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Linux Kernel 6.14 Officially Released, This Is What’s New

Highlights of Linux 6.14 include Btrfs RAID1 read balancing support, a new ntsync subsystem for Win NT synchronization primitives to boost game emulation with Wine, uncached buffered I/O support, and a new accelerator driver for the AMD XDNA Ryzen AI NPUs (Neural Processing Units).

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EndeavourOS Mercury Neo Launches with KDE Plasma 6.3, NVIDIA 570, and Mesa 25

EndeavourOS Mercury landed on February 10th, 2025, powered by Linux kernel 6.13 and featuring the KDE Plasma 6.2.5 desktop environment on both the live environment and the offline installation option. EndeavourOS Mercury Neo is here to bump the kernel to Linux 6.13.7 and the live session to KDE Plasma 6.3.3.

Rescuezilla 2.6 Swiss Army Knife of System Recovery Adds Ubuntu 24.10 Build

Highlights of Rescuezilla 2.6 include a brand-new base derived from the Ubuntu 24.10 “Oracular Oriole” operating system series to provide users with the best possible hardware support, as well as an updated UEFI Secure Boot shim package to support Windows 11 machines.

Finnix Linux Distro for Sysadmins Celebrates 25th Anniversary with New Release

Finnix 250 is here to celebrate the distro’s 25th anniversary, which is a huge milestone for such a small project. The first Finnix release was made public on March 22nd, 2000. Despite the small footprint, the Finnix distro ships with hundreds of Linux utilities for system recovery, maintenance, testing, and other system administration tasks.

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5 reasons why 2025 might finally be the year of the Linux desktop

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Feb 11, 2025

Quoting: 5 reasons why 2025 might finally be the year of the Linux desktop —

Every so often, you hear tech enthusiasts claim it’s finally the year of Linux. But despite its high utility in server and production environments, the casual PC user base has sidelined Linux for years, and for good reason. After all, the terminal-heavy nature of Linux distros makes them seem a lot more complex than they actually are. Back in the day, Linux operating systems were notorious for their compatibility issues with consumer-grade apps. Factor in the extra effort needed to get accustomed to a new OS, and it’s no surprise that the average user stays away from Linux.

But over the last couple of years, the Linux experience has evolved considerably, with modern distros packing enough UI tweaks to make them more accessible for beginners. As someone who loves both Linux and Windows, I can cite several reasons why this might be the year when open-source Linux distros finally gain the traction they deserve in the consumer PC market.

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