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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

Flatpak Security Flaws: Vulnerabilities in Linux Sandboxing  WebProNews

Intel begins Linux enablement of next-gen Nova Lake series  VideoCardz.com

Linux 6.17 Debuts AMD-Led Granular CPU Security Controls for Spectre  WebProNews

Back in February Steam on Linux was at a 1.45% marketshare, then was corrected to 2.33% for Linux gaming in March, 2.27% for April, a nice jump to 2.69% for Linux gaming in May, and June came in at 2.57% for the Linux gaming population as a percent of Steam users. The July numbers were published this evening and show a new recent high for Linux gamers...

Steam Survey For July Shows Linux Use Approaching 3%  Phoronix

Xojo 2025 R1: Linux ARM Support, Web Drag-and-Drop, App Store Boost  WebProNews

Ubuntu 25.10 Enhances Full-Disk Encryption with TPM 2.0 Security  WebProNews

I replaced default Linux commands with these 5 alternatives, and I should have sooner  xda-developers.com

Bcachefs Gains Momentum in Linux 6.17 Amid Torvalds Disputes  WebProNews

Intel Layoffs Spark Maintainer Changes in Linux 6.17 Drivers  WebProNews

Linux 6.17 Boosts EXT4 with Scalable Block Allocation for Major Gains  WebProNews

In time for some weekend testing, Wayback 0.2 is now available for this X11 compatibility layer leveraging Wayland components. Wayback 0.2 remains at an alpha quality state but more functionality is now wired up...