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Colorado And California Shield Linux From OS-Level Age Verification Rules  Open Source For You

AerynOS Gets Linux 7.0, COSMIC 1.0.13, and KDE Plasma 6.6.5  Linuxiac

A bill to mandate age verification for Linux users is facing heavy criticism and is being amended.  GIGAZINE

Linux cryptography expert Eric Biggers of Google posted a set of patches on Monday for providing proof-of-concept support for ML-KEM and X-Wing for post-quantum cryptography...

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A self-signed SSL certificate lets you run Apache over HTTPS on Ubuntu 26.04 without buying a certificate from a Certificate

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Back in 2021 Facebook open-sourced CacheLib as a new caching engine. Back in 2021 it was done to help scale services with non-volatile memory caching to offset increasing DRAM costs at the time. Now in 2026, DRAM memory prices are astronomical compared to 2021 pricing given the AI surge. And, surprisingly, Meta is out with a new CacheLib release after being absent the past two years...

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A collection of practical Linux command line tricks: create a terminal chat server with nc, sum column values on the

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Linus says Linux's trivial fixes are getting out of hand, and AI reviewers are making it worse  XDA

In addition to the release today of Sway 1.12 for that i3-inspired Wayland compositor, Labwc 0.20 is also out today as another wlroots-based Wayland compositor...

For years, migrating to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) meant a 2-step dance: first, you needed to convert the OS to a corresponding RHEL version, then perform an in-place RHEL upgrade. This meant that going from CentOS Stream 9 to RHEL 10 required a conversion from CentOS Stream 9 to RHEL 9 and a subsequent upgrade from RHEL 9 to RHEL 10. Different utilities and thus processes were used for each of those steps: Convert2RHEL for the conversion and Leapp for the upgrade. Having distinct utilities and separate processes introduces complexity, and requires separate automation workflows and care

California and Colorado Age Verification Laws Get Open-Source OS Exemptions—SteamOS Enforcement Still Likely  TechPowerUp

PS3 emulation tested on PS5 through Linux, and the results are a mixed bag  TweakTown

I left Windows to escape preinstalled bloat, and then I found it on Linux  MakeUseOf

I didn't realize MS-DOS was training me for Linux  How-To Geek

Hackers Hide Linux Payload Under SSH-Like Filename During Package Installation  CyberSecurityNews

These 7 apps helped me use Linux after ditching Windows  How-To Geek

Vadzo Imaging Explains V4L2 Driver Development for Embedded Linux MIPI CSI-2 Camera Integration  ACCESS Newswire

Vadzo Imaging Explains V4L2 Driver Development for Embedded Linux MIPI CSI-2 Camera Integration  newswire.com

Comet A13 evaluation kit showcases Agilex 5 SoC FPGA with Linux support  LinuxGizmos.com

Sway 1.12 is out today as the newest feature release of this i3-inspired Wayland compositor powered by the wlroots library...