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Last week Mesa 26.0-devel enabled the ACO back-end by default within the RadeonSI Gallium3D driver for all supported Radeon graphics cards by this open-source Linux driver. This move was done in the name of better performance, faster shader compilation times, and ACO being all-around better than the AMDGPU LLVM back-end these days for both OpenGL and Vulkan use. It was also noted that RadeonSI has "slightly better" viewperf performance with NIR+ACO than using the AMDGPU LLVM back-end. Curious about that SPECViewPerf impact, here are some benchmarks with the recently released AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700 graphics card...

Rocky Linux from CIQ Becomes the first Linux Distribution Authorized to Deliver Complete NVIDIA AI Software Stack for Modern AI, HPC and Cloud Native Workloads  PR Newswire

This is my favorite network security app on Linux  How-To Geek

The Falconeer gets a huge Revolution Remaster upgrade but drops Native Linux for Proton  GamingOnLinux

Logging in as root on Linux? Here's why that disaster waiting to happen  ZDNET

7 Linux commands that have been deprecated Linux commands  Currently.com

Please stop using these 7 deprecated Linux commands  How-To Geek

The open source FOSDEM event for 2026 will have a Gaming and VR devroom  GamingOnLinux

Steam Deck tweaked to fix delays with the screen-off downloads, and other Desktop Linux fixes recently  GamingOnLinux

Adding to the array of software projects and specifications under the FreeDesktop.org umbrella, the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard "FHS" has been adopted by these desktop-focused open-source developers...

FreeDesktop.org Adopts The Filesystem Hierarchy Standard  Phoronix

Merged yesterday to the mainline Linux 6.18 development kernel were the latest round of x86 platform driver fixes. Mostly some small fixes but standing out is electronic privacy screen hotkey support for some Dell laptops...

Linux 6.18 Lands Electronic Privacy Screen Hotkey Handling For Some Dell Laptops  Phoronix

NVIDIA engineers continue working a lot on the open-source and upstream Nova driver for the Linux kernel. This modern, Rust-written open-source NVIDIA driver is still taking shape as an alternative to NVIDIA's official downstream open-source driver and the aging and reverse-engineered Nouveau driver. Out on the horizon for Nova is Hopper and Blackwell GPU support...

NVIDIA Preparing For Hopper & Blackwell GPU Support With Open-Source Nova Driver  Phoronix

The 8 Linux commands I use the most - and what they can do for you  ZDNET

Hackers Weaponize Windows Hyper-V to Hide Linux VM and Evade EDR Detection  The Hacker News

Fixing Image Thumbnails Not Showing Up in GNOME Files on Fedora Linux  It's FOSS

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The “404 Not Found” error during upgrade occurs when your system attempts to download packages from repository sources that no

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FOSS Weekly #25.45: Rust in Apt, Devuan 6, Modular Router, FSearch, Workspace Mastery and More Linux Stuff  It's FOSS