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System76 today released COSMIC Epoch 1.1 as the newest feature release as well as being their first time bumping the minor version number since the December release of COSMIC 1.0...

Brave Gives Linux Users Its Stripped Down Origin Browser for Free  Linuxiac

3 ways the new Steam Machine could be a huge win for Linux  ZDNET

Lutris Setup: Run Windows Games on Linux in 12 Steps [2026]  tech-insider.org

I gave my Android a terminal, and it became my most capable computer  MakeUseOf

The 46-year-old BASIC09 programming language has new compiler support with a front-end having been developed for the LLVM compiler stack. BASIC09 was developed in 1980 for the Motorola 6809 CPU running with the OS-9 operating system. With this LLVM compiler front-end, you can write BASIC09 code for modern software and hardware...

Whatever happened to Ubuntu TV? Where Linux smart TVs are now  How-To Geek

Linux Foundation Announces Intent to Launch Agent Name Service to Establish Trusted Identity Infrastructure for AI Agents  Linux Foundation

Bazzite vs SteamOS vs ChimeraOS 2026: 8,637 Stars  tech-insider.org

While the Linux 7.2 merge window doesn't wrap up until this weekend as the feature cut-off for new material, I have already begun some early benchmarks of the code currently staged for this next version of the Linux kernel. Linux 7.2 already was looking quite exciting with cache aware scheduling and other exciting new features while an unexpected surprise in my early testing this week was seeing some local network/socket performance improvements...

Linux 7.2 Showing Some Unexpected & Nice Performance Gains On AMD EPYC Sorano  Phoronix

4K USB Camera for Windows and Linux Systems | Vadzo  ACCESS Newswire

Vadzo Validates Falcon-821CRS as a Linux USB Camera for Ubuntu 22.04 and Windows 11 with Native UVC Support  newswire.com

Over the years while working at Red Hat, Hans de Goede was known for driving many wonderful Linux laptop improvements benefiting AMD/Intel x86_64 hardware. Hans left Red Hat last year and ended up joining Qualcomm to advance their open-source/Linux support. Today he is out with a significant new patch series for consideration that has the potential of significantly improving the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Series laptop Linux support and also important indicators for better Snapdragon laptop support on Linux moving forward...

DeviceTree-ACPI Hybrid Mode Proposed For Improving Linux Support On Snapdragon Laptops  Phoronix

Linux 7.2 Removes String-Copying Function Strncpy After Six-Year Cleanup  WinBuzzer

DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE 3 gets a brand new trailer  GamingOnLinux

For those that happen to still be running a 22+ year old Apple Power Mac such as those from 2004 with an IBM PowerPC processor and ATI Radeon 9600 XT or 9800 XT graphics, there are open-source driver improvements for Linux still happening in 2026 to benefit this vintage hardware...

Open-Source Driver For ATI R300 Era GPUs Seeing Improved Power Mac Support In 2026  Phoronix

Linux Fu: Upcycling An Old Router  Hackaday