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Age Verification Laws Are Multiplying Like a Virus, and Your Linux Computer Might be Next  It's FOSS

Simon Ser announced the release today of Wayland 1.25 RC1 (Wayland v1.24.91) in working toward this next stable release...

I’d Happily Pay for Linux — If It Actually Ran the Software I Need  Make Tech Easier

GNOME 50.rc was christened today as the release candidate for the GNOME 50 desktop...

System76 published a statement today regarding the recent laws coming about in California and likely Colorado and New York too around requiring age verification on operating system accounts and ultimately exposing the information (or at least age brackets) to apps and websites. System76's position is interesting given that they sell Linux-loaded desktops, workstations and laptops plus being an operating system vendor with their in-house Pop!_OS distribution and COSMIC desktop environment...

I swapped my daily driver Linux distro again — and this time it’s sticking  MakeUseOf

MWC 2026 | Fibocom Unveils 5G MiFi Solution Based on Linux OS and Qualcomm QMB415 Platform  PR Newswire

Rust 1.94 was rolled out today as the newest routine stable update for the Rust programming language...

Linux Mint finally fixed its Wayland problem and it’s a game changer  MakeUseOf

The layoffs and restructuring at Intel in 2025 caused unfortunate hits to their Linux/open-source engineering including various driver maintainers leaving and even their CPU temperature driver being orphaned for lack of maintainers. Sent out today were a number of additional updates to the MAINTAINERS file for the Linux kernel to reflect other Intel departures in recent months. Plus some of the Altera drivers have also been orphaned now for having no upstream maintainers...

Git Usage Statistics On Linux Vs Other Platforms Statistics 2026  commandlinux.com

Linux 7.0 File-System Benchmarks With XFS Leading The Way  Phoronix

Linux 7.0 File-System Benchmarks With XFS Leading The Way  Phoronix

With a number of file-system improvements in Linux 6.19 and more file-system optimizations in Linux 7.0, it's past due for running some fresh file-system benchmarks. Here is a look at how the prominent file-system contenders are performing on the latest Linux 7.0 development kernel.

Intel Expands Linux Graphics Team to Boost Drivers and Gaming Support  Linux Journal

CIQ Introduces the CIQ Linux Kernel, Built to Unlock the Full Performance of Modern AI Hardware in Enterprise Production  Yahoo Finance Singapore

NVIDIA 595 Linux Graphics Driver Promises Wayland 1.20 Support, Beta Out Now  9to5Linux

NVIDIA R595 Linux Driver Beta Brings New Vulkan Support & DRI3 v1.2  Phoronix

Following the recent NVIDIA R595 driver release for Windows, NVIDIA today released the 595.45.04 driver for Linux users as a beta version in the R595 release stream...

Debian Project Leader "DPL" Andreas Tille provided an update today on various happenings within the project and personal reflections on some recent topics. Among the topics in today's DPL updates were around AI contributions, Debian's need to become more diverse with its contributors, and needing more "thank yous" to show appreciation for contributions...