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Intel PEPC 1.6 Released For Tuning Efficiency Latency Control "ELC" With Xeon 6 CPUs  Phoronix

Intel's open-source PEPC tool has been updated as the utility for managing and optimized Intel CPU power management features on Linux...

MSI unveils MS-CF16 V3.0 Pico-ITX SBC with Alder Lake-N, Amston Lake, and Twin Lake processors  linuxgizmos.com

Linux 6.17 Lands Fixes For Upcoming Rust 1.91  Phoronix

Coming in today as the Rust "fixes" ahead of tomorrow's Linux 6.17-rc5 release is adjusting support for the upcoming Rust 1.91 compiler release...

Running everything on Linux as root is a bad idea: Here's why, and what to do instead  xda-developers.com

KDE Linux Distribution Is Available for Public Testing, Download Now  9to5Linux

Linux 6.17-rc5 Merges x86 Driver Updates for Intel, AMD, Dell, Lenovo  WebProNews

System76 Launches Pop!_OS 24.04 Beta with Rust-Powered COSMIC Desktop  WebProNews

Knowing That It Is Possible  Hackaday

Debian 13.1 Released With An Initial Batch Of Fixes  Phoronix

Following the release of Debian 13.0 "Trixie" nearly one month ago to the day, Debian 13.1 is out today with an initial batch of bug fixes and security updates...

Debian 13.1 “Trixie” Released with 71 Bug Fixes and 16 Security Updates  9to5Linux

The uutils project today released version 0.2 of the Rust Coreutils as their alternative to GNU Coreutils written in the Rust programming language. This release comes as Ubuntu 25.10 prepares to make use of it by default...

This Linux Gaming Distro Uses SD Cards as Game Cartridges (Just Like the 90s)  It's FOSS News

September 6 Tech news roundup: Linux Mint 22.2 released, Hollow Knight: Silksong is out, Firefox brings Copilot to its sidebar  FileHippo

KDE Release First Alpha of its New Linux Distribution  OMG! Ubuntu

KDE Linux Enters Alpha As Reference Linux Distribution For The KDE Desktop  Phoronix

As an exciting announcement out of the KDE Akademy 2025 conference kicking off in Berlin, Germany... The KDE Linux distribution is now in alpha! This is their in-house reference Linux distribution for the KDE Plasma desktop...

I Can't Use Ubuntu Without These 9 GNOME Extensions  How-To Geek