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You can now download a Fedora Atomic OS for your Android device  XDA

LockBit 5.0 Emerges: Cross-Platform Ransomware Now Targeting Windows, Linux, and ESXi Systems  gbhackers.com

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: February 15th, 2026  LXer: Linux News

Linus Torvalds merged the code this weekend that allows easily replacing the Tux penguin boot logo used during the boot process. This new code optionally allows specifying an alternative boot logo at compile/build time...

Linux 7.0 Merges The Code To Replace The Tux Boot Logo At Build Time  Phoronix

Ubuntu 26.04 splits firmware package to reduce update sizes  OMG! Ubuntu

The open-source Linux file-system driver for supporting Microsoft's exFAT now can deliver better sequential read performance with Linux 7.0 thanks to multi-cluster support...

I installed this Linux distro on my gaming PC, and it runs Windows games better than Windows  MakeUseOf

Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 7, 2026 (Feb 9 – 15)  Linuxiac

KaOS Linux Drops KDE Plasma After 12 Years for Niri/Noctalia to Escape systemd  9to5Linux

BPI-R4 Pro Router Board Delivers MT7988A SoC with Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7 Capability  LinuxGizmos.com

I replaced three productivity apps with built-in Linux tools and didn’t miss them  MakeUseOf

Version 0.20 of the popular wlroots Wayland support library is nearing its official release. Over the past week were two release candidates for wlroots 0.20 were published for this library used by Sway, Wayfire, Cage, Gamescope, and numerous other Wayland compositors...

On The Inside: This writer's daily driver is a Linux laptop  How-To Geek

8 Ubuntu tips and tricks for first-time users  How-To Geek

3 reasons most people stick with Windows, even though Linux is free  How-To Geek

Low-Cost BeaglePlay SBC Gains Fully Upstream PowerVR Graphics with Vulkan 1.2  LinuxGizmos.com

This is the advanced feature every new Linux user needs to know  How-To Geek

I run terminal commands on my Linux PC from my Android home screen—here's how  How-To Geek

I tried running Linux on an Apple silicon Mac and regretted it  MakeUseOf