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Gadget geeks aghast at guru's geriatric GPU  theregister.com

Why Linux Is My IDE  How-To Geek

Linus Torvalds today merged the initial deferred unwinder infrastructure into the Linux 6.17 kernel on the path toward enabling SFrame stack trace format support...

Deferred Unwinder Code Upstreamed For Linux 6.17 On Road To SFrame Support  Phoronix

KDE Is Making Its Own Linux Distro, and You Can Try It  How-To Geek

Ubiquiti's new Unifi OS Server allows users to run UniFi OS on their own Windows, macOS or Linux hardware  Notebookcheck

Today the first Linux kernel patch was posted for Intel's Nova Lake as the anticipated successor to the Intel Core Ultra Series 2 "Arrow Lake" processors. Today's patch confirms that Intel Nova Lake will be the first Intel processors under their new "Family 18" umbrella...

Linux Enablement Begins For Intel Nova Lake - The First "Family 18" CPUs  Phoronix

The Attack Vector Controls work is now in Linux 6.17 for those new tuning knobs worked on by AMD engineer David Kaplan to make it more straight-forward for Linux server administrators and power users to more easily select the CPU security mitigations relevant to their system(s) and intended workloads...

Attack Vector Controls Land In Linux 6.17 To Better Control CPU Security Mitigations  Phoronix

5 fun operating systems you can try out by booting from a USB  xda-developers.com

3 Game-Changing Linux Apps to Try This Month (August 2025)  How-To Geek

Vulkan 1.4.324 is out today as the first Vulkan API specification update in two weeks with a variety of clarifications/corrections plus a new extension from AMD...

Following the recent Intel driver being orphaned due to layoffs at the company and other Intel Linux engineering changes due to the ongoing restructuring at the company, for the Linux 6.17 kernel there are some additional Intel driver maintainer changes spotted...

More Intel Driver Maintainer Changes In Linux 6.17  Phoronix

Free and open source 2D graphics editor PixiEditor 2.0 out now with Linux support  GamingOnLinux

Lossless Scaling Frame Generation for Linux hits 1.0 with a new UI making it easier than ever  GamingOnLinux

Linux Foundation Launches AGNTCY Project to Standardize Open Multi-Agent System Infrastructure and Break Down AI Agent Silos  ARC Advisory

Developer of PlayStation 1 emulator DuckStation threatens "removing Linux support entirely" but not yet  GamingOnLinux

Arch Linux Users at Risk Again as AUR Hit by Another RAT  It's FOSS News