I saved a doomed Windows laptop by embracing Linux
 I saved a doomed Windows laptop by embracing Linux

Two weeks ago I set aside my M4 MacBook Air and picked up a nine-year-old ThinkPad. It’s one of an estimated 200 to 400 million Windows 10 PCs that don’t meet Microsoft’s requirements for Windows 11. When Microsoft officially ended support for Windows 10 in October, it became “obsolete.” The solution, according to Microsoft, is […]

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Steam survey shows Linux hitting an all-time high with gamers

Linux has climbed to an all-time high of 5.33% in Valve’s latest Steam survey, a milestone that underlines how far PC gaming on Linux has come.

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Google Chrome is coming to Arm-powered Linux devices later this year
 Google Chrome is coming to Arm-powered Linux devices later this year

You can download Chrome for Linux, and you can download Chrome for Arm devices – but if you’ve got a computer running Linux on Arm, not so much! Now, Google says it’s finally bringing Chrome to ARM64 Linux machines in Q2 2026, following Chrome for Arm Macs in 2020 and Chrome for Windows on Arm […]

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RTX 5090 gets 12% gaming boost in Ubuntu 26.04, thanks to optimizations with Gnome 50 — latest popular distro update brings significant performance uplift for Nvidia’s top GPU

Phoronix tested Ubuntu 26.04 on an RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 and found that the new version performs up to 12% better on the 5090 compared to Ubuntu 25.10.
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Developer’s 1994 Linux desktop recreation runs in your browser as a modern web app — open-source project brings old-school CDE interface back from the dead and features classic 90s web browser, text editor, and more

A new GitHub project has resurrected the 1994 Linux experience with this Debian clone in your browser, a pixel-for-pixel recreation of the original Common Desktop Environment that early Unix system users will be familiar w…

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Linux 7.0 launches with enablement for Intel Nova Lake, AMD Zen 6 — major kernel update expected in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and Fedora 44 first

A major kernel update, Linux 7.0, has been officially released. Although it’ll take some time to show up in various Linux distros, the kernel comes with preliminary support for AMD’s upcoming Zen 6 and Intel’s Nova Lake.
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Weathr app turns the Linux terminal into a live weather display — background ASCII animated real-time weather show is powered by Open-Meteo

An open-source Rust-based app teleports real-time ASCII art-based weather animations into your terminal backdrop.

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Linux kernel 7.0 finally abandons the 28-year-old Intel 440BX chipset’s EDAC driver — removal marks goodbye to the legendary motherboard chipset

Linux kernel 7.0 does away with 440BX EDAC driver

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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’

Linux Mint developers want to break from their self-imposed six-monthly cycle to build more ambitious updates.

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You’ll soon make WhatsApp video calls right in your browser

WhatsApp is rolling out voice and video calls on WhatsApp Web, starting with one-to-one chats. Screen sharing is included in video calls, while group calls and extras like call links are still in development.
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