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7 ways Linux can save you money  ZDNET

6 modern alternatives to classic Linux tools I wish I discovered earlier  xda-developers.com

Linux 6.16 Brings Some Minor Performance Boosts For Strix Halo's Radeon Graphics  Phoronix

With the Linux 6.16 kernel that will be debuting as stable as soon as this coming Sunday there are some minor performance benefits for the Radeon integrated graphics with the incredible Strix Halo SoC. Here are some comparison benchmarks of Linux 6.15 vs. Linux 6.16 Git for the AMD Radeon graphics of the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 with the HP ZBook Ultra G1a laptop...

Oreon 11 could be the Linux OS that helps you leave Microsoft Windows for good  BetaNews

7 ways Linux can lower your tech costs - and extend the life of your devices  ZDNET

The Ubuntu Concept ISO images that contain experimental patches -- or "hacks" to make things work -- to enable Ubuntu Linux on the Qualcomm Snapdragon X1 Elite powered laptops is out with a fresh spin. The new Ubuntu Concept ISOs move to using the Linux 6.16 kernel while also enabling some additional Snapdragon X laptop models...

Ubuntu Concept For Snapdragon X1 Laptops Moves To Linux 6.16, Enables More Devices  Phoronix

KaOS Linux gets a modern makeover and a big under-the-hood upgrade  BetaNews

I upgraded my router to a custom Linux server, and it's completely transformed my network  xda-developers.com

An exciting addition landing into the Mesa 25.3 codebase today is support for AMD's Vulkan anti-lag extension, VK_AMD_anti_lag...

Mesa 25.3 Merges Vulkan AMD Anti-Lag Support  Phoronix

Well known open-source AMD Mesa developer Marek Olšák has landed his latest set of 16 patches into Mesa 25.3-devel for enhancing the RadeonSI Gallium3D driver. Notable here is getting OpenGL sparse textures working on the latest Radeon RX 9000 series RDNA4/GFX12 graphics cards...

The Linux Kernel Seeing Rare Code Activity Around SPARC64  Phoronix

One of the CPU architectures continuing to be supported by the mainline Linux kernel but rarely ever seeing any code activity is the SPARC64 architecture port for the once-interesting processors from Sun Microsystems...

Securing Linux: Steady Momentum in AppArmor and SELinux Uptake  Linux Journal

FOSS Weekly #25.30: AUR Poisoned, Linux Rising, PPA Explained, New Open Source Grammar Checker and More  It's FOSS

Valve Linux Engineer Working On A Big Improvement For Old AMD Radeon GPUs  Phoronix

Timur Kristóf as a contractor on Valve's open-source Linux graphics driver team is known for his work on the RADV Vulkan driver and ACO shader compiler but recently he's been working on some improvements to the AMDGPU kernel driver. A big feat he's been tackling is enabling support for analog display connectors within the AMDGPU driver for the "DC" code. Besides a few supported older GPUs having DVI-I connections, this analog support is significant in that it's a milestone for unblocking the aging GCN 1.0 and GCN 1.1 GPUs from using the modern AMDGPU driver by default...

How to host a Linux-powered local dev site in Windows  theregister.com