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Following yesterday's Chrome 145 release with JPEG-XL support, Chrome 146 today was promoted to the beta channel to help facilitate broader testing of the next round of Chrome/Chromium browser improvements...

Linux Mint might overhaul its release schedule  How-To Geek

Handmade by human hands using machines  Digg

Linux vs Other OS: Memory Management Efficiency Statistics 2026  commandlinux.com

Linux Mint plans fewer releases per year  OMG! Ubuntu

Last week on Phoronix we provided initial Linux graphics benchmarks for the new Xe3-based Arc B390 graphics found with the higher-end Panther Lake SoCs with 12 Xe cores. Those benchmarks showed great gains over recent generations of Intel graphics like with Lunar Lake, Meteor Lake, and even Alder/Raptor Lake... But what if you hold onto your laptop for even longer? In this article is an Intel integrated graphics comparison looking at the general performance and power efficiency going all the way back to the Gen9 graphics era for what seemed like an eternity of Gen9-derived graphics during the Skylake era.

The APT command has hidden powers, here are 5 of them  How-To Geek

Overwatch has returned with new heroes and a new UI  GamingOnLinux

Two useful bits of ROCm news today for those interested in AMD's open-source GPU compute stack...

Linux Mint January 2026 Report Highlights Record Donations  Linuxiac

The Linux Mint developers have been hard at work continuing to develop new features following their recent Mint 22.3 release. There is continued enhancements around keyboard support, a new administration tool for users, and there are also considerations being made around moving to a longer development cycle between Linux Mint releases...

Linux Mint Developing New Wayland-Compatible Screensaver  Phoronix

This Operating System Quietly Powers AI — and Many of Tomorrow’s Jobs  ucstrategies.com

I automated my most annoying daily Linux tasks and saved hours every week  MakeUseOf

The x86/cpu changes have been merged for Linux 7.0 and include finally setting the default Intel TSX mode to "auto" rather than being off by default...

Linux 7.0 Now Defaults To Intel TSX Auto Mode For Performance Benefits On Newer CPUs  Phoronix

OpenVPN 2.7 Released with Support for DCO Linux Kernel Module, mbedTLS 4  9to5Linux

OpenVPN 2.7 Released With Multi-Socket Server & DCO Linux Kernel Driver Support  Phoronix

For those using the open-source OpenVPN for your virtual private networking (VPN) needs, OpenVPN 2.7 is out today with some notable improvements...

KiCad Aims to Ease Linux Installation, Moves to Self-Contained AppImage Distribution  Hackster.io