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elementary OS 8.1.1 Released With Linux kernel 6.17  Linuxiac

A new California law says all operating systems, including Linux, need to have some form of age verification at account setup  [H]ard|Forum

CVE Severity Distribution For Linux Statistics 2026  commandlinux.com

Catching me by surprise today was a new Intel CPU microcode drop "20260227" for Linux users/administrators outside of their typical Patch Tuesday alignment for CPU microcode releases...

Hyprland 0.54 was released today as what's described as a "a massive update with no understatement" to this Wayland compositor...

State of Linux Mobile 2026: PostmarketOS & F-Droid Updates  SitePoint

RISC-V Linux will be ready for wide adoption in 2026, says Canonical  How-To Geek

For those looking to build a rackmount-ready server or workstation that can handle up to an SSI-EEB motherboard and capable of fitting a large liquid cooling setup, the RM4A is a new option from SilverStone that can fit up to a 360mm radiator while still fitting an SSI-EEB motherboard and up to eight expansion slots within 4U size constraints.

Arch-based Bluestar Linux 6.18.9 drops with a new kernel, Firefox 148, LibreOffice 26.2.1, and more  Notebookcheck

The OrangePi Neo gaming handheld with Manjaro Linux is now "on ice" due to component prices  GamingOnLinux

Linux Mint released its best version yet, and it’s the ultimate Windows replacement  MakeUseOf

While at the end of February, today Intel released the Intel Media Driver 2025Q4 release as well as the latest VPL GPU Runtime for their media stack...

Canonical put out a new blog post today highlighting their RISC-V work over 2025 that included switching to the RVA23 profile baseline for Ubuntu 25.10 and moving forward. Now with RVA23-compatible RISC-V hardware coming to market this year, Canonical is talking up the RISC-V possibilities when paired with the upcoming Ubuntu 26.04 LTS release...

An upcoming California law requires operating system providers to enforce basic mandatory age verification  PC Gamer

Kvaser Launches Secure Linux Edge Platform  Construction World

Why Kubuntu's next big update is a massive win for multi-monitor Linux users  How-To Geek

If all goes well, Mesa developers are hoping to reach a consensus or at least some common ground on an AI policy in March. Mesa is the latest open-source project making considerations around the growing activity around AI coding agents and the like and how to deal with them for this project that is crucial to the Linux desktop and open-source 3D graphics drivers at large...

Heroic Games Launcher v2.20.1 brings more essential bug fixes  GamingOnLinux

Numerous AMDXDNA Ryzen AI Driver Fixes For Linux 7.0-rc2  Phoronix

Sent out today were all of the DRM/accel driver fixes for the week, ahead of the Linux 7.0-rc2 kernel release due out on Sunday...