Linux articles

Windows loses 400 million users as mobile, Linux, and Mac use grows (or not?)

In brief: Just over one billion active devices use Windows for their operating system, according to Microsoft. That sounds like an impressive statistic, but the company isn't as quick to point out that three years ago, the figure stood at 1.4 billion, meaning 400 million devices are no longer running the OS.

New benchmarks show SteamOS outperforming Windows 11 on Lenovo's handheld PC

That's called progress: SteamOS started life as a lightweight Linux-based system built for Valve's Steam Machines that never really picked up steam (pun intended). Now, it powers the Steam Deck and various other handhelds. New benchmarks show that the gaming OS outperforms Windows 11 on similar hardware.

Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds meet for the first time at tech titans' dinner

What just happened? Given that there was a time when Microsoft called Linux a "cancer," it's little surprise that the Redmond firm's co-founder and long-time boss Bill Gates had never met Linus Torvalds, creator of the Linux kernel. But that changed recently when the two attended a dinner, and it appears to have gone well.

Modder runs AMD FSR 4 on unsupported Radeon 7000 series GPUs, performance lags behind FSR 3.1

German government moves closer to ditching Microsoft: "We're done with Teams!"

LibreOffice backs campaign to help users move from Windows 10 to Linux – and ditch Office, too

Heroic Games Launcher lets you run Windows-only games on Linux and macOS

SteamOS adds support for Lenovo Legion Go, Asus ROG Ally, and other AMD handheld PCs

Damn Small Linux is a practical choice for revitalizing aging hardware

Zotac's new OLED handheld gaming PC runs a Linux-based OS

New SteamOS labels show game compatibility beyond Steam Deck

The "End of 10" project wants to save aging PCs with Linux instead of Windows 11

Someone tried, and mostly managed, to run Linux in an Excel spreadsheet

Open source AI is the new Linux, only faster

Amazon smart TVs could soon replace Fire OS with Linux-based Vega OS

Fedora Linux 42 delivers a smoother setup and better performance

SteamOS benchmarked on Asus ROG Ally as beta general release nears

Kali Linux 2025.1a released, featuring new themes and major desktop updates

Huawei to drop Windows, shifting to HarmonyOS and Linux for future PCs

E-waste or Linux? Charities face tough choices as Windows 10 support ends

In a nutshell: As Microsoft prepares to end free security updates for Windows 10 in October, a significant challenge looms for charities that refurbish and distribute older computers to those in need. With an estimated 240 million PCs unable to meet the stringent hardware requirements for Windows 11, these organizations face a difficult decision: provide potentially insecure Windows 10 systems, send them to e-waste recyclers, or explore alternative operating systems like Linux.

DeepSeek open-sources file system, claims it runs AI models faster and more efficiently

What just happened? In response to Western organizations calling it "shady and untrustworthy," DeepSeek launched "Open Source Week." During last week's event, the company released several repositories to the open-source community, including a highly efficient file system. Many AI specialists reviewing the code have come away impressed.

SteamOS VR headset could launch this year for $1,200

Student turns a PDF into a functional Linux emulator

Ventoy lets you copy ISO files to a USB drive and boot up without reformatting

Researchers claim Linux kernel tweak could reduce data center energy use by 30%

Forward-looking: Researchers have unveiled a small but powerful modification to the Linux kernel that could significantly reduce energy consumption in data centers. The proposed alteration comes at a crucial time, as computing currently accounts for about 5 percent of the world's daily energy use, with data centers being major contributors to this consumption.