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Dell announced today that their new Pro Max 16 Plus laptop with a Qualcomm discrete NPU is now shipping... That is if you are running Ubuntu Linux while the Windows 11 pre-load option is expected in early 2026. An exciting twist with the Linux version of the Dell Pro Max 16 Plus shipping before Microsoft Windows...

Dell Now Shipping Laptop With Qualcomm NPU On Linux Ahead Of Windows 11  Phoronix

Give Me Liberty or Linux, Badge Hacking Interview – Bryce Owen – PSW #901  SC Media

Wine 10.19 Released: Game Changing Support for Windows Reparse Points on Linux  Linux Journal

Hammerspace Delivers IO500 Top-10 Result with Standards-Based Linux and NFS Architecture  HPCwire

Hammerspace Delivers IO500 Top-10 Result with Standards-Based Linux and NFS Architecture  HPCwire

Canonical has been bullish on RISC-V with Ubuntu being one of the most common Linux distributions endorsed by RISC-V board vendors. Canonical also has been bullish on the Flutter toolkit for crafting their desktop installer UI and other modern UI/app interfaces. But these two together haven't panned out with Flutter not currently supporting RISC-V. Canonical has submitted pull requests now for enabling RISC-V support with Flutter...

Canonical Gets Flutter Up And Running On RISC-V For Ubuntu  Phoronix

Can a Linux laptop really replace my MacBook? This one is surprisingly close  ZDNET

5 reasons Kaspersky releasing a Linux antivirus product worries me  XDA

Hammerspace Breaks IO500 Barriers: First Standards-Based Linux + NFS System To Achieve True HPC-Class Performance  FinancialContent

Hammerspace Breaks IO500 Barriers: First Standards-Based Linux + NFS System To Achieve True HPC-Class Performance  Business Wire

Linux Creator Linus Torvalds Is Sort of Okay With Vibe Coding, Actually  Gizmodo

What Linus Torvalds really thinks about AI and software development might surprise you  ZDNET

How much RAM does your Linux PC need in 2025? A distro verteran's expert advice  ZDNET

My 8 must-use Linux commands, and how they can make your life easier  ZDNET

PHP 8.5 is out today as the annual major feature release for this popular scripting language...

Windows Turns 40: Declining Share Fuels Linux Desktop Surge  WebProNews

Linux PC Gaming Is On The Rise While Windows Trips Over Itself  OpenCritic

Linux comes for Windows at 40 — and gaming can't save it  MakeUseOf