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Newelle is a virtual AI assistant developed for the GNOME desktop that supports voice chat and can handle carrying out web searches, terminal command execution, website reading, file management, document editing, and more. Newell v1.0 was released this week for advancing this GNOME AI virtual assistant...

All of the HID subsystem device driver updates have been merged for the Linux 6.17 merge window...

Linux 6.17 Enables x86 MacBook Pro Touch Bars, Intel THC Wake-On-Touch  Phoronix

Battlefield 6's Javelin anti-cheat Secure Boot requirement could kill its Steam Deck support  Tom's Hardware

I Tested 10 Popular Linux Distros, Here's How I Rank Them  How-To Geek

I took a look at AnduinOS, a Linux distro that feels like home for Windows users  Tom's Hardware

FEX 2508 as the open-source emulator that allows running x86_64 Linux binaries on AArch64, including the likes of Wine and Valve's Steam Play, is boasting some "big juicy" optimizations with its new release. Many games are now significantly faster atop FEX...

While Apple removed FireWire support from the upcoming macOS 26 "Tahoe" release, Linux support for the IEEE-1394 standard continues. With the in-development Linux 6.17 there is some modernization work on the FireWire subsystem code with plan still being to maintain FireWire support on Linux until at least 2029...

FireWire IEEE-1394 Support Further Refined In Linux 6.17  Phoronix

KDE developer Nate Graham is out with his weekly report on the interesting Plasma desktop changes for the week. This week a long-sought feature for the Plasma desktop was finally merged...

New Undetectable Plague Malware Targeting Linux Servers for Persistent SSH Access  gbhackers.com

Steam Survey for July 2025 shows Linux approaching 3%  GamingOnLinux

New Undectable Plague Malware Attacking Linux Servers to Gain Persistent SSH Access  CyberSecurityNews

Flatpak Security Flaws: Vulnerabilities in Linux Sandboxing  WebProNews

Intel begins Linux enablement of next-gen Nova Lake series  VideoCardz.com

Linux 6.17 Debuts AMD-Led Granular CPU Security Controls for Spectre  WebProNews

Back in February Steam on Linux was at a 1.45% marketshare, then was corrected to 2.33% for Linux gaming in March, 2.27% for April, a nice jump to 2.69% for Linux gaming in May, and June came in at 2.57% for the Linux gaming population as a percent of Steam users. The July numbers were published this evening and show a new recent high for Linux gamers...

Steam Survey For July Shows Linux Use Approaching 3%  Phoronix

Xojo 2025 R1: Linux ARM Support, Web Drag-and-Drop, App Store Boost  WebProNews

Ubuntu 25.10 Enhances Full-Disk Encryption with TPM 2.0 Security  WebProNews