Linus Torvalds: Someone ‘more competent who isn't afraid of numbers past the teens’ will take over Linux one day

Simon Sharwood / theregister - Emperor Penguin releases kernel 7.0 rc1 with some numerological musings Linus Torvalds has pondered his professional mortality in a self-deprecating post to mark the release of the first release candidate for version 7.0 of the Linux kernel.…

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Linux 7.0 Kernel Confirmed By Linus Torvalds, Expected In Mid-April 2026

msmash / slashdot - An anonymous reader writes: Linus Torvalds has confirmed the next major kernel series as Linux 7.0, reports Linux news website 9to5Linux.com: "So there you have it, the Linux 6.x era has ended with today's Linux 6.19 kernel release, and a new one will beg…

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I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great

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NVIDIA Announces Major Updates to GeForce NOW: Sim Controllers, Linux and Fire TV Clients

techpowerup - NVIDIA today announced major updates to its GeForce NOW cloud gaming platform that turns practically any screen with a game controller into a powerful gaming platform with graphics akin to PCs. The company brought NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 performance tier …

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NVIDIA Drops Pascal Support On Linux, Causing Chaos On Arch Linux

EditorDavid / slashdot - NVIDIA has been "gradually dropping support for older videocards," notes Hackaday, "with the Pascal (GTX 10xx) GPUs most recently getting axed." "What's more surprising is the terrible way that this is being handled by certain Linux distributions, with Ar…

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Linux Kernel 6.18 Released with Potential LTS Status

techpowerup - Linus Torvalds released Linux kernel 6.18 bringing new hardware support, virtualization improvements, and file system updates. The biggest change is the removal of the Bcachefs file system. Then, Linux 6.18 adds KVM x86 CET virtualization support, letting…

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For the Steam Machine to change PC gaming, Valve must solve Linux's anti-cheat problem

engadget - Following months of rumors, Valve finally announced the new Steam Machine earlier this week. And while I might question the company's decision to ship a system with only 8GB of VRAM in 2026, I believe the "Gabecube" will do more for PC gaming than anythin…

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Russian Hackers Abuse Hyper-V to Hide Malware and Evade Endpoint Detection

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Russian-linked hackers, Curly COMrades, are abusing Microsoft Hyper-V to deploy malware in hidden Linux VMs, bypassing EDR to conduct stealthy espionage.The post Russian Hackers Abuse Hyper-V to Hide Malware and Evade Endpoint Detection appeared first on …

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ROG Xbox Ally X runs faster on Linux than Windows, early testing reveals

techspot - YouTuber Cyber Dopamine managed to replace the version of Windows that ships on the Ally X with Bazzite, a Linux distribution purpose-built for handhelds that uses Steam's Big Picture Mode for its launcher. Early impressions are incredibly promising, and …

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Zorin OS 18 Beta is Now Available

Paul Thurrott / thurrott - Zorin announced that a public beta of Zorin OS 18 is now available for those that want a peek at the next version of this user friendly Linux distribution.The post Zorin OS 18 Beta is Now Available appeared first on Thurrott.com.

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Linux Mint 22.2 ‘Zara’ released with native fingerprint support – also has a new syncing sticky note system

tomshardware - Linux Mint 22.2 ‘Zara’ has been released today, offering native fingerprint biometrics, an updated Sticky Notes app, and improved update management.

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Arch Linux continues to feel the force of a DDoS attack after two brutal weeks — attackers yet to be identified as project struggles to restore full service

tomshardware - The Arch Linux project team are working to mitigate the impact, while keeping details of who, why and how close to its chest

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New Koske Linux malware hides in cute panda images

Bill Toulas / bleepingcomputer - A new Linux malware named Koske may have been developed with artificial intelligence and is using seemingly benign JPEG images of panda bears to deploy malware directly into system memory. [...]

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Google donates the Agent2Agent Protocol to the Linux Foundation

Maria Deutscher / siliconangle - Google LLC’s cloud unit has donated the Agent2Agent Protocol, a technology that facilitates interactions between artificial intelligence agents, to the Linux Foundation. The search giant announced the move on Monday at the Open Source Summit North America…

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Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds meet for the first time at tech titans' dinner

techspot - Microsoft chief technical officer Mark Russinovich posted evidence of the historic dinner in a LinkedIn post. Dave Cutler, the legendary programmer and lead architect of the Windows NT kernel, was also present, completing this meeting of tech titans.Read …

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Valve Updates SteamOS to Support Rival Handheld Gaming Devices

Valve has launched a major update to SteamOS, now welcoming support for third‐party handheld devices like Lenovo’s Legion Go and Asus’s ROG Ally series. This move not only enhances the Steam Deck’s functionality but also signals a strategic embrace of a broader handheld gaming ecosystem.

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Microsoft opens WSL source code, inviting community innovation

After nearly a decade of closed development, Microsoft has finally open-sourced the Windows Subsystem for Linux, placing the code on GitHub for developers to polish as they see fit. This long-awaited move is a nod to persistent community demands—even tech giants eventually learn to share their toys.

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Fedora Linux Now Official On WSL

Microsoft has expanded its Windows Subsystem for Linux by officially adding Fedora Linux. Users can now install Fedora directly via the command line, enhancing developers’ cross-platform workflows and reaffirming Microsoft’s commitment to diversified OS support in an increasingly hybrid computing environment.

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