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Open-Source NVIDIA "Nova" Driver Sees More Functionality For Linux 7.3

Sent to DRM-Next this week was the DRM Rust core and driver changes targeting the upcoming Linux 7.3 merge window…

I finally switched Linux desktops, and COSMIC is the one to blame

It's getting really good…

Illinois Just Passed a Law That Puts Linux on the Hook for Age Verification

Illinois signed HB5511 on July 31. Past the TikTok and Instagram headlines is a mandate for operating systems, with no exemption for open source.…

Linux Mint's new kernel cleanup feature makes it even more appealing for people escaping Windows

When learning how to use Linux, less is sometimes more.…

Five More Lenovo Laptops To Report Fan Sensors With Linux 7.3

In addition to more ASUS motherboards having working sensors with Linux 7.3, this next kernel version will also get several more Lenovo laptop models to be reporting their fan sens…

Linux 7.3 Bringing A KCFI Optimization To Benefit Older Intel CPUs

Expected to be merged during the upcoming Linux 7.3 merge window is a Kernel Control Flow Integrity (KCFI) improvement intended to benefit older Intel processors.…

Linux Fu: Heads or Tails for VPN

If you’ve done much networking, you surely know the frustration of trying to connect to something, say a Raspberry Pi, that lives behind your consumer router. There are a number of…

The Linux gaming distro that refused to join the Open Gaming Collective is now dominating the Steam charts

CachyOS is the most popular distro among Steam users that wasn't made by Valve…

Linux Mint Improves Kernel Management & Setting System-Wide Environment Variables

Linux Mint is out today with their July 2026 status update that highlights all the improvements made to their distribution over the past month.…

Linux has better Windows game compatibility at this stage than Windows does, and Proton is why

It's true.…

Old SGI Drivers Being Removed In Linux 7.3 Over Security Concerns

On top of various other Linux drivers for old hardware being removed due to noise generated by AI/LLM coding agents, there are more examples coming with Linux 7.3 as some old Silic…

Linux 7.2 is on track to release next week as AI bug finders continue to set the new norm for the kernel

It's almost here. Maybe.…

Linux 7.2-rc7 Released Following Another Exhausting AI-Driven Week

Linux 7.2-rc7 is now available for testing as we close in on the official Linux 7.2 release hopefully next weekend.…

Linux finally gave me back the joy of tinkering that Windows killed

And I couldn't be happier.…

Qualcomm Posts Linux Patches For Kuno SoC Support: Cortex-A7 Platform In 2026

Qualcomm engineers posted a set of 15 patches today for the Linux kernel to enable the Qualcomm Kuno SoC support and their reference development platform.…

Dell Latitude 7320 2-in-1 Seeing Web Camera Support On Linux After Five Years

Launched back in 2021 was the Dell Latitude 7320 2-in-1 business laptop/tablet powered by the at-the-time impressive Intel 11th Gen Core 'Tiger Lake' processors…

New Linux Patches Enable ASUS ROG Ryujin III Monitoring Support

For those with an ASUS ROG Ryujin III all-in-one CPU liquid cooling setup catering to gamers, there are now patches pending to enable this AIO liquid cooling setup to work under Li…

Show HN: HolyCode Cloud – persistent Linux workstations for AI

A cloud Linux workstation with Claude Code, Codex, Gemini and OpenCode plus Postgres, Playwright, Jupyter, pandas, pandoc and ffmpeg already installed. Root on your own machine, a …

Linux 7.3 To Better Handle Cluster Load Balancing On Intel Hybrid CPUs

A set of patches from Intel are set to be merged for the upcoming Linux 7.3 merge window to enhance the cluster-aware scheduling code so it better handles load balancing on modern …

4 operating systems that owe nothing to Windows, Linux, or Unix

These operating systems are incredibly unique and pull as little as possible from the big players, but they're mostly a novelty…

Wine 11.15 Released With Wayland Fixes, Fix For A 20 Year Old MSXML3 Bug

Making its debut this Saturday rather than the usual bi-weekly Friday release regiment, Wine 11.15 is out today as the newest development release for this open-source software enab…

Linux gaming's stuttering problem isn't Proton and a new kernel patch could reveal what it actually is

There's more to this than meets the eye.…

HWMON Fixes For Linux 7.2-rc7: "Most Of Them Fixing Critical Or High Severity Bugs"

It's been another busy week in the Linux kernel camp with increased patch activity continuing due to AI/LLM coding agents / bots continuing to uncover different defects in the open…

Linux 7.2-rc7 Adding Support For The Most Unique Or Very Funky Gaming Controller

The input subsystem fixes for the week include a number of AI-driven patches to address various information leaks, out-of-bounds accesses, validation fixes, and other coding issues…

This Filesystem is Born to Fail

Sandboxing a Linux process usually means spending a lot of effort deciding what it isn’t allowed to see. You might put it in a mount namespace, bind-mount a few directories into pl…

Linux 7.3 To Support Logitech HID++ 2.0 Reprogrammable Button Support

For those with newer, high-end Logitech input devices, coming with Linux 7.3 is support for the re-programmable button support of the HID++ 2.0 protocol.…

NordVPN gives Linux users a major upgrade with automatic GUI app installation

The VPN provider is making it easier than ever to protect your Linux device while introducing a new tool for simpler troubleshooting…

Stable kernel releases for Friday with a single bug fix

Greg Kroah-Hartman has announced the release of the 6.12.102, 6.6.150, 6.1.182, 5.15.215, 5.10. [...]…

Linux gaming got so big that even GOG couldn't ignore it anymore

GOG Galaxy is in the works for Linux.…

HyperX Driver Coming For Linux 7.3 Just To Report A Microphone's Mute Status

A new driver coming for the Linux 7.3 kernel is HID-HyperX…

Linux 7.2-rc7 Addresses A "Nasty" Race Condition Leading To Use-After-Free After 8 Years

The Linux kernel Git activity continues being quite heavy this week on fixes…