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With this week's launch day review of the AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE, Ubuntu 26.04 with its Linux 7.0 and Mesa 26.0 default driver stack was used for testing. That choice was made since the Ubuntu 26.04 release is still fresh, the RDNA4-based RX 9070 GRE was working without issue there, and from other RDNA4 testing knowing there isn't much uplift from the in-development Linux 7.1 kernel or the current stable Mesa 26.1 OpenGL RadeonSI / Vulkan RADV drivers. But for those interested, here are those tests...

Linux 7.1 + Mesa 26.1 Performance With The Radeon RX 9070 GRE, RX 9070 XT  Phoronix

Microsoft makes Linux developers feel more at home in Windows with Coreutils release  InfoWorld

DenuvOwO hackers are developing a hypervisor for the Linux environment.  GameGPU

Linux Association of Canada launches national open-source library  BetaKit

I ditched Ubuntu for Fedora Atomic, and now I can't imagine going back to a mutable OS  XDA

The upcoming Linux 7.2 mainline kernel is expected to be able to boot on Apple M3 devices including the M3-powered iMac and MacBook products. But before getting too excited it's still a long ways to go before it will actually be useful for any Apple M3 daily usage under Linux with the overall support at this stage still being very limited for these 2~3 year old Apple Macs...

Linux 7.2 Will Be Able To Boot On Apple M3 Macs - But Far From Useful For End-Users  Phoronix

Blender 5.2 LTS Promises New Fill Tool and Thin Wall Mode, Beta Out Now  9to5Linux

For those interested in the prospects of running Snapdragon X2 laptops on Linux rather than Windows 11 on ARM, the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x Gen11 has emerged as one of the initial X2 laptops with tentative Device Tree handling to allow Linux to boot on this latest-generation Qualcomm-powered laptop,..

Blender 5.2 is now available in beta form for this leading open-source 3D modeling software...

7 Linux commands and shortcuts I wish I learned on day one  How-To Geek

Arch Linux 2026 Leadership Election Keeps Polyak in Charge  Linuxiac

Qualcomm Gets The Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x Gen11 Snapdragon X2 Laptop Working On Linux  Phoronix

Microsoft Releases Three Linux Products at Build 2026  The Tech Buzz

AMD's GAIA open-source project geared for building AI agents that run locally on your PC is out with a significant new feature release for Windows and Linux systems...

AMD's GAIA Finally Has A Nice Multi-Device Experience For AI  Phoronix

/C O R R E C T I O N -- The Linux Foundation/  StreetInsider

5 operating systems that prove the PC world has more than Windows, macOS, and Linux  MakeUseOf

I finally learned Linux after 5 years of distro-hopping, and all it took was building a NAS  How-To Geek