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.

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.

Wine 11 rewrites how Linux runs Windows games at kernel with massive speed gains(xda-developers.com)

1130 points by felineflock 7 months ago | 402 comments

XDA Developers article on Wine 11 changing how Linux runs Windows games at the kernel level, with large performance gains.

Samsung Upcycle Promise(xda-developers.com)

157 points by 1970-01-01 8 months ago | 93 comments

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 to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech(techcrunch.com)

340 points by Teever 6 months ago | 151 comments

TechCrunch article reporting that the French government plans to replace Windows with Linux to reduce dependence on US technology.

France Launches Government Linux Desktop Plan as Windows Exit Begins(numerique.gouv.fr)

746 points by embedding-shape 6 months ago | 358 comments

French government press release on accelerating digital sovereignty and reducing dependence on non-European tech, following an interministerial seminar.

French government agency confirms breach as hacker offers to sell data(bleepingcomputer.com)

383 points by robtherobber 6 months ago | 138 comments

News report that a French government agency confirmed a data breach after a hacker offered the stolen data for sale.

California moves to exempt Linux from its age-verification law after backlash(tomshardware.com)

995 points by rbanffy 5 months ago | 435 comments

Tom's Hardware news article on a proposed amendment exempting Linux from California's upcoming OS age-verification law, by the law's original author.

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.