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Upgrading an 'incompatible' Windows 10 PC to Windows 11 - for free  Daily Kos

10 of the best AAA games you can play on Linux in 2025  XDA

Sent out today was the x86/mm pull request of the x86/x86_64 memory management changes destined for this next version of the Linux kernel. This pull has just one new patch but is worth mentioning...

A Minor Optimization Comes For x86 Memory Management In Linux 6.18  Phoronix

Forget your laptop, this rugged portable computer runs Linux, takes SIM cards, and survives days without plugging into the wall  Currently.com

Made public and mitigated within the mainline Linux kernel last month was the VMSCAPE vulnerability affecting both AMD and Intel CPUs. Now merged for the in-development Linux 6.18 kernel is adding VMSCAPE to the recently-introduced Attack Vector Controls functionality...

Attack Vector Controls Can Now Manage VMSCAPE Mitigation  Phoronix

Alpine Linux Is Moving to a /usr-merged File System Layout  9to5Linux

Upgrade Your man Pager for Better Linux Help  How-To Geek

I was already a Pop!_OS fan - but the new beta is stunning  ZDNET

Cairo-Dock 3.6 Released with Wayland and HiDPI Support, systemd Integration  9to5Linux

More ASUS Motherboards Will Have Working Sensor Monitoring With Linux 6.18  Phoronix

The hardware monitoring "HWMON" subsystem updates have been sent out for the Linux 6.18 kernel with some notable additions...

Aurora immutable KDE Plasma workstation: Big, slow, and confusing  theregister.com

Intel Arc Pro B50, Raspberry Pi 500+, Strix Halo & Other September Highlights  Phoronix

During the month of September on Phoronix were 271 original Linux/open-source news articles and another 19 featured Linux hardware reviews and benchmark articles, all written by your's truly. Here is a look back at what excited Linux enthusiasts the most on Phoronix during September...

New FlipSwitch Hooking Technique Bypasses Linux Kernel Defenses  Cyber Security News

Gaming on Linux still isn’t perfect - here’s why I switched off of it  XDA

In addition to XFS enabling online fsck by default, Bcachefs being stripped from the mainline Linux kernel, and Btrfs improvements making for a notable first few days of the Linux 6.18 window, there's more. The EXT4, EROFS, and NTFS3 drivers are bringing the latest batch of file-system changes for Linux 6.18...

Bloober Team announce a Native Steam Deck release for Cronos: The New Dawn  GamingOnLinux