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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 information for AMD and Intel CPUs can now report some L2 cache stats for recent Intel CPUs beginning with Linux 7.0... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Turbostat-Linux-7.0 #linux#intel#amd

📰 Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS released with Linux 6.17 + Mesa 25.2 Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS is now available to download. This fourth point release brings the Linux 6.17 HWE kernel and Mesa 25.2 graphics stack for better hardware support.You're reading Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS released with Linux 6.17 + Mesa 25.2, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission. 🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/ubuntu-24-04-4-lts-released #linux#kernel#ubuntu

📰 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 code with IO_uring usage. When turning to Claude AI to help in sorting through the issue, patches were devised that can deliver up to a "literally yield a 50-80x improvement on the io_uring side for idle systems." The code is on its way to the Linux kernel... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AI-50-80x-IO-uring #linux#kernel

📰 5 Linux tools that made me stop using Windows utilities One of the perks of running Windows Subsystem for Linux is that it allows me to use Linux tools on Windows. There are several default Windows utilities for which Linux has much better alternatives, so I've begun using them in place of the Windows equivalents. 🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-tools-that-made-me-stop-using-windows-utilities/ #linux

📰 PipeWire 1.6 Released With Many New Features PipeWire 1.6 is out today as the newest feature release for this software widely used by the Linux desktop for managing of audio and video streams while nicely integrating with sandboxed Flatpak apps and more... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/PipeWire-1.6 #linux#flatpak

📰This is Probably the Best Video Downloader App (And it is Free and Open Source) If you are looking for a free video downloader that just works on Linux, Windows or macOS, VidBee is the ideal choice here. 🔗 Source: https://itsfoss.com/vidbee/ #linux#opensource

📰 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 WiFi driver. The Realtek RTL8723BS is an 802.11 b/g/ SDIO WLAN adapter with Bluetooth 4.0 connectivity too. In the nearly decade since this driver was added to the staging area, it's continued to be cleaned up and with the Linux 7.0 merge window there is yet again a lot of work on cleaning up this WiFi driver for the old Realtek hardware... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0-Staging #linux#kernel

📰 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 desktops and workstations. Helping distinguish System76 from other Linux desktop/PC vendors has been their custom-engineered, built-in-the-USA enclosures and now they are preparing to launch a next-generation design... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/System76-Thelio-Redesign #linux

📰 Pocketblue Brings Fedora Atomic Linux to Mobile Devices Pocketblue brings Fedora Atomic to select ARM-powered devices, providing users with an immutable Linux system on their phones and tablets. 🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/pocketblue-brings-fedora-atomic-linux-to-mobile-devices/ #linux#fedora#arm

📰 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 to outline recent progress and upcoming items around Apple Silicon support on Linux. This year will also mark five years that Asahi Linux has been around for bringing Linux to the Apple M-Series hardware... 🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Apple-M3-Asahi-Linux-2026 #linux#kernel

📰 Experimental code ready for testing to enable HDMI 2.1 FRL with AMDGPU on Linux Unfortunately, the HDMI Forum refused to allow HDMI 2.1+ features in the open source driver, but that hasn't stopped one developer.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux. 🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/experimental-code-ready-for-testing-to-enable-hdmi-2-1-frl-with-amdgpu-on-linux/ #linux#opensource

📰Linus T tells The Reg how Linux solo act became a global jam session Ts'o, Hohndel and the man himself spill beans on how checks in the mail and GPL made it all possible If you know anything about Linux's history, you'll remember it all started with Linus Torvalds posting to the Minix Usenet group on August 25, 1991, that he was working on "a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. 🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/02/18/linus_torvalds_and_friends/ #linux#gnu