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System76’s Got Game With Its New Serval WS Laptop

Linux News - Fri, 05/09/2025 - 22:20
The new upgrade to System76’s Serval WS reminds us of an old song by The Band because, “it’s a gamer’s dream if we ever did see one.”
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Intel Begins Posting Linux Patches For Wildcat Lake

Linux News - Fri, 05/09/2025 - 22:20
While there have been many Linux kernel patches being worked on for months now for Intel's upcoming Panther Lake SoCs, only seeing the first Linux kernel patches today is their Wildcat Lake platform...
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The Mobile Browsers That Stick Their Noses Into Your Business

Linux News - Fri, 05/09/2025 - 03:50
The folks behind Surfshark VPN have looked to see which mobile browsers are most likely to compromise your privacy, and offers some ways that you can protect yourself.
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Linux Mint’s Mint-Y Theme Gets a Modern Touch

Linux News - Fri, 05/09/2025 - 03:50
Linux Mint 22.2 will be called “Zara” and LMDE 7 “Gigi,” as the team tweaks Mint-Y colors to better align with modern UI trends and libAdwaita styling.
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KDE Gear 25.04.1 Fixes Session Restore in the Dolphin File Manager and Other Bugs

Linux News - Fri, 05/09/2025 - 03:50
The KDE Project released today KDE Gear 25.04.1 as the first maintenance update to the latest KDE Gear 25.04 open-source software suite series to address various issues in your favorite KDE apps.
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KDE Gear 25.04.1 Apps Collection Rolls Out, Here’s What’s New

Linux News - Fri, 05/09/2025 - 03:50
KDE Gear 25.04.1 apps collection delivers bugfixes and updated translations across 180+ apps and libraries, including Dolphin, Konsole, and Cantor.
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Ubuntu 25.10 will be the first major Linux distribution to ship sudo-rs as its default sudo

Linux News - Fri, 05/09/2025 - 03:50
Starting with its 25.10 release, Ubuntu is switching the default sudo tool to a new version called sudo-rs, written in Rust.
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Intel P-State Energy Aware Scheduling May Be Ready For Lunar Lake

Linux News - Fri, 05/09/2025 - 03:50
Going back to last year there have been patches for adapting the Intel P-State Linux driver with support for Energy Aware Scheduling (EAS) as what began as an Arm big.LITTLE feature but since being explored for use by the Intel P-State driver for hybrid CPUs without SMT which for the moment means Lunar Lake SoCs. A new version of the patches were posted on Tuesday and likely to be the last refinement to this patch series...
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Linux Mint 22.2 Codenamed “Zara”, LMDE 7 Will be Called “Gigi”

Linux News - Fri, 05/09/2025 - 03:50
Linux Mint leader Clement Lefebvre revealed today the codename of the next release of the popular, Ubuntu-based Linux Mint distribution, Linux Mint 22.2 “Zara”, along with the codename for LMDE 7.
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Slimbook Launches Kymera Black Linux Desktop Computer for Gamers and Creators

Linux News - Fri, 05/09/2025 - 03:50
UE-based Linux hardware vendor Slimbook announced today the launch of Kymera Black as the next generation of their Linux desktop computer designed for creators, gamers, and hardware enthusiasts.
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Final Bookworm-Based Raspberry Pi OS Released Ahead of Debian Trixie

Linux News - Fri, 05/09/2025 - 03:50
A new Raspberry Pi OS update is now available for download, featuring screen lock upgrades, touchscreen improvements, and performance boosts.
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AMD Strix Point & Intel Lunar Lake: Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu 25.04 Linux Performance

Linux News - Fri, 05/09/2025 - 03:50
Last month was a fresh look at the Intel Lunar Lake graphics performance between Windows and Linux while this article is Microsoft Windows 11 Pro vs. Ubuntu 25.04 again but looking at the CPU performance between these competing operating systems. For additional reference, some of the recently completed AMD Strix Point Windows vs. Linux benchmarks were also included for additional insight.
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Ubuntu 25.10 Will Default to Rust-Powered sudo-rs

Linux News - Fri, 05/09/2025 - 03:50
Ubuntu 25.10 (Questing Quokka) will default to sudo-rs, a Rust-based reimplementation of sudo, aiming for better security and memory safety.
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Raspberry Pi OS Gets New Printers App, Linux 6.12 LTS, and Wayland Improvements

Linux News - Fri, 05/09/2025 - 03:50
The Raspberry Pi Foundation announced today a new version of their Debian-based Raspberry Pi OS Linux distribution for Raspberry Pi computers that introduces some new features, better touchscreen handling, and various Wayland improvements.
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Raspberry Pi OS Updated With More Wayland Work, Likely The Last Based On Debian 12

Linux News - Fri, 05/09/2025 - 03:50
Raspberry Pi today announced the latest update to their Raspberry Pi OS, which continues to be based on Debian Linux and likely their last major release before migrating from a Debian 12 base to Debian 13 later in the year...
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Fwupd 2.0.9 Released With Firmware Updating Support For Intel Arc Battlemage

Linux News - Thu, 05/08/2025 - 22:20
Following his recent PremDay talk on LVFS/Fwupd, Richard Hughes of Red Hat today released Fwupd 2.0.9 as the newest feature release for this open-source firmware updating utility for Linux systems...
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Fedora 42 now an official Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 distro

Linux News - Thu, 05/08/2025 - 22:20
Modern Linux, vintage kernel. Good news for those fond of crimson headwear – Fedora 42 is now an official distro on Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL2).…
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Mesa 25.1 Lands with PanVK Feature Surge, Vulkan 1.4 Enhancements

Linux News - Thu, 05/08/2025 - 22:20
Mesa 25.1, an open-source OpenGL/Vulkan graphics API implementation, debuts with Vulkan 1.4 and OpenGL 4.6 support, numerous driver updates, and more.
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New GNOME Executive Director Named: Steven Deobald

Linux News - Thu, 05/08/2025 - 22:20
Last July it was announced Holly Million was stepping down as the GNOME Foundation's Exeuctive Director after less than a year at the helm. Richard Littauer took over as interim Executive Director while this week a new GNOME Foundation Executive Director was hired...
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Fwupd 2.0.9 Linux Firmware Updater Adds Support for Intel Arc ‘Battlemage’ GPUs

Linux News - Thu, 05/08/2025 - 22:20
Fwupd 2.0.9 is out today as the ninth maintenance update to the latest fwupd 2.0 release of this open-source Linux firmware update utility with support for more devices, new features, and bug fixes.
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