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As organizations race to productionize large language model (LLM) workloads, two powerful open-source projects have emerged to tackle the complexity of inference at scale: vLLM and llm-d.Are llm-d and vLLM on the same track, or are they steering toward different finishing lines?vLLM: The High-Performance Inference EnginevLLM is an enterprise open-source based inference engine for LLMs. Its performance edge comes from innovations like:PagedAttention, which enables efficient KV cache managementSpeculative decoding supportTensor parallelism (TP) and multi-model supportIntegration with Hugging Fac

Linux Kernel 6.18 Officially Released, Could Be the Next LTS Kernel Series  9to5Linux

Linux 6.18 stable is now available! Linux 6.18 ushers in many new features and changes while also is expected to become this year's Long Term Support "LTS" kernel version...

Linux 6.18 Released With Many New Features, Likely This Year's LTS Kernel  Phoronix

One of the best gaming Linux OSes just shifted 1,000,000 GB of ISOs in a single month  XDA

This is the only Linux distro I recommend for self-hosting  How-To Geek

KaOS Linux 2025.11 Adds Support for the Limine Bootloader, KDE Plasma 6.5  9to5Linux

Linux User Base Surges in 2025: Privacy, Cost Drive Growth  WebProNews

6 Linux apps I always run at startup (and why they’re worth it)  How-To Geek

7 shell aliases that save me more time than any GUI utility  XDA

Armbian 25.11 Is Out with Support for Radxa ROCK 4D, NanoPi M5, and Debian Forky  9to5Linux

It's been an exciting weekend for Linux distribution released with new versions of Endeavour OS, CachyOS, Solus and now a new NixOS release...

NixOS 25.11 Released With 7,002 New Packages Added  Phoronix

NixOS 25.11 Released with GNOME 49, COSMIC Beta, and FirewallD Support  9to5Linux

I don't use Linux for free anymore, and you shouldn't either—here's why  Yahoo

I don't use Linux for free anymore, and you shouldn't either—here's why  How-To Geek

Intel Core Ultra 9 285K gains 9% performance and cuts power use on Linux one year later  VideoCardz.com

I made my old laptop feel like new with these 6 Linux tweaks  XDA

Why everyone suddenly cares about Linux gaming—and it's not just the Steam Deck  How-To Geek

With the Linux 6.18 kernel likely being released later today, here is a look at some of the features on the table for the next kernel cycle, Linux 6.19. The list is based on changes queued in various "-next" branches ahead of the Linux 6.19 merge window. There's always the possibility of last minute change of plans or objections raised by Linus Torvalds, but this should provide an early look at some of the features more than likely to be merged for Linux 6.19...