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Merged this week as part of the sound fixes for the Linux 6.17 cycle and now to be back-ported to the stable kernel versions is a headset detection fix/workaround for the Framework 13 Laptop powered by the AMD Ryzen AI 300 series...

Linux Merges Headset Detection Workaround For Framework 13 Ryzen AI 300 Series  Phoronix

Which Linux Game Launchers Do You Use?  How-To Geek

Shotcut 25.08 Brings More Bug Fixes To This Open-Source Video Editor  Phoronix

Released last month was Shotcut 25.07 with many improvements to this popular open-source and cross platform video editor. Released today was Shotcut 25.08 to provide more fixes atop that latest video editor release...

This One Command Turned My Arch Install Into a Beautiful Hyprland Setup  It's FOSS News

While a proposal to replace the upstream X.Org Server with the XLibre fork was ultimately withdrawn prior to voting by the Fedora Engineering and Steering Committee (FESCo), a Fedora Copr repository has now surfaced for those wanting to try out this alternative X Server implementation on Fedora Linux...

Intel axes Clear Linux, the fastest distribution on the market — company ends development and support, effective immediately  MSN

Assessing System Security Risks in Enterprise Tech Stacks: The Strategic Implications of Root Privilege Misuse in Linux-Based Server Environments  AInvest

Linux at risk – recent Intel layoffs threaten key projects, experts warn  MSN

I Run a Full Linux Desktop in Docker Just Because I Can  How-To Geek

August 16 Tech news roundup: Linux Mint 22.2 beta released, Microsoft thinks AI will make the mouse and keyboard obsolete, Edge on Windows 10 to get updates till 2028  FileHippo

Linux 6.17 Without BCachefs Due to Community Controversy  Red Hot Cyber

How Linux Can Help You Succeed in College  Yahoo! Tech

Released on Friday were the Linux 6.16.1 and Linux 6.15.10 stable kernel point releases. Notable there is an Intel i915 kernel graphics driver performance regression fix with some users having reported as much as a 30% performance hit on prior Linux kernel versions...

Linux 6.16.1 Fixes A Large Intel GPU Driver Performance Regression - Up To 30%  Phoronix

Bored on Linux? Try These 7 Open Source Ports of Classic Games  How-To Geek

In addition to yesterday's GNOME 49 beta release marking the 28th birthday of GNOME, a lot of other exciting GNOME developments materialized this week...

Building off yesterday's Wine 10.13 release following the month-long summer release hiatus, Wine-Staging 10.13 is out today with some 300 patches atop the upstream codebase...

KDE Plasma developers this week focused a lot on improving performance, fixing bugs, and enhancing the user interface. KDE developer Nate Graham is out with his usual weekly report to highlight all of these interesting Plasma changes for the week...