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Microsoft just gave us another great reason to switch to Linux  MakeUseOf

CachyOS ISO Release for January 2026 Brings KDE’s New Plasma Login Manager  9to5Linux

The Arch Linux powered CachyOS distribution is out with its first new ISO release of 2026. This Linux distribution continues to be quite popular with Linux gamers, enthusiasts craving peak performance, and others for wanting to enjoy a polished Arch Linux desktop experience...

CachyOS Starts 2026 By Switching To Plasma Login Manager & Live ISO Using Wayland  Phoronix

There's yet another new Linux file-system on the block: DAXFS has been announced as a new read-only open-source file-system...

Mecha Comet modular Linux handheld hits Kickstarter for $189 and up  Liliputing

DXVK-NVAPI 0.9.1 is out today as this NVIDIA NVAPI implementation that is used by Valve's Steam Play (Proton) with DXVK and VKD3D-Proton. This is the important piece of the Steam Play puzzle to allow for NVIDIA DLSS, NVIDIA Reflex, PhysX, and other features for Windows games running on Linux...

loss32 is a Linux Distro Nobody Asked For (But Still Has Its Usage)  It's FOSS

SteamOS proved the Linux desktop doesn't need to look like Windows to succeed  XDA

I stopped using the Linux start menu: This "fuzzy" launcher is so much faster  How-To Geek

5 Essential Windows Apps You Won't Find On Linux  bgr.com

Microsoft’s AI dream is a user’s nightmare: 3 ways an "Agentic OS" fails  How-To Geek

With the upcoming Linux 6.20~7.0 kernel cycle it looks like the time slice extension work could finally been merged, which has seen various attempts over the past decade. Time slice extension for the Linux kernel implemented using Restartable Sequences "RSEQ" allows user-space processes to request a temporary, opportunistic extension of their CPU time slice without being preempted...

A Decade In The Making, Time Slice Extension Could Be Merged For Linux 7.0  Phoronix

I Replaced Windows 11 With Linux Mint. Here Are 7 Things It Does Much Better  PCMag

I Replaced Windows 11 With Linux Mint. Here Are 7 Things It Does Much Better  PCMag UK

I Replaced Windows 11 With Linux Mint. Here Are 7 Things It Does Much Better  PCMag Australia

I Replaced Windows 11 With Linux Mint. Here Are 7 Things It Does Much Better  me.pcmag.com

In addition to AMD releasing the Ryzen AI Software 1.7 release on Friday, they also published a new version of their MLIR-AIE compiler toolchain for targeting AMD Ryzen AI NPU devices with this LLVM-based MLIR-focused stack...

Merged on Friday as part of this week's DRM kernel graphics driver fixes for the week is addressing a regression affecting many different users with the Linux 6.19 development kernel...