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Loongson 3B6000 Benchmarks: How China's LoongArch CPU Compares To AMD Zen 5, Intel Arrow Lake & Raspberry Pi 5 Review  Phoronix

Recently I finally got my hands on a LoongArch processor, the ISA developed by China's Loongson Technology as an evolution from their earlier use of the MIPS64 ISA and inspired by RISC-V and other modern ISAs. The Loongson-3B6000 features 12 cores / 24 threads with dual channel DDR4 ECC memory support. Here is a look at how that latest-generation LoongArch desktop processor compares to the current generation AMD Zen 5 and Intel Arrow Lake desktop processors under Linux. Plus also tossing in the Raspberry Pi 5 (Raspberry Pi 500+) for an ARM reference point.

Fed up with Ubuntu? Why Debian should be your daily driver  How-To Geek

Weaponized Python and Linux Malware Target Executives and Cloud Systems  LinuxInsider

Early, experimental code for implementing 1GB PUD-level THPs in the Linux kernel are showing positive benchmark results but other upstream stakeholders were surprised by this patch series appearing and it looking like it could be a while until if/when the patches are mainlined for helping to reduce translaction lookaside buffer (TLB) pressure without resorting to Hugetlbfs...

Linux's Second-in-Command Greg Kroah-Hartman Bestowed With The European Open Source Award  It's FOSS

3 Linux features that make my daily work faster than Windows 11  How-To Geek

5 terminal commands I run on every fresh Linux install  MakeUseOf

ScummVM v2026.1.0 is a huge new release with tons of new supported games  GamingOnLinux

New Stealthy Fileless Linux Malware 'ShadowHS' Emphasizes Automated Propagation  CybersecurityNews

Linux Gaming Developers Launch Open Gaming Collective | Outlook Respawn  Outlook Respawn

Sylvestre Ledru who serves as the lead developer of the uutils project for the Rust Coreutils implementation presented at FOSDEM 2026 this weekend on this initiative. Ledru has spoken at FOSDEM in prior years on Rust Coreutils and this year's talk focused primarily on Ubuntu 25.10's adoption of it in place of GNU Coreutils...

Ahead of Dell's new XPS 14 and XPS 16 laptops powered by Intel Core Ultra Series 3 "Panther Lake" expected to be shipping in volume beginning in March, more of the Linux support for these premium Panther Lake laptops continues to be finished up...

Intel ISH Firmware Upstreamed For Linux With Dell's New Panther Lake Laptops  Phoronix

Raspberry Pi prices are rising again by up to $60  GamingOnLinux

Linux From Scratch was one of the holdouts continuing optional SysVinit init system support through 2026, but that's now ending. Linux From Scratch "LFS" and Beyond Linux From Scratch "BLFS" are ending their System V Init support moving forward...

Origami Linux Introduces an Immutable OS Built Around COSMIC  Linuxiac

Help! Does anyone on the bus know Linux?  theregister.com

Steam Survey for January 2026 shows a small drop for Linux and macOS  GamingOnLinux

Last year Raspberry Pi announced price increases due to memory demand. Today they have announced another round of increased prices as a result of the memory shortages going on industry-wide...