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Following the December launch of Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS and the first major COSMIC desktop release, System76 software engineers have continued making improvements to their Rust-based desktop environment...

Remember VoidLink, the cloud-targeting Linux malware? An AI agent wrote it  theregister.com

Five Free Linux Terminal File Managers Gain Momentum  findarticles.com

KDE Plasma could get a VR desktop mode on Linux  How-To Geek

Deploying vLLM for LLM inference and serving on NVIDIA hardware can be as easy as pip3 install vllm. Beautifully simple just as many of the AI/LLM Python libraries can deploy straight-away and typically "just work" on NVIDIA. Running vLLM atop AMD Radeon/Instinct hardware though has traditionally meant either compiling vLLM from source yourself or AMD's recommended approach of using Docker containers that contain pre-built versions of vLLM. Finally there is now a blessed Python wheel for making it easier to install vLLM without Docker and leveraging ROCm...

5 Linux file managers to try when your GUI just won't do - they're all free  ZDNET

Following recent discussions over AI contributions to the LLVM open-source compiler project, they have come to an agreement on allowing AI/tool-assisted contributions but that there must be a human involved that is first looking over the code before opening any pull request and similar. Strictly AI-driven contributions without any human vetting will not be permitted...

Omarchy Linux Simplifies Hyprland Setup  findarticles.com

Linux Benchmarking Transformed! – CapFrameX is coming to Linux  OC3D

I cracked Hyprland at last - thanks to this Arch-based Linux distro  ZDNET

5 VS Code features that save me time every day  How-To Geek

A lot of HID subsystem updates have been queuing up ahead of the Linux 6.20~7.0 merge window in February. There is a lot of new hardware support on the way along with quirks for some existing hardware support ranging from laptop keyboard issues to enabling support for more PS4/PS5 guitars under Linux...

Support For More Bluetooth Guitars & Other HID Changes Ahead Of Linux 6.20~7.0  Phoronix

Slimbook Executive Packs Intel Core Ultra 7 Power Into a 1.2 kg Linux Laptop  Linuxiac

3 "purpose-built" Linux distros that make dual booting Windows actually worthwhile  How-To Geek

Geary Emerges As Best Linux Email Client  findarticles.com

Patches are now positioned to go into the upcoming Linux 6.20~7.0 kernel cycle for supporting Intel discrete GPU firmware updating on non-x86 systems...

This is by far the best Linux email client I've used - and I've tested them all  ZDNET

ACENET Basics: Introduction to the Linux Command Line  University of Prince Edward Island

Marathon Is on Track to Launch in March, but Thanks to Its Anti-Cheat Solution, It May Not Be Playable on Steam Machine or Linux  The FPS Review