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For those interested in Vulkan Video on the Intel "ANV" open-source Linux driver, merged last week to Mesa 26.1-devel were some H.265 encode fixes...

Why you should try these 9 "strange" Linux distros (even if you never switch)  How-To Geek

While these days nearly every major desktop Linux distribution is using Wayland or at least making it available, a decade ago before reaching that maturity one of the options for showing off the potential of Wayland was the oddly-named RebeccaBlack OS. With "RBOS" it shipped the very latest Wayland components and different desktop and toolkit options to easily try out Wayland-based environments from a live Linux environment. Released overnight was a surprise update to RBOS...

RBOS 2026-02-22 As Latest Linux Live ISO To Showcase Wayland  Phoronix

Kerbal Space Program spiritual successor Kitten Space Agency now has a Linux version  GamingOnLinux

Intel hiring GPU driver engineers for Linux  GamingOnLinux

Red Hat engineers this weekend released Tuned 2.27, the newest version of their open-source project to provide a tuning profile delivery mechanism for Linux. Tuned makes it easier to adjust Linux power and performance characteristics depending upon the hardware and the different workload(s) for your Linux system deployment. Tuned is a replacement/alternative to Linux's cpupower and power-profiles-daemon utilities...

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