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Linux is 34 years old today
By Mark Tyson published
On this day 34 years ago, an unknown computer science student from Finland humbly announced that a new free operating system project was 'starting to get ready.'

Arch Linux continues to feel the force of a DDoS attack after two brutal weeks
By Les Pounder published
The Arch Linux project team are working to mitigate the impact, while keeping details of who, why and how close to its chest

I've tried many Linux distros designed to look and feel like Windows, and this is the best one yet
By Les Pounder published
It may look like Windows 11, but Linuxfx is really Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS in disguise. But to go far in the world of Linux you need more than good looks!

I use one simple tool to update my Linux OS and all of its software in minutes — Topgrade auto-detects and updates all of my system via one command
By Les Pounder published
Topgrade is one command that updates everything on your Linux, Windows and macOS machine.

Support for Intel's Itanium architecture is once again on the chopping block in GCC 16
By Aaron Klotz published
Maintainers are discussing whether or not to remove IA-64 support from the GCC compiler once again. If their plans go through, IA-64 support could be dropped for GCC 16.

Linus Torvalds calls RISC-V code from Google engineer 'garbage' and that it 'makes the world actively a worse place to live'
By Mark Tyson published
Linux creator Linus Torvalds has publicly dismissed a RISC-V code contribution from a Google engineer as 'garbage.'

Major Intel Linux driver projects are dying due to Intel layoffs and corporate restructuring
By Aaron Klotz published
Intel is continuing to drop more Linux maintainers and Linux drivers due to corporate restructuring within the company.

I took a look at AnduinOS, a Linux distro that feels like home for Windows users
By Les Pounder published
More Windows, less pane

Intel axes Clear Linux, the fastest distribution on the market
By Anton Shilov last updated
Intel shuts down Clear Linux OS as part of the broad global cost-cutting strategy, but it is set to continue upstreaming Linux innovations to the Linux kernel.

Steam and Linux gaming is safe: Fedora will not drop 32-bit support after all
By Aaron Klotz published
The developers behind Fedora have withdrawn their proposal to drop 32-bit support from the OS. Fedora 44 will maintain 32-bit support, allowing Steam to keep functioning on the Linux distribution.
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