To Reject Deluge Of Low-Value AI Fixes  HotHardware

AppGrid 1.8 Native App Launcher for KDE Plasma 6 Is Out with New Features  9to5Linux

California moves to exempt Linux from its upcoming age-verification law after backlash over forcing operating systems to collect users’ ages — amendment proposed by the same lawmaker who wrote the original law  Tom's Hardware

⚡ Weekly Recap: Linux Flaws, Defender 0-Days, Router Botnets, and Supply Chain Chaos  The Hacker News

Merged today for what will become Mesa 26.2 next quarter is the Radeon Vulkan driver "RADV" now supporting the VK_KHR_shader_fma extension...

This criminally underrated Linux distro beats CachyOS in every way that matters  How-To Geek

The New Virtual OS Museum Packs 600 Operating Systems Into a Linux VM  WinBuzzer

An exciting Intel innovation expected to be added for the upcoming Linux 7.2 kernel is introducing the new USB4STREAM protocol for USB4/Thunderbolt as a "super simple" way to "basically just transfer raw packets from one host to another". This can be useful for quickly backing up a system from one host to another, sharing of web cameras or other peripherals across systems, or other environments where not having networking or wanting to avoid the traditional Linux networking stack...

Intel Introducing USB4STREAM Protocol For Linux - Opening Up Some Nifty Uses For USB4  Phoronix