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Vulkan 1.4.328 is now available as the latest specification update to this high performance graphics and compute API from The Khronos Group...

The Linux 6.17 kernel is tracking well for its planned stable release on Sunday. Here is a look back at some of the most interesting changes to find with this next kernel version...

LockBit's new variant is 'most dangerous yet,' hitting Windows, Linux and VMware ESXi  theregister.com

I Replaced Notepad++ on Linux With This Text Editor  How-To Geek

I noticed a number of benchmarks failing to run on Ubuntu 25.10 this week with reported checksum errors on the files... I quickly realized it's due to the recent Rust Coreutils transition for Ubuntu 25.10 causing some major breakage for those relying on Makeself archives...

Ubuntu 25.10's Move To Rust Coreutils Is Causing Major Breakage For Some Executables  Phoronix

System76 Releases Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS Beta with COSMIC Desktop  WebProNews

After being on a hiatus for more than one year and going through several rounds of Habana Labs driver maintainers due to Intel layoffs, there finally is some updated "habanalabs" AI accelerator kernel driver code slated to go into the upcoming Linux 6.18 kernel cycle. There is some new feature work but still no Gaudi 3 support for the upstream Linux kernel...

Intel Returns To Working On The Habana Labs AI Accelerator Linux Driver  Phoronix

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The Linux 6.18 kernel is bringing a new patch to benefit those using the decade-old AMD Bulldozer processors and wanting to make use of Linux's X86_NATIVE_CPU build option for enhancing performance in some areas by optimizing the kernel build for your particular processor/ISA capabilities...

Linux 6.18 Landing Patch For Old AMD Bulldozer CPUs With XOP Instruction Set  Phoronix

A new feature merged this week for the Intel Mesa compiler code for their ANV Vulkan and Iris Gallium3D drivers is support for Stochastic Rounding...

System76 COSMIC desktop Beta and Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS Beta now available  GamingOnLinux

Overnight the Linux PC vendor System76 released their long-awaited Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS Beta operating system along with the beta milestone of their COSMIC desktop environment...

System76 Releases Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS Beta Alongside COSMIC Desktop Beta  Phoronix

Steam Link VR now available for PICO and HTC headsets, plus Valve confirm experimental Linux support  GamingOnLinux

New LockBit Ransomware Variant Emerges as Most Dangerous Yet  Infosecurity Magazine

LockBit 5.0 Ransomware Targets Windows, Linux, and ESXi  Cyber Press

LockBit 5.0 Ransomware Targets Windows, Linux, and VMware ESXi Systems  gbhackers.com