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The libinput input handling library that's used by both X11 and Wayland based environments on the Linux desktop is preparing to introduce a Lua-based plug-in system. Via Lua scripts it will be possible to modify evdev input events / input device behavior to deal with quirky/broken input devices and better workaround other problems that aren't currently easily addressable...

Why I Switched to Linux From Windows (It Wasn't the Bugs or Updates)  How-To Geek

Linux Improvements Boost AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7000 Series Performance Since Launch Review  Phoronix

With the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9000 series having just been announced at Computex, it's a good time to revisit the Ryzen Threadripper 7000 series performance ahead of those Zen 5 HEDT CPUs launching in July. In this article is a look at how the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X 32-core and 7980X 64-core HEDT processors have evolved on the same system with the software updates released since their late 2023 debut. Overall the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X and 7980X Linux performance is up by about 8% overall since launch day less than two years ago with the 64-core processor.

High Tide (TIDAL Client for Linux) Gains New Features  OMG! Ubuntu

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 adds AI-powered management  InfoWorld

Fwupd 2.0.10 is out today as the newest feature update to this open-source firmware updating solution built around the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS)...

Fwupd 2.0.10 Linux Firmware Updater Adds Support for Lenovo Legion Touchpad  9to5Linux

No More Xorg! Fedora 43 Will Be Wayland-only  It's FOSS News

5 of the easiest, quickest Linux distros to install - and I've tried them all  ZDNET

Microsoft finally open-sources (most of) Windows Subsystem for Linux  ZDNET

At the AMD Computex keynote last night in addition to announcing the Ryzen Threadripper 9000 series, Radeon RX 9060 XT, and Ryzen AI PRO R9700, they also brief talked about the ROCm compute stack and their plans for the second half of 2025...

AMD To Focus On Better ROCm Linux Experience In H2-2025, Day-One Client Support  Phoronix

Google flags malicious use of Linux .desktop files  SC Media

Red Hat Unveils Cloud-Optimized Red Hat Enterprise Linux  Business Standard

Last year NVIDIA began publicly outlining known Wayland limitations for their driver and future support plans. This week NVIDIA put out updated information concerning known gaps in Wayland support as well as their ongoing future driver plans for enhancing the feature compatibility under this X11 successor...

The FreeBSD project today published their status report outlining their development happenings during Q1'2025. There's been a lot going on in the FreeBSD world, especially for improving laptop support and other modern hardware coverage for this BSD operating system...

Red Hat introduces cloud-optimized RHEL  techzine.eu

Manjaro Linux lead gives more info on the new ZOTAC GAMING ZONE handheld with AMD  GamingOnLinux

Released yesterday was the newest monthly feature update to the Intel Compute Runtime as their open-source GPU compute stack for OpenCL and oneAPI Level Zero support on Intel integrated and discrete graphics processors...