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Download BalenaEtcher (free) for Windows, macOS and Linux  Gizmodo

AI-Ready Linux Distributions To Watch in 2025  ITPro Today

Versatile Linux Distributions  Trend Hunter

Versatile Linux Distributions  Trend Hunter

NVIDIA has published new Vulkan beta driver builds for Windows and Linux that introduce VK_KHR_shader_bfloat16 for BFloat16 "BF16" support within shaders...

7 Linux Features I Miss Every Time I Boot into Windows 11  How-To Geek

7 Linux Features I Miss Every Time I Boot into Windows 11  Review Geek

Zorin OS 17.3 brings Brave browser and better app support as perfect Windows 10 replacement  BetaNews

Submitted today for upstreaming into the Linux 6.15 kernel is support for the Versal NET SoC, an addition to the AMD/Xilinx Versal family that doesn't appear to have been talked about much publicly yet but should be an interesting addition to their product line-up...

Linux 6.15 Adds Support For The New AMD Versal NET SoC  Phoronix

5 best Linux distros for staying anonymous - when a VPN isn't enough  ZDNet

Microsoft last year announced the open-source Hyperlight project as an embedded VMM for use as a micro-VM manager of sorts that can be run within Windows and Linux applications. This VM-based security for small embedded functions now has its scope expanded with the open-source release today of Hyperlight Wasm for bringing in WebAssembly to the party...

Microsoft Announces Open-Source "Hyperlight Wasm" Project  Phoronix

While there is a lot of exciting new x86_64 CPU features coming with Linux 6.15, there is also some of the not so fun changes too: namely the "x86/bugs" pull request to bring the latest CPU security mitigation work to the mainline kernel...

Ubuntu-Based Zorin OS 17.3 Is Now Available Targeting Windows 10 Users  9to5Linux

Trisquel Linux handles both your desktop and server needs - or does it?  ZDNet

Credible nerd says stop using atop, doesn't say why, everyone panics  The Register

The x86 platform drivers co-maintainer Ilpo Järvinen sent out the pull request today of all the feature additions set for the in-development Linux 6.15 kernel. As usual, most of the platform-drivers-x86 material is around improvements to benefit modern Intel Core and AMD Ryzen laptops...

Linux 6.15 Continues Improving Laptop Support  Phoronix

This is the most helpful new Linux tool I've tried in years - here's why and how I use it  ZDNet