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GCC 16.1 as the first stable version of the GCC 16 compiler is releasing as soon as later this week if all goes well. Among the many improvements in this year's open-source compiler update are continued enhancements to the error messages as well as having an experimental HTML output option for messages...

Most Linux regret is actually distro regret, and you probably gave up too soon  XDA

The latest PowerToys update brings a useful Linux-like feature to Windows 11  XDA

Fedora Linux 44 Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New  9to5Linux

Fedora 44 is officially released for providing the very latest Linux innovations with GNOME 50 being the default desktop of Fedora Workstation 44, an improved KDE experience with Plasma 6.6 complete with the Plasma Log-in Manager, and other up-to-date software packages...

Fedora 44 Released For Living On The Leading-Edge Of Linux Innovations  Phoronix

New Linux FIRESTARTER Backdoor Targets Cisco Firepower Devices  Hackread

Framework Laptop 13 Pro: 20-Hour Battery, LPCAMM2 Memory  The Gadgeteer

Helldivers 2 patch is causing launch crashes on Linux, Steam Deck, and some Windows setups  PiunikaWeb

Following the release of Proton 11.0 Beta 1 from two weeks ago that updated against Wine 11.0, this heart to Valve's Steam Play is now out with a second beta release...

Tired of hunting through logs? Here's how I automated the entire process  How-To Geek

Ubuntu's "AI Kill Switch" Is Achieved By Removing Snaps, Initially Opt-In  Phoronix

Following yesterday's polarizing news of Canonical to begin shipping AI features in Ubuntu Linux over the course of the next year, Jon Seager as the VP of Engineering at Canonical has now provided some clarifications around their AI plans...

Ubuntu is Going Big on AI (But Not The Copilot Kind You Dread)  It's FOSS

Debian-based umbrelOS 1.7.0 lands with home screen shortcuts and new translations  Notebookcheck

AMDXDNA Driver Preps Hardware Scheduler Time Quantum For Ryzen AI Multi-User Fairness  Phoronix

The AMDXDNA accelerator driver for Ryzen AI NPUs is preparing a new feature called hardware scheduler time quantum for ensuring fairness between multiple users/contexts wanting to leverage this neural processing unit for AI workloads...

A $6bn question hangs over SUSE's sovereignty pitch  theregister.com

7-Zip 26.01 was released on Monday and making this release significant are huge pages support on Linux and some users may be interested in the new options around the path generation mode for the output directory when extracting archives...

Microsoft Might Be Rebasing Azure on Fedora Linux  It's FOSS