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Fedora Linux 45 to Enable Shadow Stack Protection by Default on 64-Bit  9to5Linux

New Debian 13 “Trixie” Kernel Security Update Fixes 68 Vulnerabilities  9to5Linux

Mozilla Firefox 153.0.1 Web Browser Brings Fixes for Multiple Issues and Crashes  9to5Linux

Valve just published the Steam Survey results for July 2026 and point to a small uptick in Linux gaming use...

Steam On Linux Use Back Above 4% In July  phoronix.com

Linux Desktop Market Share Surpasses 10% in North America  Linuxiac

NetBSD 11.0 Brings RISC-V Support, Linux Compatibility Improvements  Linuxiac

Arch Linux-Based Archcraft 26.08 Brings New Sway Wayland Session, Linux 7.1  9to5Linux

Gentoo-Based MocaccinoOS 26.08 Is Out with COSMIC 1.5, KDE Plasma 6.6.6  9to5Linux

Arch Linux Freezes AUR Adoption: Tor-Backed Rust Infostealer Bypasses June Defenses in Third Wave  Tech Times

NetBSD 11.0 officially shipped today as the nineteenth major release of this popular BSD operating system...

NetBSD 11.0 Released With RISC-V Support, Enhanced Linux System Call Compatibility  Phoronix

I refuse to pay Microsoft for these 7 features that Linux offers for free  How-To Geek

COSMIC is doing what GNOME still can't, and it's only been out for a year  XDA

Arch Linux July ISO Is Out with Linux Kernel 7.1.5  Linuxiac

First Arch Linux ISO Powered by Linux Kernel 7.1 Is Now Available for Download  9to5Linux

Last month on Phoronix there were 257 original Linux/open-source related news articles and another 20 featured Linux hardware reviews / multi-page benchmark articles. Following the recent 22nd birthday of Phoronix.com, this puts the overall tally at nearly 51k original news articles and more than 5,600 Linux hardware reviews. Here is a look back at what readers found most exciting during the course of July...

AMD Prepares Linux Driver Support For RDNA 5 GPUs With New DCN6 Display Engine Patches  Wccftech

AMD RDNA5 Linux patches reveal DCN6 display engine and GFX13 link  VideoCardz.com

Arch Linux developer, security team member, AUR maintainer, and package maintainer Morten Linderud "Foxboron" announced today he is resigning from the project...