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You paid me, a long-time Linux user, to use Windows 11 exclusively for a month: here’s how it went

A long-time Linux user shares their experience of using Windows 11 exclusively for a month as a paid experiment.

Other Hacker News

Study: "Mommy, do you love your phone more than me?"

A study exploring the impact of parental smartphone usage on child perception and emotional connection.

Hardware/Chips Phoronix

Single vs. Dual Channel Memory Performance With The Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus

Benchmarks comparing single vs. dual channel DDR5 memory performance on the Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus processor.

Open Source Phoronix

Intel Sunsets Quantum Intrinsics & Other Open-Source Projects This Week

Intel has archived several open-source projects, including Quantum Intrinsics, as they are no longer maintained.

AI/ML Phoronix

AMD ZenDNN 6.0 Brings Many Improvements For Accelerating Inference On Ryzen/EPYC CPUs

AMD releases ZenDNN 6.0, providing significant inference acceleration improvements for Ryzen and EPYC CPUs.

Open Source Phoronix

Wayland No Longer Considered Experimental For Linux Mint's Next Cinnamon Release

Linux Mint's next Cinnamon release will move Wayland support out of experimental status.

Software Engineering Phoronix

Linux 7.3 To Make It Easier To Disable Syscall User Dispatch

Linux kernel 7.3 will introduce easier ways to disable Syscall User Dispatch to improve system security.

Cybersecurity Phoronix

XWayland 24.1.13 Released To Fix Two More Security Issues In The X.Org Codebase

XWayland 24.1.13 is released to address two security vulnerabilities found in the X.Org codebase.

Open Source Phoronix

Proton 11.0-1 Released To Advance Valve's Steam Play For The Best Linux Experience Yet

Valve releases Proton 11.0-1, enhancing the Windows gaming experience on Linux systems and Steam Deck.

Software Engineering Phoronix

AMD Linux Graphics Driver Working To Clear Out All Of Its BUG()s

AMD graphics driver maintainers are submitting patches to remove BUG() calls from the AMDGPU kernel driver.

Hardware/Chips Phoronix

NVIDIA Upstreams Initial Rigel CPU Core Support Into GCC Compiler

Initial support for NVIDIA's Rigel CPU core has been merged into the upstream GCC compiler.

Other Hacker News

Life with Hazard Ratios

A discussion on Hacker News regarding the interpretation and application of hazard ratios in scientific or medical data.

Hardware/Chips Hackaday

Mechanosynthesis of Atomic Carbon Structures Using Inverted-Mode STM

Exploration of mechanosynthesis using an inverted-mode Scanning Tunneling Microscope (STM) to create atomic carbon structures.

Software Engineering Phoronix

Proposed Linux Patch For A Brief Delay To Match PCI Spec Will Hopefully Address Some Bugs

A proposed Linux kernel patch aims to fix xHCI controller failures on AMD Ryzen AI Max+ systems during resume by adhering to PCI specifications.

Cybersecurity Phoronix

Linux Prepares For New USB-C Security Feature On Lenovo ThinkPads

Linux is adding support for the USB-C Security Restricted Mode found in newer Lenovo ThinkPads to improve system security reporting.

Software Engineering Phoronix

Initial Patches Posted For Booting The Apple M4 On Linux

Initial Device Tree files have been posted to enable booting the Apple M4 SoC on Linux, though full functionality is still far off.

Hardware/Chips Phoronix

AMD Ryzen AI Halo Box RGB LED Driver Inches Closer To The Mainline Kernel

Mainline kernel support for the RGB LED driver on the AMD Ryzen AI Halo mini PC is nearing completion.

Open Source Phoronix

Zlib-rs 0.6.6 Released With Updated Zlib API Support

Zlib-rs 0.6.6 has been released, providing updated Zlib API support and continuing optimizations for Intel Raptor Lake.

Open Source Phoronix

Redox OS Gets GTK3 Backend For Orbital Desktop, Fractional Scaling & USB Gamepads

Redox OS, a Rust-based operating system, introduces a GTK3 backend for the Orbital desktop, fractional scaling, and USB gamepad support.

Open Source Phoronix

LibreOffice 26.8 Beta Released For Improving This Free Software Office Suite

The first beta release of LibreOffice 26.8 is available, featuring improvements to the open-source office suite.