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Have you noticed the recent surge of post-quantum cryptography (PQC) roadmaps and Q-day countdowns? They’re hard to miss. Organizations across the industry are rushing to set PQC deadlines as research increasingly suggests the risk of a cryptographically-relevant quantum computer (CRQC) appearing before the year 2030 is no longer a fringe theory—it’s a real possibility. While the industry makes bets on the exact date the quantum clock will hit zero, Red Hat has taken a different, pragmatic approach by focusing on adoption, integration, and delivery of the tools and software you need so w

Linus Torvalds to ‘start being more hardnosed’ about ‘pointless pull requests’ – some of which come from AIs  The Register

Rhino Linux 2026.1 Released with Lomiri Desktop Images  Linuxiac

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: May 24th, 2026  9to5Linux

In the road to releasing Linux 7.1 in June, out today is Linux 7.1-rc5 that continues coming on heavy with fixes...

Linux 7.1-rc5 Released With Fixes Ramping Up From AI Coding Agents  Phoronix

Another serious Linux local privesc bug surfaces  iTnews

6 red flags that tell you to avoid a Linux distro before you install it  MakeUseOf

For those curious about the growing use of AI and coding agents within the Linux kernel, this week there was another large batch of new patches fixed that were generated or co-authored by agents like Claude Code and GitHub Copilot...

Linux isn't "better" than Windows—here's why people are switching anyway  How-To Geek

With FreeBSD having worked on improving its laptop support over the past two years with some big changes and ongoing efforts for making a nice KDE desktop experience on FreeBSD, FreeBSD Foundation's Executive Director has been trying to daily drive FreeBSD on laptops...

FreeBSD Foundation Executive Director Tries Daily Driving FreeBSD On Laptop  Phoronix

Following the process of phasing out Intel 486 CPU support and other old hardware drivers that were dropped in the Linux 7.1 kernel cycle for reducing the kernel maintenance burden, the upcoming Linux 7.2 cycle is continuing the trend of phasing out some of the old hardware support that is very obsolete, likely having no users on the latest upstream kernels, and no one formally maintaining the obsolete drivers...

I stopped dual-booting Linux once Windows finally got the command line right  How-To Geek

Multikernel Technologies Inc has been working on a multi-kernel architecture for the Linux kernel while in addition to that they have been developing KernelScript as a domain-specific language for carrying out Linux kernel customizations and app-specific optimizations...

KernelScript: A Programming Language For Kernel Customization & App Optimizations  Phoronix

While in the past decade or so Linux desktop/laptop users likely have little to complain about boot times and there hasn't been much emphasis around trying to make boot times even faster on the Linux desktop especially in an era where many systems are always-on and suspend/resume working more reliably these days, boot times are still an important factor in the embedded Linux world. Boot-Time Wizard is one of the new efforts aiming to help embedded Linux makers cut-down on their boot times...

Boot-Time Wizard Aims To Help Reduce Linux Boot Times  Phoronix

Hackers Exploit F5 BIG-IP Appliance to Gain SSH Access and Pivot Into Enterprise Linux Networks  CyberSecurityNews

The best Linux distro for beginners is getting a much snappier file explorer  XDA