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It's not too entirely surprising given the aggressive stance that the CachyOS Linux distribution has taken on out-of-the-box performance, but for those curious, it continues largely leading over the newly-released Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and Fedora Workstation 44 distributions for the leading performance on modern hardware.

CachyOS Linux Performance Leading Over Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, Fedora Workstation 44  Phoronix

AerynOS 2026.05 Released with Linux Kernel 7.0, New Logo, and More  9to5Linux

Linux 'Copy Fail' Flaw Delivers Root-Level Access to Distros  Bank Info Security

Copy Fail Linux Kernel Flaw Allows Local Users to Gain Root  Linuxiac

AerynOS, the Linux distribution formerly known as Serpent OS, is out with a new monthly ISO refresh and details on other recent improvements to this original, from-scratch Linux distribution...

AerynOS Updated With Linux 7.0, Gaming Optimized Kernel Flavor  Phoronix

Linux 'Copy Fail' Flaw Delivers Root-Level Access to Distros  GovInfoSecurity

StarTech.com Launches Industry-First USB4 Dock with Driverless Dual Display for Mac, Windows, and Linux  TechPowerUp

StarTech.com Launches Industry-First USB4 Dock with Driverless Dual Display for Mac, Windows, and Linux  PR Newswire

PS5 hacked to run Linux, Steam games, and any other code: the loader released for free  Cybernews

I started using Linux terminal on Android and now I can do things no app store tool allows  MakeUseOf

New Linux ‘Copy Fail’ flaw gives hackers root on major distros  BleepingComputer

PS5 Linux Loader Gets Public Release, Allowing Users to Run Steam and PC Games on Console  Gadgets 360

FOSS Weekly #26.18: Ubuntu's AI Move, New Entry in Home Directory, New Ubuntu Terminal, Fedora 44 Release and More Linux Stuff  It's FOSS

You can now install Linux on your PS5  KitGuru

Linux 7.1-rc1 Showing Off Some Wins On AMD Ryzen Threadripper  Phoronix

My initial testing of the Linux 7.1 development kernel on various systems in the lab continues going well. Aside from one main regression in a synthetic micro-benchmark appearing on multiple systems, not seeing much in the way of Linux 7.1 performance concerns thus far and seeing some nice performance gains in select workloads...

Nine-year-old Linux kernel flaw enables reliable local privilege escalation (CVE-2026-31431)  Help Net Security

GCC 16.1 is now available as the first stable release of GCC 16 as this year's major open-source GNU compiler feature release...