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Gaming on Linux might get smoother: Valve reportedly working on VRAM optimization and more  Sportskeeda Tech

Bitland, the Chinese OEM that manufactured systems for Lenovo and other companies until being added to the US Entity List due to being accused of using Uyghur forced labor, is expected to see a WMI driver added to the Linux 7.1 kernel for better supporting Bitland laptops...

Bitland WMI Laptop Driver Slated For Linux 7.1  Phoronix

France's government is ditching Windows for Linux, calling US tech dependence a strategic risk  XDA

French government say it's ditching Windows for Linux — country accelerates plans to ditch US-based software in digital sovereignty push  Tom's Hardware

Linux Foundation leader impersonated in Slack phishing campaign | news | SC Media  SC Media

Vulkan 1.4.349 is out today as a small update to the Vulkan API specification that incorporates various fixes that accumulated over the past week. Plus there is one new extension...

Valve dev fixes up VRAM management on AMD GPUs to improve performance  GamingOnLinux

Proton Experimental brings fixes for classic Resident Evil 1 & 2, Dino Crisis 1 & 2 and more  GamingOnLinux

SteamVR Beta brings a number of fixes for Linux gamers  GamingOnLinux

Linux is easier than ever, but these 4 defaults still trip people up  How-To Geek

Is a Clanker Being Used to Carry Out AI Fuzzing in the Linux Kernel?  It's FOSS

Framework tease new hardware and something big for Linux too  GamingOnLinux

Bazzite Linux gets some major upgrades for the April 2026 Update  GamingOnLinux

Debian Linux waiting on further info for how age verification will affect it  GamingOnLinux

KDE Frameworks 6.25 Adds Support for Converting Momme Units in KRunner  9to5Linux

Linux-friendly hardware vendor Framework Computer sent out a notice this morning that they will be announcing their new 2026 hardware products later this month...

Framework Computer To Announce Their Next-Gen Hardware Later This Month  Phoronix

French government to swap Windows for Linux in a bid for tech sovereignty  Cybernews

TUXEDO Laptops Will Enjoy More Features With The Upstream Linux 7.1 Kernel  Phoronix