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Linux's biggest problem is a lack of apps — but that may not matter to you  xda-developers.com

Linux 6.17 Memory Management Optimizations, DAMON_STAT & Other Improvements  Phoronix

All of the memory management "MM" changes were merged this week for the ongoing Linux 6.17 merge window...

Intel Begins Preparation For Nova Lake By Introducing The First Linux Kernel Patch; Marks The End of Two Decade Old Family 6  Wccftech

Intel Begins Preparation For Nova Lake By Introducing The First Linux Kernel Patch; Marks The End of Two Decade Old Family 6  Wccftech

KaOS Linux: An Indie Distro Built on KDE Plasma  The New Stack

New ‘Plague’ PAM Backdoor Exposes Critical Linux Systems to Silent Credential Theft  The Hacker News

Newelle is a virtual AI assistant developed for the GNOME desktop that supports voice chat and can handle carrying out web searches, terminal command execution, website reading, file management, document editing, and more. Newell v1.0 was released this week for advancing this GNOME AI virtual assistant...

All of the HID subsystem device driver updates have been merged for the Linux 6.17 merge window...

Linux 6.17 Enables x86 MacBook Pro Touch Bars, Intel THC Wake-On-Touch  Phoronix

Battlefield 6's Javelin anti-cheat Secure Boot requirement could kill its Steam Deck support  Tom's Hardware

I Tested 10 Popular Linux Distros, Here's How I Rank Them  How-To Geek

I took a look at AnduinOS, a Linux distro that feels like home for Windows users  Tom's Hardware

FEX 2508 as the open-source emulator that allows running x86_64 Linux binaries on AArch64, including the likes of Wine and Valve's Steam Play, is boasting some "big juicy" optimizations with its new release. Many games are now significantly faster atop FEX...

While Apple removed FireWire support from the upcoming macOS 26 "Tahoe" release, Linux support for the IEEE-1394 standard continues. With the in-development Linux 6.17 there is some modernization work on the FireWire subsystem code with plan still being to maintain FireWire support on Linux until at least 2029...

FireWire IEEE-1394 Support Further Refined In Linux 6.17  Phoronix

KDE developer Nate Graham is out with his weekly report on the interesting Plasma desktop changes for the week. This week a long-sought feature for the Plasma desktop was finally merged...

New Undetectable Plague Malware Targeting Linux Servers for Persistent SSH Access  gbhackers.com

Steam Survey for July 2025 shows Linux approaching 3%  GamingOnLinux

New Undectable Plague Malware Attacking Linux Servers to Gain Persistent SSH Access  CyberSecurityNews