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Notable Intel & AMD CPU Changes Merged For Linux 7.0-rc3  Phoronix

This week's batch of "x86/urgent" patches that were merged overnight for Linux 7.0 contain some fixes and other adjustments worth highlighting for both AMD and Intel...

The newest open-source concern around AI that is seeing a lot of interest this weekend is when large language models / AI code generators may rewrite large parts of a codebase and then the "developers" claiming an alternative license incompatible with the original source license. This became a real concern this week with a popular Python project experiencing an AI-driven code rewrite and now published under an alternative license that its original author does not agree with and incompatible with the original code...

The KDE/Qt-aligned digiKam software for managing RAW digital photos is out today with the big digiKam 9.0 release...

Merged back in 2018 for Linux 5.0 was support for the Apple Magic Trackpad 2. Merged this week for the in-development Linux 7.0 kernel is fixing battery reporting for those using the Magic Trackpad 2 under Linux...

Linux 7.0 Fixes Battery Reporting For The Apple Magic Trackpad 2  Phoronix

digiKam 9.0 Open-Source Photo Manager Released as a Massive Update  9to5Linux

How to Use Claude Code in Terminal — Windows, macOS, and Linux  H2S Media

Microsoft Sysinternals: Process Explorer 17.1, SDelete 2.06, and Sysmon 1.5.1 for Linux  igor´sLAB

Forget Android and iOS: This phone runs on Linux and comes with a physical privacy switch  The Indian Express

The Linux event poll "epoll" code for efficient I/O multiplexing and monitoring of file descriptors for seeing when I/O is possible has a new optimization merged today for Linux 7.0...

Linux 7.0 Adds A New Minor Performance Optimization Shown With AMD Zen 2 CPUs  Phoronix

Linux on Surface Pro 5…pretty good!  Thurrott.com

Jolla to Offer a Linux-Based European Phone in 2026  Thurrott.com

Modder turns Sony’s PlayStation 5 into a Linux-powered gaming PC  OC3D

Linux hacked onto a PS5 to turn Sony's console into a Steam Machine — GTA V Enhanced Edition runs at 60 FPS on 1440pwith ray tracing  Tom's Hardware

Out today is Budgie 10.10.2 as the latest minor update to this open-source desktop environment that began as part of the Solus Linux project...

I tore apart the most common Linux malware in a sandbox, and it uses layer after layer of tricks to survive  XDA

Fastfetch 2.60 System Information Tool Adds Moss Package Support  Linuxiac

AMD VP uses AI to create Radeon Linux userland driver in Python — senior AI engineer says he "didn't open the editor once"  Tom's Hardware