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All of the kernel build system "Kbuild" updates were merged today for the nearly-over Linux 6.16 merge window that is expected to conclude tomorrow with the Linux 6.16-rc1 release. Notable with the Kbuild pull is the introduction of the EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FOR_MODULES helper...

9 Open Source Operating Systems That Aren't Linux  How-To Geek

Liberux NEXX: Linux smartphone with kill switches, extensive connectivity and 32 GB RAM  Notebookcheck

NumPy 2.3 is out today as the latest release of this widely-used library for scientific computing. Notable with NumPy 2.3 is finally adding some parallelization support via OpenMP...

The RISC-V architecture feature updates were merged on Friday for the Linux 6.16 merge window that is set to end on Sunday with the Linux 6.16-rc1 release...

ChatGPT Patched A BIOS Binary, And It Worked  Hackaday

Kali GPT- AI Assistant That Transforms Penetration Testing on Kali Linux  CybersecurityNews

It was just earlier this week that Mesa 25.1.2 arrived as the newest bi-weekly bug-fix release for these open-source OpenGL and Vulkan drivers. Coming out today is an emergency bug-fix release to fix a regression affecting AMD Radeon RX 9000 series RDNA4 graphics card owners...

Mesa 25.1.3 Released As Emergency Update For Radeon RX 9000 Series Linux Users  Phoronix

7 reasons I chose Btrfs over ZFS for my home NAS  XDA

Micro Machines  Hackster.io

No More Difficult Linux Gentoo Installs: Redcore Makes It Easy  The New Stack

Vulkan 1.4.317 was made public on Friday with a number of exciting new extensions, including VP9 video decoding for Vulkan Video, 8-bit floating-point data type support, and other additions...

For those making use of GNOME Papers as the increasingly popular document viewer app for the GNOME desktop, a major rework was merged to enhance the annotations experience...

8 things you must try with the Linux Terminal app on your Android phone  Android Authority

June 7 tech news roundup: Windows 11 will stop prompting EU users to use Edge, YouTube Premium Lite will show more ads, KDE is inviting Windows 10 users to switch to Linux  FileHippo

These Are My Favorite 15 Ubuntu Linux Keyboard Shortcuts  How-To Geek

Intel's Clear Linux distribution has made some packaging improvements to help better suit the needs of its users...

Intel's Clear Linux Rolls Out Software Packaging Bundle Improvements  Phoronix

Linux 6.16 Lands Support For EcoNet MIPS Platforms  Phoronix