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I switched from GNOME to KDE Plasma 6 and I'm not going back to Ubuntu defaults  MakeUseOf

Arch Linux Makes nft the Default Backend for iptables  Linuxiac

Stop using Run as Administrator: Windows 11 now has sudo, and it's safer  How-To Geek

Zorin OS Says No to Mandatory Age Verification in Linux  Linuxiac

Save an Old MacBook with Linux  Adafruit

It's finally time: a patch queued into one of the development branches ahead of the upcoming Linux 7.1 merge window is set to finally begin the process of phasing out and ultimately removing Intel 486 CPU support from the Linux kernel. Anyone still using an i486 CPU with an upstream Linux kernel would be incredibly rare and no known Linux distribution vendors are still shipping with i486 CPU support, but in case you are, you can continue to be running one of the existing Linux LTS kernel versions...

Linux 7.1 Expected To Begin Removing i486 CPU Support  Phoronix

Linux desktop environments are dying, and KDE and GNOME killed them  How-To Geek

I switched my Linux terminal to Zsh and it’s the biggest productivity boost I’ve had in years  MakeUseOf

Why I don't use Linux on my desktop PC  How-To Geek

I replaced 3 paid productivity apps with one simple Python script  How-To Geek

A nice Easter surprise are some last minute updates submitted to DRM-Next of the final planned AMDGPU/AMDKFD feature changes for the upcoming Linux 7.1 feature cycle...

AMD & Valve Deliver Better Kaveri / Kabini APU Experience With Upcoming Linux 7.1  Phoronix

Linux 7.0 Cuts PostgreSQL Performance in Half  WinBuzzer

For helping with the increase of AI tools scouring the Linux kernel source tree and sending security bug reports, a pull request sent today ahead of the Linux 7.0-rc7 improves the documentation to better guide AI agents -- and anyone reading the documentation -- how to send better quality bug reports...

hid-omg-detect: Linux Driver In Development To Detect Malicious HID Devices  Phoronix

Zubeyr Almaho has been leading work on a new HID driver named hid-omg-detect with an intent on passive monitoring to watch out for any malicious HID devices being connected to the system...

Seeing new Linux patches for benefiting Sega Dreamcast devices wasn't on my bingo card for 2026. A patch series was sent out today for fixing the Linux kernel's GD-ROM driver for accessing media using the drivers on "real" Sega Dreamcast devices...

As a small but interesting addition coming for this quarter's Mesa 26.1 release is making it easy to simulate a GPU reset with the LLVMpipe software driver. While seemingly mundane, this can be quite handy for compositor developers and other app/software developers wanting to more easily test how their code behaves when encountering a GPU reset...

Arduino UNO Q Bundle for Linux, AI, and Real-Time Design  Elektor Magazine