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4 Linux distros that can't be upgraded on autopilot - and why they're still worth trying  ZDNet

Performance & Power Of The Low-Cost EPYC 4005 "Grado" vs. Original EPYC 7601 Zen 1 Flagship CPU  Phoronix

For those on very long server upgrade cycles, typically just running the hardware until failure or consider buying second-hand servers that are generations old for lower up-front cost, today's unique article is for you with quantifying a first-generation EPYC server compared to today's entry-level EPYC processors in performance and power efficiency. With the fascinating AMD EPYC 4005 "Grado" budget-friendly server processors I was curious how well they would stack up against AMD's original flagship EPYC processor, the AMD EPYC 7601 "Naples" processor from the Zen 1 era. Can an entry-level brand new Grado server processor with dual channel DDR5 memory outpace an original EPYC server with twice the core/thread counts and eight channel DDR4 server memory? Yes, with huge gains in performance and power efficiency.

The secret to Linux's remarkable journey from one dev's hobby to 40 million lines of code  ZDNet

Linux 6.16-rc4 Released With Fixes for Filesystem, Driver & Hardware Support  CyberSecurityNews

Linux Kernel 6.16‑rc4 Arrives with Key Filesystem, Driver & Hardware Fixes  Cyber Press

I installed Bazzite on the Steam Deck, and I love it/regret it  XDA

Sudo local privilege escalation vulnerabilities fixed (CVE-2025-32462, CVE-2025-32463)  Help Net Security

Sunshine game stream host for Moonlight gets security fixes, Linux improvements and more features  GamingOnLinux

Ubuntu maker Canonical has decided to "double down" their investment in OpenJDK Java for Ubuntu Linux...

Canonical Decides To Double Down On Their Investment In Java For Ubuntu  Phoronix

TUXEDO Stellaris 16 Gen7 Linux Laptop Now Ships with AMD Ryzen 9 CPUs  9to5Linux

A Microsoft engineer made a Linux distro that's like a comfort blanket to ex-Windows users — I finally tried it, and I'm surprised how good it is  Windows Central

Linux 6.16-rc4 Launches Out With Filesystem, Driver, and Hardware Fixes  gbhackers.com

Gentoo Releases Updated Install Media Based On KDE Plasma 6.3 + Linux 6.12 LTS  Phoronix

The Gentoo Linux project ended the month of June by releasing new install media...

Facing Trouble Opening Maildir in Thunderbird? Here’s the Linux Fix  Vocal

Linus Torvalds hints Bcachefs may get dropped from the Linux kernel  theregister.com

How to use MangoHud for Linux game performance monitoring  GamingOnLinux

The Mesa 25.2 release that will likely be out as stable in August should have nice initial support for the newest NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs, namely used by the GeForce RTX 50 series, with the NVK open-source driver for Vulkan usage...