Linux gaming is faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features(xda-developers.com)

930 points by haunter 5 months ago | 571 comments

XDA Developers article explaining how Linux gaming performance is improving as Windows API behaviors are implemented as Linux kernel features.

GOG: Linux "the next major frontier" for gaming as it works on a native client(xda-developers.com)

630 points by franczesko 8 months ago | 343 comments

XDA Developers article reporting that GOG calls Linux the next major frontier for gaming and is developing a native Linux client.

Look at how unhinged GPU box art was in the 2000s (2024)(xda-developers.com)

171 points by m-hodges 1 year ago | 70 comments

France's government is ditching Windows for Linux, says US tech a strategic risk(xda-developers.com)

357 points by pabs3 6 months ago | 197 comments

XDA Developers article reporting that the French government is moving from Windows to Linux, citing dependence on US tech as a strategic risk.

Unpowered SSDs slowly lose data(xda-developers.com)

710 points by amichail 11 months ago | 285 comments

XDA Developers article explaining that SSDs left unpowered for long periods gradually lose stored data due to charge leakage in NAND flash.

Nvidia has produced the first Blackwell wafer on US soil(xda-developers.com)

104 points by kristianp 1 year ago | 36 comments

Linux gaming is faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features(xda-developers.com)

930 points by haunter 5 months ago | 571 comments

XDA Developers article explaining how Linux gaming performance is improving as Windows API behaviors are implemented as Linux kernel features.

Linux is good now(pcgamer.com)

1060 points by Vinnl 9 months ago | 847 comments

A PC Gamer opinion piece arguing Linux is now good enough for desktop use and urging readers to switch in 2026 to feel ownership of their PCs.

New Linux udisks flaw lets attackers get root on major Linux distros(bleepingcomputer.com)

336 points by smig0 1 year ago | 227 comments

BleepingComputer news article about a udisks vulnerability that lets attackers gain root privileges on major Linux distributions.

2026 will be my year of the Linux desktop(xeiaso.net)

767 points by todsacerdoti 9 months ago | 572 comments

Xe Iaso's blog note announcing a switch from Windows 11 to Fedora Linux as their main desktop OS in 2026, criticizing Microsoft's recent Windows changes.

I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great(theverge.com)

647 points by rorylawless 9 months ago | 566 comments

A Verge first-person diary column by Nathan Edwards about replacing Windows with Linux on his gaming desktop, chapter one.

My first contribution to Linux(vkoskiv.com)

633 points by vkoskiv 1 year ago | 76 comments

A blog post recounting the author's experience upstreaming their first Linux kernel patch, fixing a hardware issue on a 2005 Fujitsu Lifebook S2110.