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NVIDIA hiring Linux driver engineers to help with Vulkan, Proton and more  GamingOnLinux

Mesa 25.3.6 released as the last bug fix for this driver series  GamingOnLinux

OmegaLinux switches from Ubuntu to Arch in 2026.02.21 release  Notebookcheck

FFmpeg developer Lynne is most known recently for all the Vulkan Video work to this open-source multimedia library while merged today to FFmpeg is another great contribution outside the scope of that: xHE-AAC MPS212 audio decoding support...

AAEON’s UP Squared Series Gains Full Mainline Linux Support for 40-pin Header  Electronics Media

Linux 7.0 is ready for you to test as it hits Release Candidate status  XDA

AAEON UP Squared Series Gains Mainline Linux Support for 40-Pin GPIO in Linux 6.18  LinuxGizmos.com

Handmade by human hands using machines  Digg

Linus Torvalds jokingly ponders his successor as Linux boss  theregister.com

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: February 22nd, 2026  9to5Linux

Sovereignty isn’t something that’s purely discussed in boardrooms in 2026—it’s a strategic initiative centered around business continuity and a way for organizations to reclaim autonomy, control, and choice across their technology stacks. However, sovereignty isn’t a static checklist; it’s a dynamic landscape spanning compliance, supply chain integrity, data residency, and the rapid evolution of AI. Sovereignty must be viewed not as a single thing to be achieved, but as a foundational building block for organizations—spanning everything from the underlying technology infrastructu

Developer experience (DevEx) is often dismissed as a "soft" cultural metric. But I can prove to you that DevEx is a reliable predictor of whether your developer platform will actually deliver business value.I’ve noticed a recurring pattern where companies invest millions in a state-of-the-art container platform or cloud infrastructure, only to find their delivery speed hasn't budged. This is the "empty cluster problem." It happens because the focus was entirely on the infrastructure and not on the interface between that infrastructure and the people using it.The growth advantageWhen you impr

Linus Torvalds Announces First Linux Kernel 7.0 Release Candidate  9to5Linux

Linux 7.0-rc1 Released With Many New Features:  Phoronix

Linus Torvalds just capped off the Linux 7.0 merge window with the release of Linux 7.0-rc1. While the big version bump is coincidental with Linus Torvalds liking to bump it after x.19, Linux 7.0 is quite heavy on new features...

There's the usual flurry of last minute fixes and other items being herded into the Linux 7.0 codebase today right ahead of the merge window being closed with the imminent Linux 7.0-rc1 release. Among that last minute work is now recognizing Stephen Rothwell's contributions to creating and maintaining Linux-Next over the past eighteen years...

Linux 7.0 Credits Now Honor The Creator Of Linux-Next  Phoronix

Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 8, 2026 (Feb 16 – 22)  Linuxiac

This opinionated desktop setup finally cured my distro-hopping problem  MakeUseOf

AMD FPGA Tools 2025.1/2025.2 Install on Ubuntu 24.04  Hackster.io