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Make Python scripts smarter with regex: 5 practical re examples  How-To Geek

NVIDIA Prepares Native Support for GeForce Now on Linux  eTeknix

7 things that must happen for Linux to overtake Windows in 2026  How-To Geek

System76's Rust-based COSMIC desktop for Linux is here — and it's amazing  MakeUseOf

For those with fond memories of Puppy Linux as a very lightweight Linux distribution, released last month was a new TrixiePup64 for continuing the Puppy Linux spirit atop Debian. The new TrixiePup64 is based on Debian 13 components while shipping in both X11 and Wayland flavors. Out now is TrixiePup64 2601 as the latest iteration of this lightweight Linux distribution...

TrixiePup64 2601 Released For Debian 13 Powered Puppy Linux In Wayland & X11 Flavors  Phoronix

Worked on back in 2024 for the Linux kernel was a built-in counter to keep track of the number of hung tasks since boot. That feature for keeping track of the number of hung tasks since boot was merged in Linux 6.13 and exposed via /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_detect_count. For helping ease use around it, new code working its way to the kernel will allow resetting that "hung_task_detect_count" counter...

Following Linux 6.19 adding support for CRKD guitar controllers, new patches posted to the Linux kernel mailing list are bringing some additional guitar controllers to Linux. This latest work is around enabling the Rock Band 4 guitars for the PlayStation 4 and PS5 consoles to work under Linux...

Patch Posted For Bringing Rock Band 4 PS4 / PS5 Guitar Support To Linux  Phoronix

A new feature being worked on recently for the AMDKFD kernel compute driver is batch user pointer "userptr" allocation support. With this new user-space API it will become possible to support allocating multiple non-contiguous CPU virtual address ranges that map to a single contiguous GPU virtual address...

New AMD Linux Driver Patches Posted For Batch Userptr Allocation Support  Phoronix

This gorgeous terminal UI changed how I use Docker on Linux  MakeUseOf

NVIDIA GeForce NOW to gain native Linux support  VideoCardz.com

Fjall 3.0: Rust Storage Engine for Embedded Linux  Elektor Magazine

In addition to the release of Stoolap 0.2 as a modern embedded SQL database written in Rust, Fjall 3.0 is available as another Rust-written database solution. Fjall is a log-structured, embedable key-value storage engine akin to RocksDB but with the benefit of being written in Rust. With Fjall 3.0 its performance is now very competitive...

Box64 v0.4 Improves Support For DRM Protected Games, Steam Is Now More Stable  Phoronix

While Fex-Emu has been getting a lot of attention lately for being Valve-sponsored and powering the upcoming Steam Frame, Box64 continues making progress as another great open-source project for running x86_64 Linux binaries on AArch64 Linux as well as an eye on other architectures like RISC-V...

Switched to Arch Hyprland: I Built HyprLTM-Net, a Rofi-Based Network Management GUI  LXer: Linux News

Ahead of the initial batch of Intel Panther Lake laptops expected to be showcased at CES next week in Las Vegas, we're seeing last minute quirk updates for these products expected to soon come to market...

Linux Audio Quirk Handling On The Way For Dell Panther Lake Laptops  Phoronix