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This week's batch of AMDGPU and AMDKFD changes queued up ahead of the next kernel merge window is focused on delivering a variety of driver fixes...

Not the Linux You Remember: 16 Every Day Tasks That No Longer Need the Terminal  It's FOSS

I tried playing my 90s Windows CD-ROM games on Linux, and it was surprisingly easy  How-To Geek

Photoshop 2021 And 2025 Now Run On Linux Thanks To New Wine Patches  Ubergizmo

Emmabuntüs DE 6: A newbie-friendly Linux to help those in need  theregister.com

This Unlikely Microsoft Prediction Might Just Hit The Mark  Hackaday

Pebbled Ventures’ AI tool analyzes 20 years of Linux bugs  The New Stack

Six Linux Distros Set To Lead 2026  findarticles.com

Xbox gaming makes the jump to Windows on Arm, but can it stem the tide of gamers turning to Linux?  Tom's Guide

The 6 Linux distros I expect to rule 2026 - as someone who's tested hundreds of them  ZDNET

Following discussions from the 2025 Linux Maintainer Summit, merged overnight for the Linux 6.19 kernel is documentation concerning the Linux kernel project's continuity in the event that Linus Torvalds' official Git repository were to disappear or otherwise be inaccessible for continuing the upstream development of the Linux kernel...

Bottles 61 Turns Into an Analysis Tool With the New Eagle Feature  linuxiac.com

The Focusrite Forte 2-in, 4-out USB audio interface as a portable audio recording solution will be supported by the mainline Linux 7.0 kernel. The patches are queued in the Linux kernel's sound subsystem development tree. While a convenient little device, the Focusrite Forte is no longer manufactured but can still be found used online...

Focusrite Forte USB Audio Interface To Be Supported By Linux 7.0  Phoronix

Rob Clark this week sent out the latest MSM DRM kernel driver updates for the latest Qualcomm display/graphics enhancements ahead of next month's Linux 7.0 merge window...

SVT-AV1 4.0 is out as the newest major feature release for this open-source AV1 video encoder that was originally started by Intel as an open-source project and now continuining on thanks to the Alliance For Open Media...

DAXFS Proposed as a Zero-Copy Shared Memory Filesystem for Linux  linuxiac.com

Nexus Mods Vortex Gets Linux Support in 2026 Thanks to SteamOS  eTeknix

Mecha Comet is an open-source hardware, modular Linux handheld computer (Crowdfunding)  CNX Software

CachyOS is the latest Linux distro to put Wayland first in its new update  XDA