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Steam Surges: Linux Gaming Hits a Milestone with 3% Market Share in October 2025!

Steam Surges: Linux Gaming Hits a Milestone with 3% Market Share in October 2025!

Steam on Linux is making waves! According to the latest Steam Survey from October 2025, it has surpassed the 3% ... Read more

Debian’s APT to Embrace Rust: How Debian Ports Must Adapt or Face Sunset

Debian’s APT to Embrace Rust: How Debian Ports Must Adapt or Face Sunset

On Halloween, Debian developer Julian Andres Klode delivered some unsettling news for users and developers of Debian Linux: starting next ... Read more

Discover the Latest Linux 6.18-rc2 Release: A Bigger Update to Elevate Your Experience

Discover the Latest Linux 6.18-rc2 Release: A Bigger Update to Elevate Your Experience

Linux 6.18-rc2 is now out, introducing a series of fixes as we move closer to this year’s Long Term Support ... Read more

Discover Linux 6.16: Unlock Enhanced Performance with NVIDIA Blackwell Open-Source and Intel APX!

Discover Linux 6.16: Unlock Enhanced Performance with NVIDIA Blackwell Open-Source and Intel APX!

The Linux 6.16 kernel has officially launched, bringing a host of improvements. This version offers better performance and support for ... Read more

Unlocking Innovation: How Linux 6.17 Tackles a 1993 Kernel Limitation

Unlocking Innovation: How Linux 6.17 Tackles a 1993 Kernel Limitation

An early pull request is in for the upcoming Linux 6.17 merge. It aims to fix an odd kernel limitation ... Read more

Intel to Sunset Clear Linux: What This Means for Users and Developers

Intel to Sunset Clear Linux: What This Means for Users and Developers

Intel has made a surprising announcement: it’s shutting down its Clear Linux distribution. After a decade of pushing the envelope ... Read more

Ultimate Comparison: Bcachefs, Btrfs, EXT4, F2FS, and XFS File System Performance on Linux 6.15

Ultimate Comparison: Bcachefs, Btrfs, EXT4, F2FS, and XFS File System Performance on Linux 6.15

Bcachefs is gaining attention as its file-system is nearing the removal of the “EXPERIMENTAL” label. Many readers have been curious ... Read more

Unlock Enhanced Performance: NVIDIA’s New Rust-Written ‘NOVA’ Driver Submitted Just in Time for Linux 6.15!

Unlock Enhanced Performance: NVIDIA’s New Rust-Written ‘NOVA’ Driver Submitted Just in Time for Linux 6.15!

Red Hat engineers have been working on a new open-source driver called NOVA, written in Rust. This driver aims to ... Read more

Karol Herbst Exits Nouveau Maintenance Amidst Concerns Over Linux Kernel’s Toxic Environment

Karol Herbst Exits Nouveau Maintenance Amidst Concerns Over Linux Kernel’s Toxic Environment

Karol Herbst has played a significant role in developing the Nouveau driver for over ten years. This open-source driver supports ... Read more