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4 Microsoft Copilot Linux alternatives that are just as good (if not better)  How-To Geek

Vulkan 1.4.346 was published today with one big new extension in tow: VK_KHR_device_address_commands...

Nanny state vs. Linux: show us your ID, kid  theregister.com

FreeRDP as this open-source and cross-platform Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) implementation is out with FreeRDP 3.24 to ship new security fixes as well as other improvements...

Good News! Google Chrome on Linux is Getting the Much Awaited Upgrade  It's FOSS

I tested Omega Linux to see if it can revitalize an old PC, and it made Ubuntu distributions look bad  ZDNET

EndeavourOS 2026.03.06 launches with installer improvements and the 6.19.6 kernel  Notebookcheck

Alert issued over critical vulnerabilities in Linux’s AppArmor security layer – more than 12 million enterprise systems are at risk of root access  ITPro

These 4 distros tried to reinvent Linux (but failed)  How-To Geek

Linux 7.0 AMDGPU Fixing Idle Power Issue For RDNA4 GPUs After Compute Workloads  Phoronix

A fix is on the way to the Linux 7.0 kernel today for addressing an idle power issue with AMD RDNA4 GPUs reporting high power consumption and full utilization even after being "idle" following compute workloads like Llama.cpp...

Intel NPU Driver 1.30 Released For Linux  Phoronix

For going along with the Intel IVPU kernel accelerator driver in the mainline Linux kernel is the Intel NPU driver support in user-space. Released yesterday was the Intel NPU Driver 1.30 milestone for advancing the Intel NPU user-space support on Linux with this open-source support for Core Ultra SoCs...

Critical CrackArmor Flaws Put 12.6 Million Linux Servers at Risk of Root Takeover  cyberpress.org

GNOME's GitLab infrastructure has already been using Anubis for a while to help fend off bots and AI scraper traffic from wreacking havoc on their server resources and also their hosting budget. GNOME recently began redirecting some GitLab traffic to their GitHub repositories as another step in dealing with bots/scrapers. Now they have taken an added step of using the commercial, closed-source Fastly in their battle with bots...

Intel's LLM-Scaler project that makes it easy to deploy various large language models on modern Arc Graphics hardware is out with a new test release to expand its LLM coverage...

Google to release Chrome for Linux on ARM devices in 2026  Mezha

Linux security layer extremely vulnerable: 12.6 million systems affected  Techzine Global

Nine CrackArmor Flaws in Linux AppArmor Enable Root Escalation, Bypass Container Isolation  The Hacker News

Google Chrome Is Coming to ARM64 Linux Devices in Q2 2026  gHacks