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Linux EFS File-System May Have New Maintainer - Or It Might Just Get Removed
An interesting quandary has arose on the Linux kernel mailing list over maintainership of old, unmaintained code within the Linux kernel
Asterinas 0.18 Released For Rust-Written, Memory Safe Linux Alternative OS
In addition to Redox OS continuing to evolve quite nicely for that from-scratch, Rust-based open-source OS, Asterinas OS is also continuing to move forward for that Rust-based operating system strivin
Linux 7.1 Helping Intel Arc Battlemage Graphics Achieve Better Performance
Recent testing of the Intel Arc B580 Battlemage desktop graphics card has shown that the upcoming Linux 7.1 kernel release is delivering superior graphics performance over the current stable Linux 7.0
Linux 7.1 stable launch looms as Linus Torvalds releases the final release candidate
The stable Linux 7.1 kernel is just days away if testing stays on track. Discover what fixes made the cut for AMD Zen6, Lenovo, and MSI hardware before the rollout.
Linux 7.1-rc7 Released: Stable Hopefully Next Sunday
Last week Linux 7.1-rc6 was larger than Linus Torvalds wished for and for Linux 7.1-rc7 it has come in still heavier than typically seen this late in the cycle, but is shrinking and making Linus comfo
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Coming from Windows, is there a way to copy and edit text in the terminal like Powershell?
This is my third week on Linux and I really miss PowerShell's text editing experience. In Windows, I used to use the terminal mostly while developing in VS Code, and with Powershell i could select text, copy it and edit …
PSA for AsahiLinux users
Do NOT upgrade to macOS 27 Golden Gate! Apple has changed how the boot picker and Startup Disk applications detect valid OS boot volumes. When using either from macOS 27, your Asahi partition will not be visible. Edit : …
rsync 3.4.4 released with regression fixes
rsync recently garnered controversy due to regressions introduced in the last release (3.4.3). Many people (rightly or wrongly) have attributed these regressions to the use of LLM tools. This most recent release claims t…
Fedora's Atomic desktop model is quietly becoming the future of Linux for normal people
Fedora's Atomic desktop model is quietly becoming the future of Linux for normal people
How do u actually learn linux?
I've been using linux for half a year and a few months now. I'm using linux mint. I downloaded linux cause I wanted something customizable and being able to control what's on my laptop while actually knowing what I'm doi…
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Why make a better operating system in the first place?
There's no way I couldn't start this article without touching on the gigantic elephant in the room: the Windows Subsystem for Linux. It truly says something that, for all the benefits Windows may have over a typical Linux distro, Microsoft decided that one of the ways to make Windows better was to simply... put another operating system inside of it. WSL initially made its debut back in 2016, and since then, it has progressed significantly, going from a purely terminal-based tool to adding support for GUI apps, as well as adding support for systemd, a key component in many Linux distros. The fa
Every good thing in Windows 11 started as a third-party tool Microsoft eventually bought or copied