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The LLVM 21 compiler stack was branched today as release preparations get underway for shipping this next half-year compiler release as stable in late August or early September. In turn that now opens up LLVM 22 for development...

These 6 Linux file managers are way better than your default  ZDNET

6 most Windows-like Linux distros because old habits die hard  ZDNET

GTK3 Port Of The Kernel's gconfig Utility Appears Ready For Linux 6.17  Phoronix

Last month patches were posted for porting the Linux kernel's "gconfig" graphical kernel configuration utility from GTK2 to GTK3. It looks like those patches for the GTK3-ified gconfig are ready for upstreaming come Linux 6.17...

You can try Linux without ditching Windows first - here's how  ZDNET

Here's What to Expect When You Install Linux Mint  How-To Geek

6 reasons why I've stuck with Ubuntu-based Linux distros for the last 20 years  ZDNET

6 reasons why I've stuck with Ubuntu-based Linux distros for the last 20 years  ZDNET

New Leostream Platform 2025.1 Adds Significant Enhancements and Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9  Business Wire

While the Intel Media SDK with VA-API has long supported accelerated video decoding, the latest Mesa 25.2 development code has now landed support for AV1 decoding using the Vulkan Video API with the Intel ANV driver for Xe2 Battlemage / Lunar Lake graphics and Gfx125 Xe graphics too...

Linux Breaks 5 % Market Share on U.S. Desktops for the First Time  Vocal

Ransomware Threat Grows as Attackers Move Into VMware and Linux  gbhackers.com

KDE Plasma 6.4.3 Improves the Automatic Screen Scale Calculator on Wayland  9to5Linux

You can try Linux without abandoning Windows through dual-booting - here's how  ZDNET

Why I’m Excited That Rust Is Coming to the Linux Kernel  How-To Geek

Latest Intel Engineering Layoffs Lead To An Intel Linux Driver Being Orphaned  Phoronix

The latest round of cost-cutting at Intel seems to be having a larger impact on their software engineering efforts than some of their previous rounds of layoffs. In addition to a prominent Linux kernel developer veteran leaving Intel last week where he worked for the past 14 years and responsible for many great upstream improvements, other Intel software engineers working on their Linux/open-source affairs have also been departing. In just the latest instance, one of the upstream Intel Linux kernel drivers is now "orphaned" due to the developer departing and no one experienced left to maintain the code...

Merged yesterday to the latest development code for the LibreOffice open-source office suite is now recognizing Bitcoin "BTC" as a supported currency for use within the Calc spreadsheet program and elsewhere within this cross-platform free software office suite...

As part of work going back to 2019, an engineer on Google's Chromium OS team submitted an updated proposal on Monday for seeking to standardize the haptic touchpad support within the Linux kernel...