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Will We Ever See a Linux Merge Window Without Drama? Linus Calls RISC-V Patches "Garbage"  It's FOSS News

CarX Street adds official Linux and Steam Deck support  GamingOnLinux

Back in May the Ubuntu engineers at Canonical announced plans to ship Ubuntu 25.10 with Linux 6.17 given their recent commitment to always shipping with the latest upstream Linux kernel version. They still are committing to it even if it means the kernel and Ubuntu schedules don't perfectly align and Ubuntu 25.10 out-of-the-box may end up being on an unstable "-rc" kernel...

Debian 13 trixie released with Linux kernel 6.12  GamingOnLinux

Linux founder harshly criticizes RISC-V code from Google engineer: "It's garbage that makes the world worse"  Mezha.Media

Google's Steam for Chromebook Experiment Failed After Just 4 Years  It's FOSS News

BadCam: New BadUSB Attack Turns Linux Webcams Into Persistent Threats  SecurityWeek

KaOS Linux 2025.07 Released: KDE Plasma 6.4.3, Qt6, Kernel 6.15  WebProNews

BadCam: Linux Webcams Abused For Stealthy BadUSB Attacks  The Cyber Express

Debian 13 "Trixie" Released: What’s New in the Latest Version?  It's FOSS News

The upcoming FFmpeg 8.0 release continues to increase in excitement with this weekend Vulkan hardware acceleration for Apple's ProRes RAW codec being merged...

Windows vs. Linux: Which Is Best for Your Homelab?  How-To Geek

Talos Linux: Immutable OS Boosting Kubernetes Security and Efficiency  WebProNews

Linux Mint 22.2 “Zara” Is Available for Public Beta Testing, Download Now  9to5Linux

Linus Torvalds Announces First Linux Kernel 6.17 Release Candidate  9to5Linux

Linus Torvalds just released the Linux 6.17-rc1 kernel a few hours ahead of his typical release regiment due to currently being in Europe. That marks the end of the Linux 6.17 merge window with many exciting changes merged this cycle. This is notable with Linux 6.17 expected to power Ubuntu 25.10 and other late 2025 Linux distribution releases...

Linux 6.17-rc1 Released With Many New Features But No Bcachefs Changes  Phoronix

Linus Torvalds Rejects "Garbage" RISC-V Patches for Linux 6.17  WebProNews

I tried out these 5 Linux desktop environments that aren't GNOME or KDE, and they're surprisingly decent  xda-developers.com

I can’t live without these 5 obscure Linux apps  xda-developers.com