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I tested Artix Linux: An enjoyable systemd-free distro for experienced users (and ChromeOS speeds)  ZDNET

Linux 7.0 Is Here, and AI Might Be Changing How Kernels Are Released  The FPS Review

Valve engineer develops Linux VRAM fix that boosts gaming on 8GB GPUs  TechSpot

In advance of the Linux 7.1 merge window opening, Miguel Ojeda sent out all of the Rust feature updates on Friday. This includes bumping the minimum Rust version for building the Linux kernel as well as a new experimental option that can provide better performance for Rust code within the kernel, alongside other updates...

Rust For Linux 7.1 Bringing Experimental Option That Can Help Performance  Phoronix

Fog Panther is a new image editor for Linux  Boing Boing

An Open Source Dev Has Put Together a Fix for AMD GPU's VRAM Mismanagement on Linux  It's FOSS

Waveshare Built a $149 Handheld That Runs Full Linux Without the Laptop  Yanko Design

Waveshare Built a $149 Handheld That Runs Full Linux Without the Laptop  Yanko Design

Proton VPN promises better stability for Linux users with latest app update  TechRadar

Linux 7.1 Kernel Starts Enabling Intel FRED, Expands AMD GPU Defaults, And Dropping Of Intel 486 CPU Support  Wccftech

How to Install Linux Kernel 7.0 on Ubuntu 25.10  9to5Linux

Linux 7.0 is here, and AI-assisted bug finding could become the norm  BetaNews

Sent out today was an initial patch series for comment on introducing the FTRFS file-system. The FTRFS proposal is more interesting than last week's VMUFAT file-system proposal...

FTRFS: New Fault-Tolerant File-System Proposed For Linux  Phoronix

Mold 2.41 is out as the latest major update to this high performance linker and viable alternative to the linkers from the GNU and LLVM projects...

OpenSSF Flags Malware Campaign on Slack Posing as Linux Foundation Figures  Hackread

1. France is replacing 2.5 million Windows desktops with Linux - and I mapped out its new stack  ZDNET
2. France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech  TechCrunch
3. France’s digital agency dumping Windows desktops for Linux  theregister.com

Valve Engineer Further Optimizes Linux for GPUs with 8GB or Less, Showing Impressive FPS Gains  The FPS Review

The open-source, Rust-based Servo browser engine has been improving its Servoshell demo browser application while one of the most promising potentials for this engine is around embedded use as an alternative to the Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF). With the latest moves by Servo developers, they are making for a more compelling story for its use...