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Ever wondered why someone would write in a terminal and not Microsoft Word? It's brilliant, that's why!  Windows Central

I Tested 9 Ubuntu-Based Linux Distros, Here's How I Rank Them  How-To Geek

Imagination's open-source PowerVR kernel graphics driver for a while has seen patches extending it to work on RISC-V given that some RISC-V hardware coming to market has featured PowerVR graphics IP. With the upcoming Linux 6.18 kernel that work is landing along with enabling support for the T-HEAD TH1520's GPU...

Imagination PowerVR Driver With Linux 6.18 To Support RISC-V  Phoronix

The first alpha release of FreeBSD 15.0 is now available! FreeBSD 15.0 is a major update to this BSD operating system that aims for its stable release before Christmas...

The UI freeze for Ubuntu 25.10 is now in effect as the developers work toward the release of this next Ubuntu Linux installment in October...

Intel PEPC 1.6 Released For Tuning Efficiency Latency Control "ELC" With Xeon 6 CPUs  Phoronix

Intel's open-source PEPC tool has been updated as the utility for managing and optimized Intel CPU power management features on Linux...

MSI unveils MS-CF16 V3.0 Pico-ITX SBC with Alder Lake-N, Amston Lake, and Twin Lake processors  linuxgizmos.com

Linux 6.17 Lands Fixes For Upcoming Rust 1.91  Phoronix

Coming in today as the Rust "fixes" ahead of tomorrow's Linux 6.17-rc5 release is adjusting support for the upcoming Rust 1.91 compiler release...

Running everything on Linux as root is a bad idea: Here's why, and what to do instead  xda-developers.com

KDE Linux Distribution Is Available for Public Testing, Download Now  9to5Linux

Linux 6.17-rc5 Merges x86 Driver Updates for Intel, AMD, Dell, Lenovo  WebProNews

System76 Launches Pop!_OS 24.04 Beta with Rust-Powered COSMIC Desktop  WebProNews

Knowing That It Is Possible  Hackaday

Debian 13.1 Released With An Initial Batch Of Fixes  Phoronix

Following the release of Debian 13.0 "Trixie" nearly one month ago to the day, Debian 13.1 is out today with an initial batch of bug fixes and security updates...

Debian 13.1 “Trixie” Released with 71 Bug Fixes and 16 Security Updates  9to5Linux

The uutils project today released version 0.2 of the Rust Coreutils as their alternative to GNU Coreutils written in the Rust programming language. This release comes as Ubuntu 25.10 prepares to make use of it by default...