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• Turbostat With Linux 7.0 Can Report New L2 Cache Statistics The Turbostat command-line utility for reporting processor frequency and idle statistics along with other useful infor

• AI Helped Uncover A ‘50-80x Improvement’ For Linux’s IO_uring Linux block maintainer and IO_uring lead developer Jens Axboe recently was debugging some slowdowns in the AHCI/SCSI

• Community Refines Git Packaging Workflow 19. • Feb 2026 | Douglas DeMaio | CC-BY-SA-3.0 Contributors and developers within openSUSE Project recently met to coordinate the Git-bas

• I’ve used Windows for decades, but I tried Linux to see if it’s truly ’easy’ now - and one thing surprised me Follow ZDNET:Add us as a preferred sourceon Google. • ZDNET’s key ta

• FOSS Weekly #26.08: KDE Plasma 6.6, Mint Release Schedule Change, ASCII Weather, Firefox Tweaking and More Linux Stuff You might have noticed that I have not shared newpuzzles an

• Mediatek MT7902 WiFi Finally Seeing Open-Source Linux Driver Activity When searching for ‘MT7902’ and ‘Linux’ there is no shortage of users asking about Linux driver support for

• News 2026 February 19 Community Advances Governance Proposal After Virtual Meeting TheopenSUSE Projectmoved forward with a proposed governance structure following avirtual meetin

• Linux 7.0 Speeds Up Reclaiming File-Backed Large Folios By 50~75% Merged on Wednesday were some additional memory management ‘MM’ updates for the Linux 7.0 merge window. • Most i

• This new Linux desktop runs like an app - and launches in 4 steps Follow ZDNET:Add us as a preferred sourceon Google. • ZDNET’s key takeaways A new Linux desktop is in the works.

• Linux Still Working To Clean Up The Realtek RTL8723BS 802.11b/g/n WiFi Driver In 2026 Introduced to the Linux 4.12 kernel’s staging area back in 2017 was the Realtek RTL8723BS Wi

• Linux Still Working To Clean Up The Realtek RTL8723BS 802.11b/g/n WiFi Driver In 2026 Introduced to the Linux 4.12 kernel’s staging area back in 2017 was the Realtek RTL8723BS Wi

• Linux drives a lot of the world’s computing infrastructure, and that means it will continue to be a strategic target for threat actors. • This post gives you a 101 overview of: -

• Inside this week’s LWN.net Weekly Edition: Front : AI agent goes rogue; debuginfo; iocane; revocable resource-management patches; 7.0 merge window; AccECN; LLMs and security; Hum

• More ISA Differences Come To Light With The New AMD GFX1170 ‘RDNA 4m’ Earlier this month we spotted the addition of a new GFX1170 GPU target in the AMDGPU LLVM back-end. • Making

• Linux 7.0 kernel introduces regressions on Intel Panther Lake, reducing CPU and iGPU performance. • Benchmarks on MSI Prestige 14 with Core Ultra X7 358H show slower results than

• Linux 7.0 Showing Some Early Performance Regressions On Intel Panther Lake With the Linux 7.0 merge window beginning to calm down ahead of the 7.0-rc1 release due out on Sunday,

• Linux 7.0 kernel removes obsolete Mwave driver for 3780i ACP Modem in 1990s IBM ThinkPads. • Driver removal cuts over 2,600 lines of legacy code, freeing kernel space. • Modems w

• Linux 7.0 Retires The IBM Mwave ACP Modem Driver Used By Some 1990s ThinkPads Long past due for retirement, the Linux 7.0 kernel has removed the obsolete Mwave driver for the 378

• KDE Plasma 6.6 Turns Spectacle Into an OCR Tool and Ships a New Setup Wizard The beauty of desktop Linux lies in freedom of choice. • Here, people can opt for a different distrib

• Linux Foundation Newsletter: February 2026 The Linux Foundation | 18 February 2026 Welcome to the February 2026 edition of the Linux Foundation Newsletter. • AI infrastructure is

• Want to develop your Linux skills? • I’ve found the perfect distro for you Follow ZDNET:Add us as a preferred sourceon Google. • ZDNET’s key takeaways Nutyx isn’t your ordinary L

• Intel’s Discontinued Open-Source OpenPGL Project Finds A New Home Back in 2022 Intel announced OpenPGL as an open-source library for path guiding to help enhance the quality of p

• Think You’re Digitally Sovereign? • Red Hat Built a Tool to Find Out Red Hatis best known for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), the commercial Linux distribution that quietly runs

• System76 Preparing To Introduce Redesigned Thelio Hardware Linux hardware vendor System76 has begun teasing a redesign of their Thelio chassis that is used by their modern deskto

• Linux 7.0 Brings Several Enhancements For Modern Laptops Some of the x86 platform driver highlights for Linux 7.0 include: - The AMD Platform Management Framework (PMF) driver ha

• Linux 7.0 Brings Several Enhancements For Modern Laptops Some of the x86 platform driver highlights for Linux 7.0 include: - The AMD Platform Management Framework (PMF) driver ha

• The ‘More Accurate Explicit Congestion Notification’ (AccECN) mechanism is defined by this RFC draft . • The Linux kernel has been gaining support for AccECN with TCP over the la

• Dell UltraSharp U5223KW: An Outstanding 52-Inch 6K Monitor With Extensive Connectivity Earlier this month Dell sent over a review sample of their new UltraSharp U5223KW monitor.

• Dell UltraSharp U5226KW: An Outstanding 52-Inch 6K Monitor With Extensive Connectivity Earlier this month Dell sent over a review sample of their new UltraSharp U5226KW monitor.

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• Security updates for Wednesday Dist. • | ID | Release | Package | Date | Debian | DLA-4482-1 | LTS | ceph | 2026-02-17 | Debian | DSA-6139-1 | stable | gimp | 2026-02-18 | Debian

• Linux kernel next release archive offers latest source code and patches. • Developers can access Git trees, documentation, and mailing lists. • Bugzilla and Patchwork tools help

• LoongArch Ready With New Features In Linux 7.0 The Linux 7.0 kernel is shipping improvements for LoongArch, the Chinese CPU architecture inspired by MIPS64 and RISC-V and has bee

• Building Self-Hosted Trading Infrastructure on openSUSE 18. • Feb 2026 | Douglas DeMaio | CC-BY-SA-3.0 Modern Linux systems are increasingly used to run autonomous, policy-driven

• Apple M3 With Asahi Linux Continues Making Progress, No ETA Yet For Shipping Asahi Linux developers have published a status report following the recent Linux 6.19 kernel release

• FreeBSD adds KDE Plasma install option to text‑based installer for easy desktop deployment. • Option includes SDDM, X.Org, and GPU drivers for full desktop experience. • Develope

• Intel Lands Initial Preparations For DSA 3.0 Accelerators In Linux 7.0 Last year we began seeing Linux patches preparing the kernel for Intel Data Streaming Accelerator ‘DSA’ 3.0

• KVM In Linux 7.0 Adds Support For Virtualizing AMD ERAPS All of the KVM virtualization feature changes were recently merged for the in-development Linux 7.0 kernel. • KVM on x86

• 8 Years Later, Linux-based AsteroidOS 2.0 is Here to Add New Life to Your Old Smartwatch It’s been 8 years… • since we last coveredAsteroidOS on It’s FOSS. • The promising proj

• GNOME 50 Merges ‘sdr-native’ Color Mode Support For Wide Color Gamut Displays As a late stage change for GNOME 50 ahead of its official debut next month and following last week’s

• NTFS3 driver merged into Linux 7.0 mainline kernel, enhancing NTFS support. • New readahead optimizes bitmap initialization efficiently for large directory scans. • fsync now syn

• AMD Preparing Linux Kernel For ‘RMPOPT’ To Help Reduce Overhead On SEV-SNP Servers AMD sent out a set of Linux kernel patches today for enabling use of a new instruction dubbed R

• Linux 7.0 Lands New TI RGB LED Driver With ‘Autonomous Animation Engine’ Control The LED subsystem updates for the Linux kernel typically aren’t too noteworthy each kernel cycle

• Linux 7.0 Merges ‘Significant Improvement’ For close_range System Call The close_range system call for closing all file descriptors ‘FDs’ in a given range should enjoy a nice spe

• Experimental Out-Of-Tree Code Aims To Provide HDMI 2.1 FRL For AMD Linux Driver One of the limitations of the AMDGPU Linux kernel graphics driver has been the lack of its support

• 3 ways to switch Linux distros without losing all your data Follow ZDNET:Add us as a preferred sourceon Google. • ZDNET key takeaways Hopping to a different distro doesn’t mean y

• GhostBSD To Use XLibre Server, MATE vs. • Gershwin Desktop Decision In Future GhostBSD lead developer Eric Turgeon published an update regarding X.Org Server vs. • Wayland planni

• Why is Debian Called the Universal Operating System, Again? • In the Linux world, there are a few primary giants that most other distros have historically been built on and one o

• Various forms of tools, colloquially known as ‘AI’, have been rapidly pervading all aspects of open-source development. • Many developers are embracing LLM tools for code creatio

• Atomic distributions ensure upgrades either fully succeed or are discarded, eliminating rollback headaches. • Many atomic distros are immutable, adding extra security by preventi

• Gentoo Takes the First Step to Ditch Microsoft Copilot-Infested GitHub Contributors to Gentoo Linux can now submit pull requests throughCodeberginstead ofGitHub. • The repository

• KDE Plasma 6.6 is now available to download, adding text extraction to screenshots, per-app volume control in the taskbar and the ability to create your own themes. • The update

• KDE Plasma 6.6 is now available to download, adding text extraction to screenshots, per-app volume control in the taskbar and the ability to save custom themes. • The update also

• Intel Xeon 6 Granite Rapids Memory Scaling Performance From 6 To 12 MRDIMMs With memory pricing being as wild as it is these days and with MRDIMMs on Xeon 6 Granite Rapids offeri

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• Multiple distributions released critical security patches for popular packages like gimp, golang, and gnupg2. • Kernel updates appeared across Oracle, SUSE, and Debian, addressin

• Security updates for Tuesday Dist. • | ID | Release | Package | Date | —|—|—|—|—| AlmaLinux | ALSA-2026:2707 | 9 | gimp | 2026-02-17 | AlmaLinux | ALSA-2026:2708 | 8 |

• Someone Just Made an Immutable Gentoo-Based Distro Tailored for Gaming Sabayon Linuxwas a Gentoo-based distribution that existed from the mid-2000s until 2019. • It aimed to make