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📰 Linus Torvalds Announces First Linux Kernel 7.0 Release Candidate Linus Torvalds announced the general availability of the first Release Candidate version of the upcoming Linux 7.0 kernel series for public testing. Here’s what to expect! 🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/linus-torvalds-announces-first-linux-kernel-7-0-release-candidate #linux#kernel

📰 Don't install another Linux distro until you've tried an immutable one Sometimes, developers get so engrossed with making the best app possible that some of the basics get left behind. I understand it; if you're doing something amazing and you're going full steam ahead, all the small quality-of-life features seem like minor tweaks compared to all the glorious new tools and features you want to add to your app. 🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/dont-install-another-linux-distro-until-youve-tried-an-immutable-one/ #linux#steam#distro

📰 GNU Gawk 5.4 Released With New MinRX Regex Matcher, Faster Reading Of Files Developers behind the widely-used GNU Awk text processing utility today released Gawk 5.4... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Gawk-5.4-Released #gnu

What's Up Docker 8.2 Enables Digest Watching by Default https://linuxiac.com/whats-up-docker-8-2-enables-digest-watching-by-default/

📰 Yet Another Fix Coming For Older AMD GPUs On Linux - Thanks To Valve Developer Timur Kristóf of Valve's open-source Linux graphics driver team has been doing a fantastic job enhancing the older AMD Radeon GPU support under Linux. Last year he made enough improvements to the AMDGPU open-source driver that older Radeon GCN 1.0/1.1 dGPUs switched over to AMDGPU by default for nice performance gains, RADV Vulkan driver support out of the box, and all around better experience than using the legacy Radeon driver. 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Hawaii-Macs-AMDGPU-DC-Fix #opensource#linux#amd

📰 Serious About Learning Linux? Get 15 O'Reilly Linux and DevOps eBooks for Under $25 From command line to Kubernetes and Terraform, this bundle covers a lot! 🔗 Source: https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-seasoned-admins-bundle/ #linux

📰 KDE Plasma 6.7 to Add Desktop Switching in Overview KDE Plasma 6.7 will introduce virtual desktop switching in Overview using scroll or Page Up/Page Down keys, along with a new multi-printer print queue viewer. 🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/kde-plasma-6-7-to-add-desktop-switching-in-overview/ #plasma#kde

📰 eCryptfs Sees Renewed Patch Activity With Linux 7.0 We haven't heard much about eCryptfs in recent years for that stackable in-tree Linux file-system providing per-directory encryption support. The FSCRYPT framework has shown its strong capabilities in recent years with various file-systems, Canonical hasn't been pursuing its user home directory encryption like it did years ago for the Ubuntu desktop, and full disk encryption is the most secure approach for ensuring data security on your system. 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0-eCryptfs #linux#ubuntu

📰 AMD AOMP 23.0-0 Compiler Continues Enhancing Fortran Support AMD AOMP 23.0-0 was released overnight as the latest build of this LLVM/Clang downstream that continues to carry the very latest AMD patches focused on delivering the best support for GPU offloading to Radeon/Instinct hardware with the likes of the OpenMP and OpenACC APIs. AOMP continues to serve as a great leading-edge compiler for the best AMD GPU offloading experience until the patches ultimately work their way into upstream LLVM... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-AOMP-23.0-0 #amd

📰 Ghostty terminal is finally adding scrollbar support Ghostty's most-thumbed feature request is finally being answered. Yup, scrollbar support is finally coming in Ghostty 1.3 for Linux and macOS.You're reading Ghostty terminal is finally adding scrollbar support, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission. 🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/ghostty-linux-scrollbars-coming #linux#ubuntu

📰 KDE Plasma 6.6 is out – screenshot OCR, refresh rate fix + more KDE Plasma 6.6 release lets you extract text from screenshots, control app volume from the taskbar, save custom themes and fixes the 60Hz animation cap.You're reading KDE Plasma 6.6 is out – screenshot OCR, refresh rate fix + more, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission. 🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/kde-plasma-6-6-released #plasma#kde#ubuntu

📰 The idea of using a Raspberry Pi to run OpenClaw makes no sense The micro-computer maker’s shares surged this week after an X post tied the AI agent to Pi demand opinion Beloved British single-board computer maker Raspberry Pi has achieved meme stock stardom, as its share price surged 90 percent over the course of a couple of days earlier this week. It's settled since, but it’s still up more than 30 percent on the week.… 🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/02/20/raspberry_pi_meme_stock_disorder/ #raspberry