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Godot 4.6 Ships Many Improvements For This Leading Open-Source Game Engine  Phoronix

Ahead of tomorrow's official availability of new Intel Core Ultra Series 3 "Panther Lake" laptops, the review embargo lifted on Panther Lake and its much anticipated Arc B390 graphics. There have been several Windows 11 reviews of Panther Lake out today, but what about Linux?..

Intel Panther Lake / Arc B390 Linux Benchmarks Still Coming  Phoronix

Nexus Mods Pledges to Add Native Steam Deck, Steam Machine Support on Linux  PCMag

Nexus Mods Pledges to Add Native Steam Deck, Steam Machine Support on Linux  PCMag UK

Nexus Mods Pledges to Add Native Steam Deck, Steam Machine Support on Linux  me.pcmag.com

This homebrew 486 motherboard runs Doom, Linux, and just enough DOS  TechSpot

The Systemd Fault Line: Why KDE’s Plasma Login Manager Is Leaving FreeBSD Behind  WebProNews

KDE Plasma 6.6 will increase reliance on systemd  theregister.com

Revisiting The Linux 6.19 Performance With "NEXT_BUDDY" Now Disabled Review  Phoronix

Back at the start of the Linux 6.19 kernel cycle I ran benchmarks showing some scheduler performance regressions with the new kernel. Fortunately, two weeks out from the Linux 6.19 stable release, merged this weekend was disabling the scheduler's NEXT_BUDDY feature due to performance regressions. Here are some fresh benchmarks looking at the latest Linux 6.19 Git state with/without NEXT_BUDDY and comparing it to Linux 6.18 stable for reference.

Stop wrestling with Windows 11: 5 reasons Linux is finally the simpler choice  How-To Geek

Patch Proposed To Allow Toggling Linux Kernel VT Support At Boot Time  Phoronix

A patch causing a healthy technical debate today on the Linux kernel mailing list would allow the kernel virtual terminal "VT" support to be enabled/disabled at boot time rather than being limited to the current CONFIG_VT build-time option...

Hardcore: Programmer Spends 6 Months Building 486 Motherboard from Scratch, Runs Linux, DOOM, and Win3.1 Successfully  36氪

I ditched my favorite to-do app for a Linux terminal—here's what surprised me  How-To Geek

Added to the LLVM 23 Git codebase minutes ago is a pull request adding the initial AMDGPU GFX13 target for their next-generation graphics core IP. AMD GFX13 is presumably for RDNA5...

Proton VPN reveals major Linux makeover – both for GUI and CLI users  TechRadar

The Unbreakable Desktop: How Vanilla OS Is Engineering a Safer, Simpler Linux for the Masses  WebProNews

Mesa 25.3.4 released with more bug fixes for open source Linux graphics drivers  GamingOnLinux