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Alpine Linux 3.22 Replaces Gummiboot With systemd-efistub  Phoronix

Alpine Linux 3.22 Released with GNOME 48, KDE Plasma 6.3, and LXQt 2.2  9to5Linux

5 features that make NixOS the best Linux distro I have used  XDA

After 25 Years, Linux Format Magazine is No More  OMG! Ubuntu

Sandisk earlier this month announced the WD_BLACK SN8100 as what they claim is the current world's fastest PCIe Gen 5.0 NVMe SSD for consumers. Given how well the WD_BLACK SN850X performs under Linux as a PCIe Gen 4.0 drive, I decided to buy a WD_BLACK SN8100 for some Linux testing at Phoronix to compare to various other drives in the lab. Here is a preliminary look at the WD_BLACK SN8100 2TB performance under Ubuntu Linux.

WD_BLACK SN8100 2TB PCIe Gen 5.0 NVMe SSD Linux Benchmarks Review  Phoronix

The Essential Linux commands that every user needs to know  Tom's Hardware

The latest upstream Linux kernel improvement for AMD's Secure Encrypted Virtualization "SEV" is the introduction of a virtual TPM driver...

AMD Virtual TPM Driver Merged For Linux 6.16 To Enhance Confidential Computing  Phoronix

CRSED: Cuisine Royale devs confirm end of Linux / Steam Deck support  GamingOnLinux

Rocky Linux 10 Embraces RISC-V for Open Computing  WebProNews

ACTION GAME MAKER devs exploring Linux support for the editor and exports  GamingOnLinux

AlmaLinux 10.0 "Purple Lion" Released with RHEL Compatibility  WebProNews

With how well the open-source and upstream AMD Radeon Linux graphics driver stack is these days between the mainline Linux kernel and Mesa, the Radeon Software for Linux packaged driver releases are not usually notable these days on Phoronix... The packaged Radeon Software for Linux drivers haven't been popular with gamers/enthusiasts in years given how good the upstream support is and those packaged bits mostly useful for those just running enterprise Linux distributions with older versions of Linux and Mesa. But the next Radeon Software for Linux packaged driver release is set to introduce a big change...

Radeon Software For Linux Dropping AMD's Proprietary OpenGL/Vulkan Drivers  Phoronix

For making use of AMDGPU user queue functionality, the latest Mesa user-space side work has been merged for Mesa 25.2 to enable support for high priority graphics user queues...

Archinstall 3.0.7 Released with Btrfs Snapshot Support  WebProNews

Here's all the games to claim for Steam Deck / Linux from Prime Gaming as of May 30th  GamingOnLinux

OBS Studio 31.1.0 Beta 1 brings Multitrack Video to Linux  GamingOnLinux

Escape Simulator drops the Linux build to focus on supporting Proton  GamingOnLinux