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Why don't more people use desktop Linux? I have a theory you might not like  ZDNet

New Play ransomware Linux version targets VMware ESXi VMs  BleepingComputer

New Play ransomware Linux version targets VMware ESXi VMs  BleepingComputer

MidnightBSD 3.2 is out as the newest feature update to one of the few desktop-focused BSD operating systems still being maintained. MidnightBSD 3.2 continues to be derived from FreeBSD sources while shipping with a nice Xfce-based desktop experience...

Open-source developer Enrico Weigelt has in recent months taken to near single-handedly maintain and further enhance the aging X.Org Server codebase. The latest area that Weigelt has been working to improve is around the X.Org Server's Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) support...

Forget Windows 11: Nobara Linux is the OS for everyone  ZDNet

Forget Windows 11: Nobara Linux is the OS for everyone  ZDNet

Andrew Morton on Sunday sent in his "MM" pull requests for Linux 6.11 of the areas of the kernel he manages...

It's not just Windows PCs that have gone belly up, as CrowdStrike's Falcon software has been b0rking Linux-powered computers, too  PC Gamer

It's not just Windows PCs that have gone belly up, as CrowdStrike's Falcon software has been b0rking Linux-powered computers, too  PC Gamer

VMware ESXi Subjected to Attacks with Novel Play Ransomware for Linux  Channel E2E

The stable Linux Mint 22 ISOs have passed final checks and are ready to download  Neowin

The final Linux Mint 22 ISOs are undergoing final checks before the release  Neowin

Linux Creator Advocates Waiting for 10-Years Before Embracing AI  AIM

VMware ESXi subjected to attacks with novel Play ransomware for Linux  SC Media

VMware ESXi subjected to attacks with novel Play ransomware for Linux  SC Media

GNU C Library "glibc" 2.40 is now available with more C23 features being enabled as well as some new performance tunables on x86_64 and AArch64 along with other improvements to this widely used libc implementation...

Developing a Video Game with Unreal Engine 5 on Linux  GamingOnLinux

Developing a Video Game with Unreal Engine 5 on Linux  GamingOnLinux

Yann Collet released LZ4 v1.10 today as a major update to this extremely fast compression algorithm. Most significant with LZ4 1.10 is adding multi-threaded compression support for much faster performance with today's modern multi-core processors...