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6 reasons I chose ZorinOS as the absolute best way to move from Windows to Linux  XDA

Following last week's release of OpenZFS 2.2.8, OpenZFS 2.3.3 is now available as the newest point release of this current stable series for this open-source ZFS file-system implementation on Linux and FreeBSD systems...

Lilbits: Hacking the Humane Ai Pin, Liberux NEXX Linux phone, and swearing at your Windows PC  Liliputing

Elementary OS 8: Where Privacy Meets Design Simplicity for a Better Linux Experience  Linux Journal

CVE-2025-6019: time to update Linux  Kaspersky

Even the Danish government is sick of Microsoft, switching to Linux and LibreOffice instead  XDA

This Linux app makes sharing files to Android a breeze - here's how  ZDNet

Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu Linux Performance On The AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 390 "Strix Halo"  Phoronix

While the results shouldn't be too surprising given the recent AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 Windows 11 vs. Linux testing, when the HP ZBook Ultra G1a powered by the step-down AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 390 arrived with Microsoft Windows 11 Pro, I also took the opportunity to run some Windows vs. Linux performance benchmarks on that AMD Strix Halo SoC.

REMATCH is out now and works great on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck  GamingOnLinux

Microsoft’s New CLI Text Editor Works Great on Ubuntu  OMG! Ubuntu

Fwupd 2.0.12 Linux Firmware Updater Adds Support for HP Portable USB-C Hubs  9to5Linux

Linux PAM and Udisks LPE Vulnerabilities Allow Root Access on Major Distributions  TechNadu

Richard Hughes of Red Hat just released Fwupd 2.0.12 as the newest version of this open-source firmware updating utility that pairs with the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS) for a nice Linux system/device firmware updating experience...

Valve's Steam Deck kickstarted a movement that might actually bring us "the year of the Linux desktop"  XDA

Intel NPU Accelerator Driver Readies "Turbo Mode" For Better Performance  Phoronix

Sent out today was the latest weekly batch of drm-misc-next changes for consisting of various Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) core updates as well as changes to the smaller display/graphics kernel drivers plus the growing work around accelerator "accel" drivers within the kernel. Intel NPU accelerator driver changes stand out for this week's pull request ahead of Linux 6.17...

I Install These Linux Terminal Apps on Every System  How-To Geek

OpenBLAS 0.3.30 released this morning as the newest version of this optimized BLAS (Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms) library for multiple CPU architectures...

Debian tag2upload reached an open beta state for allowing Debian developers and maintainers to upload by simply using the git-debpush script for pushing a signed Git tag...