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BrianFagioli writes: The Linux Mint developers say they are considering adopting a longer development cycle, arguing that the project's current six month cadence plus LMDE releases leaves too little room for deeper work. In a recent update, the team reflected on its incremental philosophy, independence from upstream decisions like Snap, and heavy investment in Cinnamon and XApp. While the release process "works very well" and delivers steady improvements, they admit it consumes significant time in testing, fixing, and shipping, potentially capping ambition. Mint's next release will be based on a new Ubuntu LTS, and the team says it is seriously interested in stretching the development window. The stated goal is to free up resources for more substantial development rather than constant release management. Whether this signals bigger technical changes or simply acknowledges bandwidth limits for a small team remains unclear, but it marks a notable rethink of one of desktop Linux's most consistent release rhythms.

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Linus Torvalds Rejects MMC Changes For Linux 7.0 Cycle: "Complete Garbage"  Phoronix

The InkPad One Takes Aim at Amazon's Kindle Scribe With Open Linux Architecture and a Bold Bet on E-Reader Freedom  WebProNews

An overview of Google’s work at the 2026 Munich Security Conference, including a new whitepaper, AI updates and security recommendations.An overview of Google’s work at the 2026 Munich Security Conference, including a new whitepaper, AI updates and security recommendations.

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Linux Gamers on Radeon Graphics Get Ray Tracing Performance Boost in Mesa 26.0.0 Update  TechPowerUp

Linux Gamers on Radeon Graphics Get Ray Tracing Performance Boost in Mesa 26.0.0 Update  TechPowerUp

Linux Gamers on Radeon Graphics Get Ray Tracing Performance Boost in Mesa 26.0.0 Update  TechPowerUp

Linux Mint may make fewer releases a year  OMG! Ubuntu

Linux Mint may make fewer releases a year  OMG! Ubuntu

Linux Mint may make fewer releases a year  OMG! Ubuntu

Mesa 26.0 Open-Source Graphics Stack Officially Released, Here’s What’s New  9to5Linux

The world is closer than thought to a "point of no return" after which runaway global heating cannot be stopped, scientists have said. From a report: Continued global heating could trigger climate tipping points, leading to a cascade of further tipping points and feedback loops, they said. This would lock the world into a new and hellish "hothouse Earth" climate far worse than the 2-3C temperature rise the world is on track to reach. The climate would also be very different to the benign conditions of the past 11,000 years, during which the whole of human civilisation developed. At just 1.3C of global heating in recent years, extreme weather is already taking lives and destroying livelihoods across the globe. At 3-4C, "the economy and society will cease to function as we know it," scientists said last week, but a hothouse Earth would be even more fiery. The public and politicians were largely unaware of the risk of passing the point of no return, the researchers said. The group said they were issuing their warning because while rapid and immediate cuts to fossil fuel burning were challenging, reversing course was likely to be impossible once on the path to a hothouse Earth, even if emissions were eventually slashed. It was difficult to predict when climate tipping points would be triggered, making precaution vital, said Dr Christopher Wolf, a scientist at Terrestrial Ecosystems Research Associates in the US. Wolf is a member of a study team that includes Prof Johan Rockstrom at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany and Prof Hans Joachim Schellnhuber at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Austria.

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Linux Kernel Graphics Driver Development Now Experimenting With AI Code Review  Phoronix

Sabayon Linux Creator Now Developing Gentoo-Based, Immutable matrixOS  Phoronix

Bluefin Linux: ChromeOS simplicity meets Linux power  The New Stack

An anonymous reader shares a report: The U.S. economy experienced almost zero job growth in 2025, according to revised federal data. On a more encouraging note: hiring has picked up in 2026. Preliminary data had indicated that the U.S. economy added 584,000 jobs last year. But the Bureau of Labor Statistics revised that number after it received additional state data, and found that the labor market had added 181,000 jobs in all of 2025. This is far fewer than the 1.46 million jobs that were added in 2024. One bright spot was last month, when hiring increased by 130,000 roles. This was significantly more than the 55,000 additions that had been expected by economists. "Job gains occurred in health care, social assistance, and construction, while federal government and financial activities lost jobs," BLS said in a statement.

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FLOSS Weekly Episode 864: Work Hard, Save Money, Retire Early  Hackaday

New Proton Experimental update adds controller support to more launchers on Linux / SteamOS  GamingOnLinux

New Proton Experimental update adds controller support to more launchers on Linux / SteamOS  GamingOnLinux