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Amazon WorkSpaces for Linux Vulnerability Allows Extraction of Valid Auth Tokens  Cyber Press

The best Linux distro for Windows 10 escapees is getting a little bit better  XDA

Last week Canonical announced Ubuntu "architecture variants" with initially supporting "amd64v3" optimized packages built using the x86_64-v3 micro-architecture feature level. For this initial debut in the Ubuntu 25.10 archive an initial subset of packages are built using that higher feature level that can assume AVX/AVX2 and other more recent CPU ISA additions. More details on that and some initial desktop benchmarks can be found within the Ubuntu 25.10 amd64v3 Benchmarks article. Complementing that are some Ubuntu Server 25.10 benchmarks carried out on an AMD EPYC "Turin" server of the base amd64 packages versus amd64v3...

Please stop being scared of the Linux terminal  XDA

Just days after the Archinstall 3.0.12 release for this text-based Arch Linux installer, Archinstall 3.0.13 is now available to deliver a new feature. That new feature is a text-based interface for being able to connect to a WiFi network within Archinstall...

Archinstall 3.0.13 Adds WiFi Connection Menu To Arch Linux Installer  Phoronix

Set Up Talos Linux on Your Machine  The New Stack

Open Source Talos Linux: Bringing Simplicity to Kubernetes  The New Stack

CrossOver Brings Wine to Linux ARM64 With “Impressive” Results  OMG! Ubuntu

CrossOver Now Available for Linux ARM64 as Preview Release  OMG! Ubuntu

Windows games on Linux just got better, thanks to CrossOver  How-To Geek

CachyOS Continues Delivering Leading Performance Over Ubuntu 25.10, Fedora Workstation 43  Phoronix

With Intel having sunset Clear Linux, when it comes to aggressive out-of-the-box Linux performance there is the Arch Linux based CachyOS as the leading contender. Given the recent releases of Ubuntu 25.10 and Fedora Workstation 43, if you are curious about the out-of-the-box performance here are some fresh benchmarks of all three using the Framework Desktop.

Linux Mint is addressing one of the worst parts of using Linux  How-To Geek

Ubuntu is easily the most bloated Linux distro, but it doesn't have to be  XDA

Introduced back in August of 2024 with Vulkan 1.3.294 was VK_KHR_pipeline_binary as a pipeline binary extension to retrieve binary data associated with individual pipelines. The focus of this is to bypass the Vulkan pipeline caching mechanism and so applications can manage caches themselves. Finally today for Mesa 26.0-devel the Intel "ANV" open-source Vulkan driver has enabled this extension...

CIQ's Rocky Linux Pioneers Full NVIDIA AI Integration, Revolutionizing Enterprise GPU Deployments  WebProNews

CIQ Integrates Full NVIDIA AI Stack into Rocky Linux for Faster Deployment and Scaling  HPCwire

CodeWeavers launch a new CrossOver Preview adding Linux ARM64 support  GamingOnLinux

Linux Mint Devs Introduce New System Administration & System Information Tools  9to5Linux