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System76 Pangolin Pro is a 3.6 pound Linux laptop with a 16 inch screen and Ryzen AI 7 350  Liliputing

GCC Establishes Working Group To Decide On AI/LLM Policy  Phoronix

Linux and Windows 95 running side by side? This dev made it happen.  Yahoo Tech

Linux and Windows 95 running side by side? This dev made it happen.  Windows Central

Framework’s new Linux laptop is selling faster than its Windows one  PCWorld

Fwupd 2.1.2 Linux Firmware Updater Adds Support for New Devices  9to5Linux

Fwupd 2.1.2 Brings Support For Firmware Updates On More Hardware  Phoronix

Fwupd 2.1.2 is out today as the latest update to this open-source firmware updating utility that allows for updating system firmware and device/peripheral firmware under Linux...

Framework 13 Pro sells out through August as Ubuntu sales lead Windows  TweakTown

Linux 7.1 Is Performing Well Overall In Early Benchmarks  Phoronix

With the Linux 7.1 merge window winding down ahead of the planned Linux 7.1-rc1 release on Sunday, I have begun testing out the Linux 7.1 Git state on various systems in my lab. So far Linux 7.1 appears to be looking good in the performance department with seeing a number of performance improvements in different areas but also a few possible regressions.

MangoHud 0.8.3 brings new features and fixes to the popular Linux gaming performance monitor  GamingOnLinux

More ancient Linux device support faces the chop  theregister.com

Second Wind Games Showcase presented lots of games - here's 12 world premieres  GamingOnLinux

Many Intel & AMD Laptop Improvements Merged For Linux 7.1  Phoronix

As usual in recent years, there were many x86 platform driver changes merged this cycle for benefiting modern AMD Ryzen and Intel Core (Ultra) laptops. A variety of new features and laptop hardware support additions were merged for Linux 7.1...

3 essential Linux apps to try this weekend (April 17 - 19)  Yahoo Tech

3 essential Linux apps to try this weekend (April 17 - 19)  How-To Geek

The Linux kernel continues getting ready for AMD's upcoming Zen 6 processors...

Framework says it's selling more Linux laptops than Windows as new Laptop 13 Pro sells out first 7 batches  PC Guide