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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: July 19th, 2026  9to5Linux

Does Windows 11 Crush Linux at AI? The Comparison Conditions Behind That 3.43x  XenoSpectrum

Long before LinkedIn, my professional network consisted of the Yellow Pages and a landline. At the age of 15, I had the brainwave (and the audacity) to cold call every business I could find until I landed my 1st job. After making around 25 calls, a local specialty hair salon near my home asked me to come in, and shortly after, I was hired! I worked as an unofficial janitor, sweeping and cleaning up the space after school three times a week. From day one, I closely observed patterns, personalities, customers, the stylists' precision and their individual work styles. Noticing my (very obvious) c

The telecommunications industry is witnessing a shift in domain-specific artificial intelligence (AI). Following the success of the first iteration of the GSMA Open Telco AI initiative, the industry is entering its next phase with the announcement of Open Telco AI 2.0. This announcement marks a significant step in building AI models that truly understand the complex realities of telecommunications service providers.Bringing together Red Hat, ATT, AMD, Dell, Google, Microsoft, and GSMA, this collaboration aims to advance carrier-grade AI. By combining open source methodologies, specifically the

Healthcare payer organizations are navigating a complex intersection of rising member expectations, strict regulatory mandates, and aging technology infrastructures. Modernizing these environments to accelerate claims adjudication and improve the member experience is a key priority for many executives. However, the path to modernization is often blocked by isolated team structures and technical debt.To bridge this gap, many payers are turning to automation, such as Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, as a strategic layer across their enterprise. However, despite the clear business outcomes, s

Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 29, 2026 (July 13 – 19)  Linuxiac

The fourth weekly release candidate of the Linux 7.2 kernel is now available for testing...

Linux 7.2-rc4 Released: Looking Like The "New Normal"  Phoronix

Ditching Windows is the loudest feedback you can ever give Microsoft  How-To Geek

Performance benchmark shows Windows 11 totally dominates Linux in one absolutely key area  Neowin

KDE Plasma 6.8 Desktop Environment Lands on October 14th, Here’s What to Expect  9to5Linux

I found the Linux desktop that finally gives me tiling windows without the config-file rabbit hole  XDA

Linux Mint and GNOME Calendar Clash Resurfaces Months Later  Linuxiac

If you are looking for a reason to celebrate today, the last of the MPEG-4 Part 2 patents expired today...

Proton got so good I keep forgetting which of my games were even built for Windows  XDA

These Linux networking command-line tools are outdated. Here's what you should use instead.  How-To Geek

The latest hand-tuned code in the FFmpeg multimedia library for allowing better performance on today's modern Intel/AMD AVX-512-capable processors is showing 1.372x faster performance for RGB24 to RGBA pixel format conversions...

Legion Y700 Gen4 Tablet Powered By Snapdragon 8 Elite Seeing Linux Patches  Phoronix

The Legion Y700 Gen4 is an Android tablet that debuted last year and powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset. This 8.8-inch tablet is now seeing patches for enabling Linux support outside the confines of Android and will hopefully end up in the mainline kernel...

Thanks to the work of the open-source community, more ASUS desktop motherboards for Intel Core and AMD Ryzen systems are seeing working sensor monitoring under Linux. With the upcoming Linux 7.3 cycle, several additional ASUS motherboards will now enjoy working sensor monitoring...