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Canonical's kernel team confirmed today their intention of shipping the Ubuntu 26.10 release with what will be the Linux 7.2 kernel...

Valve's VKD3D-Proton component to Steam Play (Proton) for Direct3D 12 implemented over the Vulkan API has landed its descriptor heap (VK_EXT_descriptor_heap) support as a big step forward...

WCH BLE Analyzer Pro USB Bluetooth LE sniffer gains Linux software with Wireshark (pcap) support  Adafruit

Reinvigorating the PocketCHIP with current software  Adafruit

There's a version of PowerShell that's even more powerful — and it's already on your Windows PC  MakeUseOf

COSMIC desktop does display scaling and tiling better than GNOME and KDE  How-To Geek

Switcher 2026: Zenclora Linux Tries to Make Sense of Debian ⭐  Thurrott.com

California amendment would exempt Linux from age verification law | brief | SC Media  SC Media

California’s Age Verification Hits A Speed Bump: Linux  Yahoo

California’s Age Verification Hits A Speed Bump: Linux  Gadget Review

The long-in-development work on Cache Aware Scheduling looks like it will come to a head soon with it looking like Cache Aware Scheduling will land for Linux 7.2. Ahead of the upcoming merge window I ran some fresh benchmarks looking at different areas where this feature is shining.

Nvidia offers restricted access to Vera CPU in first round of Linux benchmarks - 88-core monster competes with or beats Epyc and Xeon in selected tests  Tom's Hardware

Linux Foundation Announces DNS-AID Project to Advance Decentralized AI Agent Discovery  Linux Foundation

Cache Aware Scheduling Shows Nice Wins For AMD Zen 5 On PostgreSQL, Valkey, Network Performance  Phoronix

Rust will save Linux from AI, says Greg Kroah-Hartman  ZDNET

Is it time to move from Windows to Linux?  dice.com

I stress test new virtual private servers with these tools before wasting money  MakeUseOf

Linux Foundation Announces DNS-AID Project to Advance Decentralized AI Agent Discovery  PR Newswire

Linux Foundation Announces DNS-AID Project to Advance Decentralized AI Agent Discovery  Yahoo Finance

The Linux x32 ABI for x86_64 processors allow making use of the full 64-bit register file and wide data path but retaining 32-bit pointers to provide for a smaller memory footprint when not needing 64-bit pointers. Linux x32 came to the party late and didn't enjoy much adoption over the years and is now looking at possible removal from the Linux kernel...