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Ahead of the Linux 6.16-rc5 kernel expected to be released tomorrow, a round of x86 platform driver updates were merged this week with several fixes as well as some new device additions...

Intel Wildcat Lake HID Support & Dell + ASUS Additions Ahead Of Linux 6.16-rc5  Phoronix

It was another exciting week in the GNOME space to kick off July...

KDE developer Nate Graham is out with his usual weekly summary to highlight all of the interesting Plasma desktop developments for the past week...

Phishing Attack : Deploying Malware on Indian Defense BOSS Linux  cyfirma

Building off Coreboot 25.03 is now the availability of Coreboot 25.06 for further enhancing this open-source system firmware project that continues to see new hardware improvements -- predominantly for Google Chromebook devices but also more Intel platforms and other hardware -- as well as new capabilities to further rival proprietary BIOS solutions...

The Vulkan working group is celebrating the US Independence Day with graphics API independence in today publishing Vulkan 1.4.321 that comes with several new extensions...

Critical Sudo bugs expose major Linux distros to local Root exploits  Security Affairs

Critical Sudo bugs expose major Linux distros to local Root exploits  Security Affairs

4 reasons I run two different WSL distros side-by-side  XDA

14 of the best plugins and DAWs you can use on Linux  MusicRadar

A handful of Bcachefs file-system fixes were submitted yesterday to Linus Torvalds for merging ahead of the Linux 6.16-rc5 release due out on Sunday. Today they were merged...

This New Linux App Makes Android File Sharing a Breeze  How-To Geek

Linux mini PC: System76 Meerkat refreshed with up to Core Ultra 7 255H CPU and 96 GB of memory  Notebookcheck

Melbourne Instruments Roto-Control: firmware 2.0 adds Bitwig Studio & Linux support and more  synth anatomy

The System76 'Meerkat' Mini PC Now Has More Affordable Options  How-To Geek

The Rust-written Redox OS open-source operating system project just published their June 2025 status report to outline recent progress on this innovative platform...

How AI Helps Maintain the Linux Kernel  StartupNews.fyi

How AI Helps Maintain the Linux Kernel  The New Stack

Sent in today for the ongoing Linux 6.16 kernel cycle as part of the input subsystem fixes is enabling support for the Acer Nitro Gaming Controller (NGR200)...