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Linux 6.17 is one step closer to release with Linus Torvalds having issued Linux 6.17-rc3 already today to currently traveling in Europe...

Linux 6.17-rc3 Released: "A Bit Larger Than Usual"  Phoronix

Sysdig on Linux: diagnose problems in minutes (2025) | by Aleksei Aleinikov | Aug, 2025  DataDrivenInvestor

CachyOS ISO Snapshot for August 2025 Introduces a New Package Dashboard  9to5Linux

AMD's unreleased Ryzen 5 5500X3D is reportedly 12% faster in multi-core performance in Geekbench — budget Zen 3 chip spotted running in Linux  Tom's Hardware

Best Non-Violent Games Available on Steam for Linux Users  It's FOSS

Popular Arch Linux based distribution CachyOS is out today with its August 2025 ISO refresh...

CachyOS Introduces Packages Dashboard, GRUB+Btrfs Bootable Snapshots  Phoronix

The Framework Desktop and Linux have shown me the path to PC gaming in the living room  The Verge

Leaving Windows Behind: 5 Signs You’ve Shifted to a Linux Mindset  How-To Geek

It's wild to think that the ARM Cortex-A72 was already announced ten years ago as the ARM core design that went on to appear in the Raspberry Pi 4, AWS Graviton server processor, and various other SoCs. ARM Cortex-A72 based hardware remains in widespread use and finally by the end of 2025 there will be a mainline Error Detection And Correction "EDAC" driver in the mainline Linux kernel for this core...

Years Later, EDAC Linux Driver Coming For The ARM Cortex-A72  Phoronix

The open-source upstream driver support for the Qualcomm Adreno X1-45 that is used by the Snapdragon X1 Plus 8-core SoC appears ready for the mainline kernel and could be all aligned for the upcoming Linux v6.18 kernel cycle...

Qualcomm Adreno X1-45 GPU Support Appears Ready For The Linux Kernel  Phoronix

Valve Proton marks 7th anniversary  VideoCardz.com

Linux IO_uring and block subsystem maintainer Jens Axboe this week queued the patch series for multi-shot support with provided buffers. Thus the feature should go in for Linux 6.18 as another nice enhancement to the wonderful IO_uring kernel innovation...

IO_uring Ready For uring_cmd Multishot Support With Provided Buffers  Phoronix

Can a file name compromise a Linux system? Chinese hackers say so  Red Hot Cyber

Sorry, Bill Gates: I haven't used Windows for years, and I don't miss it one bit  xda-developers.com

5 things I learned trying to game on Linux for the first time in years  xda-developers.com