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Box64 0.4.2 Begins Working On POWER PPC64LE Backend, Support For SteamRT3 + Proton 11  Phoronix

Git developers continue working toward Git 3.0 while out today is Git 2.54 with a few interesting additions...

Ubuntu 26.04 will block your upgrade on Thursday if your containers still use cgroup v1  XDA

It's not only the uutil's Rust Coreutils project seeing performance improvements but some increased healthy competition now from GNU Coreutils. With today's release of GNU Coreutils 9.11 the wc command is up to multiple times faster and even cat can be up to 15 times faster...

Valve's new low VRAM optimization shines in select games in early 4GB GPU test  Notebookcheck

Mozilla today published their Firefox 150 release binaries as the latest milestone for this open-source web browser with growing AI ambitions...

Firefox 150 Available With GTK Emoji Picker, CSS Media Element Pseudo-Classes  Phoronix

Linux 7.1 update includes new in-kernel NTFS driver — delivers storage support upgrade for Linux users  Tom's Hardware

Firefox 150 brings Linux emoji picker, PDF page ordering + more  OMG! Ubuntu

Out today is the Intel Compute Runtime 26.14.37833.4 that now includes production support for the newly-launched Wildcat Lake cut-down Panther Lake SoCs that debuted last week as the Core Series 3...

Intel Compute Runtime Promotes Support For Wildcat Lake, "Early" Crescent Island  Phoronix

This RX 9060 XT-powered mini PC looks like an intriguing alternative to the Steam Machine  PC Gamer

Andrew Morton recently sent out his various "MM" related pull requests for the ongoing Linux 7.1 kernel. There are a number of memory management optimizations in this next kernel version, which is always nice to see but all the more so these days with the inflated RAM pricing and other computer component prices...

A Lot Of Memory Management "MM" Improvements Merged For Linux 7.1  Phoronix

Firefox 50 brings Linux emoji picker, PDF page ordering + more  OMG! Ubuntu

GNOME 50 is the Linux desktop update I've waited years for  How-To Geek

Firefox 150 Is Now Available for Download, This Is What’s New  9to5Linux

CIQ Delivers the First Enterprise Linux Compliance Platform for Federal Cryptographic Validation and Post-Quantum Readiness  StorageNewsletter

Years later, the HD 7870 XT received full Linux support.  GameGPU

Linux Foundation expands to absorb full-stack open RAN software  SDxCentral