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Josef Bacik, of Btrfs notoriety before leaving Meta and stepping back from kernel development last year, announced the release of Systing 1.0. Systing is a newer eBPF-tracing tool for Linux complete with AI integration...

Following the big OpenZFS 2.4 release back in December, OpenZFS 2.4.1 was released overnight to ship support for the latest Linux 6.19 stable kernel plus a variety of different bug fixes...

For those making use of the open-source FreeRDP project for your Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) needs, FreeRDP 3.23 is out today with 11 CVEs addressed in taking care of various security-related issues that have been uncovered...

Happy four years to the Steam Deck - still the top PC gaming handheld  GamingOnLinux

Lutris v0.5.21 and v0.5.22 arrive with Valve's Sniper runtime support and new game runners  GamingOnLinux

Linux Foundation Launches React Foundation With Meta's Support  Dataconomy

ZFS 2.4.1 Released with Linux 6.19 Compatibility and FreeBSD Fixes  Linuxiac

One of my old favorite Linux distros is back - and it's still a great Windows escape  ZDNET

NVIDIA is hiring engineers to improve Linux gaming performance for new GeForce RTX devices  TweakTown

It's quite a mouthful but today AMD posted Linux kernel patches for preparing SEV-SNP BTB isolation support for further enhancing the security of virtual machines (VMs) for confidential computing...

AMD Posts Linux Patches For SEV-SNP BTB Isolation  Phoronix

Lutris 0.5.21 Adds Support For Running Games Inside Valve's Latest Steam Runtime  Phoronix

Lutris 0.5.21 is now available as the latest version of this open-source Linux game manager. With Lutris 0.5.21 comes some new runners for executing games in different environments...

Refactoring is not a technical clean-up activity. The choice to refactor is an economic decision about how you allocate human effort. Refactoring in this sense goes beyond cleaning up code—it includes improvements to architecture, operations, and decision structures, because the real cost of legacy systems rarely lives in the code alone. Refactoring is necessary to maintain system stability. But in an environment where your competitors are accelerating with AI, even when systems appear healthy, achieving stability through manual intervention is increasingly structurally expensive. The questi

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open protocol designed to standardize how large language models (LLMs) connect to external tools, APIs, and data sources. Rather than relying on ad hoc, model-specific integrations, MCP defines a structured client–server architecture that allows AI applications to request context and invoke tools in a more consistent and interoperable way. This abstraction layer is becoming more important as enterprises move beyond isolated chat interfaces toward AI systems that must integrate with ticketing platforms, code repositories, CI/CD pipelines, knowledge bases

Making Linux fly: Siebel School researchers work on aviation certification for the Linux kernel  University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Nvidia targets Linux and Proton optimisation with new Job Listings  OC3D

While System76 has been hard at work on a redesigned Thelio desktop chassis design, this hasn't slowed down their software work. Today they shipped COSMIC Epoch 1.0.8 as the newest work on their open-source, Rust-based desktop environment used by their in-house Pop!_OS Linux distribution as well as found in other Linux distributions too...

COSMIC Epoch 1.0.8 Released With More Desktop Refinements  Phoronix

5 Clever Uses For Your Old Gaming Consoles  bgr.com