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Say goodbye to Microsoft Windows 11 and hello to Nitrux Linux 3.4.1  BetaNews

Nitrux 3.4.1 Released with Linux Kernel 6.8, Gamescope, OpenRazer, and More  9to5Linux

Nitrux 3.4.1 Released with Linux Kernel 6.8, Gamescope, OpenRazer, and More  9to5Linux

Released back in March of 2018 was the Amarok 2.9 music player for this KDE project. Shipping today is finally Amarok 3.0 as the first major release in six years and now ported to Qt5 and KDE Frameworks 5...

Video: Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager as the alternative on-prem solution for VMware  Oracle

Git 2.45 is out today as an important step forward for this widely-used, open-source distributed version control system...

The openSUSE Leap 15.6 based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 has graduated out of its beta phase and is onto the release candidate period. Notable with openSUSE Leap 15.6 is now having nice support for the Cockpit web-based server management solution...

openSUSE Leap 15.6 RC Brings Cockpit Web Based Server Management  Phoronix

Best Linux Password Manager in 2024  Techopedia

As part of my Linux 6.9 benchmarking I've been trying out many hardware combinations and overall seeing nice performance out of this kernel that will debut as stable in the next 2~3 weeks. AMD EPYC 4th Gen performance is boosted, Intel Xeon Max sees some AI improvements, and as shown in some prior Intel Core Ultra performance benchmarks is enhanced as well. Here are some more benchmarks looking at the Intel Core Ultra 7 "Meteor Lake" performance on Linux 6.9 compared to the current Linux 6.8 stable kernel.

Intel Core Ultra "Meteor Lake" Performance Improves With Linux 6.9  Phoronix

Neptune Linux is an elegant distribution every multimedia power user should know about  ZDNet

The Linux Foundation Attracts Intel and Other Industry Leaders to Building Open AI Tools  IBL News

Merged last week to Mesa 24.2-devel was an important merge request for the Broadcom V3DV Vulkan driver that is most notably used by the modern Raspberry Pi single board computers...

I Spent a Week With Plasma 6.0 for Linux, Here Are the Highlights  How-To Geek

How to Use Pop Shell on GNOME Desktop  It's FOSS

The big hit medieval strategy game Manor Lords works well on Linux  GamingOnLinux

Ubuntu 24.04, Fedora 40, EndeavourOS, and TrueNAS 24.04 all arrive at once  The Register

While GNOME landed experimental Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) support in GNOME 46 that is used by the new Ubuntu 24.04 LTS release, Canonical isn't yet encouraging users to test out this option...

Garuda Linux's Big Release, Code-named “Bird of Prey” is Here!  It's FOSS News