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Forget "tiny" distros: How I built my own minimal Linux using Debian  How-To Geek

Earlier this month I posted benchmarks of the Loongson 3B6000 for this 12-core / 24-thread LoongArch Chinese CPU with DDR4 ECC memory. Those initial benchmarks were done with Debian LoongArch64 while since then I've shifted over to using Arch Linux on LoongArch.

Arch Linux Running Well On LoongArch - Loongson 3B6000 Benchmarks Review  Phoronix

Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS Now Available With Linux 6.17 HWE Kernel  Phoronix

Canonical released Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS today as the newest point release to the Noble Numbat...

FOSS Weekly #26.07: Kernel 6.19, AI for Real Sysadmin Works, Arch Apps on Ubuntu and More Linux Stuff  It's FOSS

Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS Released with Linux 6.17 + Mesa 25.2  OMG! Ubuntu

The Linux 7.0 networking pull request showcases two extremes and the diversity and robustness of the open-source kernel ecosystem. Linux 7.0 is laying the groundwork for WiFi 8 Ultra-High Reliability (UHR) support while this kernel version is also bidding farewell to the last Ethernet driver for use over parallel printer ports...

Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS Is Now Available for Download Powered by Linux Kernel 6.17  9to5Linux

The Linux kernel's workqueue for async task handling within a dedicated kernel thread is seeing some useful improvements with Linux 7.0...

"Completely garbage!" Linus blasts the Linux MMC code update: It can't even compile, and no testing was done at all.  36 Kr

I wanted Windows Notepad on Linux—this app is the closest replacement I’ve found  How-To Geek

The performance "perf" events changes for the Linux 7.0 kernel are continuing to prepare for next-generation Xeon Diamond Rapids processors as the successor to current Xeon 6 Granite Rapids...

Mesa 26.0 Rolls Out, Bringing Major Vulkan And Ray-Tracing Improvements For Radeon GPUs On Linux  Wccftech

Linux Mint team considers longer gaps between releases in attempt to accelerate development efforts — current six-month cycle means ‘we spend more time testing, fixing, and releasing than developing’  Tom's Hardware

Linux Mint may slow down releases to have more development time  GamingOnLinux

Anbernic RG VITA Pro Adds New Chipset And Linux  findarticles.com

Diablo II: Resurrected – Infernal Edition gets released on Steam and Steam Deck Verified  GamingOnLinux

Intel has upstreamed some Resource Control "resctrl" improvements to Linux 7.0 for enhanced telemetry monitoring. This is the good kind of telemetry with this new code being useful for being able to monitor how much energy or work is attributed to a group of tasks / process IDs on the system...

Intel Is Making It Easier In Linux 7.0 To Monitor Energy Use For A Group Of Tasks  Phoronix