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As a follow-up to the article about Ubuntu 25.04 preparing for GIMP 3.0 in its repositories, this past week finally brought the GIMP 3.0 release candidate into the Ubuntu 25.04 "Plucky Puffin" repository...

CachyOS 241221 launches with performance improvements, Bluetooth support enabled by default, and more  Notebookcheck.net

Ultramarine Linux 40 continues to be one fine unofficial Fedora Spin  ZDNet

The Intel Arc Graphics B570 graphics card isn't hitting retailers until January and the review embargo doesn't expire until then, but fair game now are pictures/video of the Arc B570 hardware... The ASRock Challenger Arc Graphics B570 arrived today for Linux testing at Phoronix in the coming weeks for this second Battlemage graphics card...

ASRock Challenger Arc Graphics B570 Arrives For Linux Testing  Phoronix

How to Scan for IP Addresses on Your Network with Linux  TechRepublic

Linux-powered Serpent OS reaches its first major development milestone — download it now!  BetaNews

postmarketOS 24.12 Released with KDE Plasma Mobile 6.2.4, GNOME Shell 46  9to5Linux

This Linux distro I recommend to power users takes a unique approach to OS design  ZDNet

ScummVM brings classic PC games to SailfishOS (Linux-based smartphone OS)  Liliputing

Four years ago already the Raspberry Pi 400 was announced as a Raspberry Pi keyboard computer built around the Raspberry Pi 4, passively-cooled, and all packaged up nicely in a keyboard form factor. Announced earlier this month was the Raspberry Pi 500 as the successor and now built around the Raspberry Pi 5. For $90 USD this keyboard computer is a very versatile and convenient compact Linux PC.

Raspberry Pi 500 Delivers Great Performance, Convenient Upgrade To The Raspberry Pi 400 Review  Phoronix

Raspberry Pi 500 Delivers Great Performance, Convenient Upgrade To The Raspberry Pi 400 Review  Phoronix

How to use Microsoft's Copilot AI on Linux  ZDNet

Linux 6.14 Looks To Land Rust PCI / Platform Device Driver Support  Phoronix

The patch series in the works for a while to provide the necessary kernel abstractions for the Rust programming language to actually implement real device drivers looks like it will finally premiere in the Linux 6.14 kernel cycle...

Serpent OS Enters Alpha with GNOME and COSMIC Spins, Powered by Linux 6.12 LTS  9to5Linux

5 biggest Linux and open-source stories of 2024: From AI arguments to security close calls  ZDNet

What Is Linux Mint, and Why Would You Use It?  Yahoo! Voices

What Is Linux Mint, and Why Would You Use It?  How-To Geek