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Kali Linux 2025.2 makes Raspberry Pi deadly again with merged images and elite offensive tools in one update  TechRadar

Linus Torvalds just announced the release of Linux 6.16-rc3 in marching toward the Linux 6.16 kernel release due out around late July...

Linux 6.16-rc3 Released: Various Bug Fixes While Bcachefs Changes Not Pulled  Phoronix

Kubuntu 25.10 Won’t Include an X11 Session by Default  OMG! Ubuntu

Merged minutes ago ahead of the Linux 6.16-rc3 release due out shortly was this week's batch of Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) updates. Beyond the usual KVM fixes merged for the week, a bit of feature code was pulled in by Linus Torvalds for this post-merge-window phase...

More Intel TDX Code Merged For KVM In Linux 6.16  Phoronix

5 reasons I prefer Ubuntu Linux instead of Proxmox for my home server  XDA

These Linux Distros Are the Best for Beginners to Start With  How-To Geek

Linux users are finally realizing what it takes to help others make the switch  XDA

You Can Get KDE's Dolphin File Manager on Windows, and It’s Weird  How-To Geek

While not talked about as much as the Intel CPU security mitigations, Intel graphics security mitigations have added up over time that if disabling Intel graphics security mitigations for their GPU compute stack for OpenCL and Level Zero can yield a 20% performance boost. Ubuntu maker Canonical in cooperation with Intel is preparing to disable these security mitigations in the Ubuntu packages in order to recoup this lost performance...

Long-time rivals Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds meet for the first time, have dinner — 'No major kernel decisions were made, but maybe next dinner'  Tom's Hardware

4 Obscure Linux Apps I Use All the Time  How-To Geek

The 3mdeb firmware consulting firm recently hosted another one of their virtual events about open-source firmware and beer. There they talked about AMD's ongoing work around OpenSIL for open-source CPU silicon initialization. In addition, they shared work on an experimental port of OpenSIL back to Zen 1 processors...

Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds meet for the first time.  The Verge

Denmark is switching to Linux  MSN

Closed-Source Meets Open-Source: Microsoft’s Founder Bill Gates and Linux’s Creator Linus Torvalds Cross Paths For The First Time in 50 Years  Wccftech

Btop++: Linux System Monitoring Tool That is Definitely Better than Top  It's FOSS

7 Reasons Why Qubes Is Better Than Your Linux Distro  How-To Geek

Prominent KDE developer Nate Graham put out a blog post today reaffirming the KDE Plasma's intent that Wayland is their main focus and X11 support continues to be maintained but eventually it will go away. Nate Graham also noted around 73% of KDE Plasma 6 users are already using the Wayland session...