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Lubuntu vs. Xubuntu: Which Ubuntu flavor is right for you - my expert advice  ZDNET

Linux 6.19 boosts old AMD GCN HD 7900 GPU performance by ~30% with AMDGPU  VideoCardz.com

Stop Manually Checking GitHub Releases — These Tools Automatically Install & Update Apps on Linux  It's FOSS

Mirantis Joins Linux Foundation’s Agentic AI Foundation as Silver Member  AiThority

It looks like the upcoming Intel Panther Lake H SoCs for the next-gen premium/high-end performance laptop market there could be quite a few different SKUs. A new patch for an Intel open-source driver expands the Panther Lake H line-up from three to 13 different IDs...

Intel Linux Driver Preps For Up To 13 Different Panther Lake H SoCs  Phoronix

Elementary OS 8.1 has more Dock updates and Wayland by default  How-To Geek

I automated my entire Linux desktop — and I didn’t have to touch the terminal once  MakeUseOf

For helping with thread placement on modern AMD Zen systems with multiple CPU core complexes, Google has been developing "BPF CCX" that leverages the Linux kernel's eBPF capabilities paired with a user-space agent for fine-grained thread control. Google has found very positive performance results out of their use of this alternative means of high performance scheduling for achieving even greater performance on AMD processors under Linux...

Google Taps More Performance Out Of AMD Zen CPUs With BPF-CCX Scheduling  Phoronix

Samuel Pitoiset of Valve's open-source Linux graphics team has landed improvements for the Mesa 260 RADV driver to support new performance counters in conjunction with AMD's Radeon GPU Profiler 2.6 release...

Intel Advances Linux Xe Drivers with Multi-Queue for AI Efficiency  WebProNews

Intel APX Doubles x86 Registers: Linux KVM Patches Boost VM Performance  WebProNews

Linux Kernel 7.0 Drops Support for AMD’s Unreleased NPU2  WebProNews

Linux Kernel Permanently Adopts Rust in 2025 for Better Security  WebProNews

Linux 6.19 Boosts Legacy AMD Radeon GPUs with AMDGPU Driver Upgrade  WebProNews

Mirantis Joins Linux Foundation’s Agentic AI Foundation as Silver Member  01net

Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.3 Improves Drive Filtering and AppImage Bundle on Linux  9to5Linux

This Linux app for cooperative controller gaming just got a big update  How-To Geek

Thirteen months after the release of Elementary OS 8.0, Elementary OS 8.1 is now available for this Ubuntu 24.04 LTS based Linux distribution that focuses on ease of use and usability. With Elementary OS 8.1 they have transitioned to using the Wayland session by default...