📰 CachyOS vs. Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS On Intel Wildcat Lake + 8GB RAM

Often times when testing different Linux distributions or comparing Windows vs. Linux it's on leading flagship desktop or server hardware, but today we are looking at the Ubuntu vs. CachyOS vs. Windows performance at the opposite end of the spectrum. With the new CHUWI UniBook $449 laptop powered by Intel Core 3 Wildcat Lake and with 8GB of system memory, here is a look at how those three operating systems compare across a variety of workloads.

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/review/wildcat-lake-windows-linux

#intel #linux #ubuntu

📰 Linux's IO_uring Sees Some "Crazy" Patches That Deliver Very Nice Improvements

Linux block subsystem maintainer and IO_uring lead developer Jens Axboe continues to uncover new opportunities for making the wonderful IO_uring framework even more performant within the Linux kernel. For ending out the week he's posted some "crazy" patches delivering some significant gains...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-IO-uring-Crazy-Friday

#kernel #linux

📰 Proton Experimental updated with fixes for STEINS;GATE RE:BOOT, EA App, Borderlands 4

Valve released a small update for Proton Experimental - the compatibility layer to run Windows games on SteamOS / Linux for September 11th.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/proton-experimental-updated-with-fixes-for-steins-gate-re-boot-ea-app-borderlands-4/

#linux #proton

📰 Intel Linux NPU Driver Only Now Officially Supports Ubuntu 26.04 LTS

Releasing on Friday was the Intel Linux NPU Driver 1.38 as the user-space open-source driver components for leveraging the Core Ultra Neural Processing Unit (NPU) under Linux in conjunction with the upstream IVPU kernel accelerator driver...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Linux-NPU-Driver-1.38

#intel #kernel #linux #opensource #ubuntu

📰 This Tiny Fingerprint Key Unlocks Linux, Approves SSH and AI Agents

Immurok is a wireless fingerprint reader that wants to guard your sudo, your SSH logins, your TOTP codes, and even your AI coding agent. Here is how it held up on Linux over a week of daily use.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17446441/immurok-review

#linux

📰 Void Linux Maintainer Orphans 100+ Packages Over AI Policy Dispute

A Void Linux maintainer has orphaned more than 100 packages he maintained over a dispute of the project's AI policy for LLM-generated text...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Void-Linux-AI-Policy-Orphan

#linux

📰 Linux gaming's next leap isn't more FPS, it's a working Wayland overlay

Overlays are responsible for more than just friends lists and screenshots.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-gamings-next-leap-isnt-more-fps-its-a-working-wayland-overlay/

#linux #wayland

📰 KaOS 2026.09 Released with Dinit, Niri, and Noctalia 5.1

KaOS 2026.09 is out with a Dinit-based system, Niri 26.04, Noctalia 5.1, Linux kernel 7.1, and Limine as the default bootloader.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/kaos-2026-09-released-with-dinit-niri-and-noctalia-5-1/

#kernel #linux

📰 BFS File-System Being Removed For Linux 7.4

The latest upstream file-system to be removed from the mainline Linux kernel is... BFS...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/BFS-Filesystem-To-Be-Removed

#kernel #linux

📰 Immutable Linux distros sound terrible on paper, but a month of Silverblue proved me wrong

I remember when I first learned about immutable distros. I'm a big fan of Fedora operating systems, and one day, I decided to check out all the spins you can download. One of them was Fedora Silverblue, the immutable GNOME version of the operating system. I had no idea what an immutable OS was, and the more I researched what they were, the more convinced I was that they were a flat downgrade to a mutable one.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/immutable-linux-terrible-paper/

#fedora #gnome #linux