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Canonical's approach to AI is refreshingly thoughtful - Microsoft should take note  The Tech Buzz

NVIDIA 595.71.05 stable driver released for Linux  GamingOnLinux

The past few weeks I have been testing out the new HP Z6 G5 A workstation desktop PC. It's a beast in being powered by the AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9975WX, eight channels of DDR5-5600 memory, and paired with a NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Max-Q workstation graphics card. The full review on the HP Z6 G5 A workstation will be published on Phoronix in the next week or so but given the timing and that it shipped with WIndows 11 Pro, here is a look at how Windows 11 Pro is competing against the newly-released Ubuntu 26.04 LTS in creator/workstation workloads.

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Leads Over Windows 11 In Creator Workstation Performance Review  Phoronix

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Leads Over Windows 11 In Creator Workstation Performance Review  Phoronix

Canonical Plans to Integrate Opt-In LLM-Based Tools in Future Ubuntu Releases  9to5Linux

Lemonade as the open-source local AI server backed by AMD and supported across AMD CPUs / GPUs / NPUs on Windows and Linux is out with a big update...

AMD's Lemonade SDK 10.3 Now 10x Smaller By Getting Rid Of Electron  Phoronix

Canonical's approach to AI is refreshingly thoughtful - Microsoft should take note  ZDNET

Linux is Getting a New Default Folder in Your Home Directory  It's FOSS

Fedora 44 Officially Released, This Is What’s New  Linuxiac

PowerToys update delivers new tools that help Windows users manage windows and displays  Windows Central

Easily Exploitable ‘Pack2TheRoot’ Linux Vulnerability Leads to Root Access  OODAloop

VECT 2.0 Ransomware Irreversibly Destroys Files Over 131KB on Windows, Linux, ESXi  The Hacker News

Proton VPN's promises post-quantum groundwork, Stealth for Linux, and slick new app releases  TechRadar

Germany's Sovereign Tech Agency (Sovereign Tech Fund) has provided critical financial resources to open-source software projects and maintainers the past several years. This has proven to be an incredible effort and today they announced their newest initiative as the Sovereign Tech Standards...

AI is coming to Linux, but not in the obnoxious way that will grind your gear  Digital Trends

VECT: Ransomware by design, Wiper by accident  Check Point Research

GCC 16.1 as the first stable version of the GCC 16 compiler is releasing as soon as later this week if all goes well. Among the many improvements in this year's open-source compiler update are continued enhancements to the error messages as well as having an experimental HTML output option for messages...

Most Linux regret is actually distro regret, and you probably gave up too soon  XDA