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Intel works on making gaming on Linux better as it scouts for new talent  XDA

This week marked the release of KDE's Plasma 6.6 desktop as a very successful release that overall is in very robust shape and performing well. While Plasma 6.6 overall is in great shape, there are various bugs - including crash fixes - that have already been queued for the upcoming Plasma 6.6.1. KDE developers are also quite busy on the trek toward Plasma 6.7...

I replaced my standard Linux coreutils with Rust versions and it’s surprisingly faster  MakeUseOf

You can control your Linux PC from your Android phone - here's how  ZDNET

I tried Mint, Kubuntu, and Debian — here’s what actually matters for Windows refugees  MakeUseOf

As some good news out of Intel today on the Linux/open-source side following last year's layoffs, they're hiring for some new Linux software development roles -- including for enhancing their Linux graphics driver stack that also includes a focus on Linux gaming with the likes of Valve's Proton (Steam Play)...

Intel Hiring More Linux Developers - Including For GPU Drivers / Linux Gaming Stack  Phoronix

I switched to a tiling window manager and I'm never going back  MakeUseOf

Drgn is the programmable debugger developed by Meta engineer Omar Sandoval that has proven quite versatile and popular with Linux kernel developers and others. After nearly two dozen releases already, Drgn v0.1 was released this week as another big step forward for this open-source debugger...

I waited years for Windows updates to get exciting. Linux did it in six months  XDA

Linux 7.0 Shows Significant PostgreSQL Performance Gains On AMD EPYC Review  Phoronix

When beginning some early Linux 7.0 kernel benchmarking this week for looking at its performance in its early development state, I started off testing on Core Ultra X7 "Panther Lake" in being hopeful for better performance with the maturing Arc B390 Xe3 graphics and the like. But I ended up finding Intel Panther Lake seeing some performance regressions on Linux 7.0. So next up I turned to an AMD EPYC Turin server since if regressions existed there at least it's much faster to carry out bisecting of the kernel performance regressions. But with that initial testing wrapped up, I didn't find any regressions like with Panther Lake and standing out were some rather enticing PostgreSQL database server performance benefits when running atop Linux 7.0.

Users are ditching Windows for Linux. Here’s why  The Business Standard

Following GNOME 50's Mutter merging sdr-native color mode support for wide color gamut displays this week, another late addition to Mutter has now been merged ahead of next month's GNOME 50 stable release...

3 handy Linux apps to try this weekend (February 20 - 22)  How-To Geek

While we are on the horizon of seeing PCI Express 6.0 devices, there are already early Linux kernel patches beginning to surface for PCI Express 7.0...

Linux Begins Seeing Early Preparations For PCIe 7.0  Phoronix

RetroDECK for Linux & Steam Deck to remove Nintendo Switch emulation "forever" in face of DMCA strikes  PC Guide

Linux 7.0 Brings Apple Type-C PHY, Snapdragon X2 & Rockchip HDMI 2.1 FRL Additions  Phoronix

Ahead of the Linux 7.0 merge window ending this weekend, the PHY updates were merged this week for this next major kernel release. There are some notable PHY additions particularly for Apple Silicon USB Type-C support as well as additions for Qualcomm's new Snapdragon X2 laptop SoCs...