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CodeWeavers launch a new CrossOver Preview adding Linux ARM64 support  GamingOnLinux

Linux Mint Devs Introduce New System Administration & System Information Tools  9to5Linux

I turned this Windows mini PC into a Linux workstation and don't regret it - here's how  ZDNET

CodeWeavers announced this morning a new CrossOver Preview that includes Linux ARM64 support for the first time. This commercial software built atop Wine is now comfortable with the state of running Windows x86/x64 apps on Linux ARM64 and even the ability ro enjoy many Windows games on ARM64 Linux devices like the System76 Thelio Astra...

CodeWeavers Launches CrossOver Preview For Linux ARM64  Phoronix

Cloudflare announced today they have open-sourced the code to Tokio-Quiche as their async QUIC library that combines their previously-open-sourced Quiche QUIC implementation with Rust's Tokio async runtime...

CIQ: Rocky Linux Is Authorized Linux Distribution for NVIDIA AI Stack  insidehpc.com

NVIDIA AI software stack Archives  insidehpc.com

Last week Mesa 26.0-devel enabled the ACO back-end by default within the RadeonSI Gallium3D driver for all supported Radeon graphics cards by this open-source Linux driver. This move was done in the name of better performance, faster shader compilation times, and ACO being all-around better than the AMDGPU LLVM back-end these days for both OpenGL and Vulkan use. It was also noted that RadeonSI has "slightly better" viewperf performance with NIR+ACO than using the AMDGPU LLVM back-end. Curious about that SPECViewPerf impact, here are some benchmarks with the recently released AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700 graphics card...

Rocky Linux from CIQ Becomes the first Linux Distribution Authorized to Deliver Complete NVIDIA AI Software Stack for Modern AI, HPC and Cloud Native Workloads  PR Newswire

This is my favorite network security app on Linux  How-To Geek

The Falconeer gets a huge Revolution Remaster upgrade but drops Native Linux for Proton  GamingOnLinux

Logging in as root on Linux? Here's why that disaster waiting to happen  ZDNET

7 Linux commands that have been deprecated Linux commands  Currently.com

Please stop using these 7 deprecated Linux commands  How-To Geek

The open source FOSDEM event for 2026 will have a Gaming and VR devroom  GamingOnLinux

Steam Deck tweaked to fix delays with the screen-off downloads, and other Desktop Linux fixes recently  GamingOnLinux

Adding to the array of software projects and specifications under the FreeDesktop.org umbrella, the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard "FHS" has been adopted by these desktop-focused open-source developers...

FreeDesktop.org Adopts The Filesystem Hierarchy Standard  Phoronix

Merged yesterday to the mainline Linux 6.18 development kernel were the latest round of x86 platform driver fixes. Mostly some small fixes but standing out is electronic privacy screen hotkey support for some Dell laptops...