Credit where credit is due, to Microsoft integrating WSL cause if you're a windows user you get both without dual-booting or using third-party vms

However, weirdly enough WSL is kinda killing the potential of the true "year of the linux desktop" in a way.

I consider switching to KDE neon from Debian but i am not entirely sure if it is worth it so i decided to ask anothe r linux user if I should. So please tell me abaut your experience with thist distro. If you would include also pros and cons i would be very gratefull *not native so sry for mistakes in spelling

I'm a student, started programming with C++, and for the past few months I've been building my own Debian-based distro called Kavis. before this i was thinking how os works how kernel and other things works etc then it hit me why wouldn't i make a os that can play games and that I'd actually enjoy using
What it is: Debian trixie base, X11 + Openbox, custom boot splash with the letter k, taskbar and start menu, settings app, and an app store. I don't compile my own kernel — I use Debian's signed one so Secure Boot can stay on and nobody has to go digging through UEFI settings trying to find it.
Current numbers: 563 MB ISO, 232-240 MB idle RAM. im trying to make idle ram usage and iso as small as possible , and right now there's a lot of room left for gaming and things you want to do.
What I'm working on right now:
Moving the panel from Python/GTK to Vala. Python was eating 117 MB of RAM on its own and felt slower than a turtle, which is not acceptable for a taskbar in my opinion. The Vala build is a 28 KB binary. Vala compiles down to C and links straight against GTK, so there's no runtime penalty, but it's way less painful to write than raw GObject C.
Kavis Store — a GUI front-end for apt. If a package is in Debian it installs from apt; if it isn't there or the version is ancient, it falls back to Flatpak. Only the store binary and the Flathub remote definition ship in the ISO, so no runtimes bloating the image.
Game Mode — gamescope + Feral GameMode + MangoHud, plus a service that reads sysfs to find the CPU's cache-heavy CCD and pins games to it. On X3D chips this should be a real gain. I'm still verifying the sysfs paths on actual hardware because they move around between kernel versions.
Two things I think are genuinely different:
File search that works like Everything app on Windows. plocate with live inotify updates instead of a stale nightly database, filters like ext:, size:>, path:, and apps, settings and a calculator in the same box. This was the single thing I missed most when I started using Linux, and I never found a good answer for it.
Hardened but still able to game. Read-only /usr, sysctl hardening, blacklisted kernel interfaces — and Flatpak and Proton still work. Those two goals fight each other and getting them to coexist took more thought than I expected.
There's also automatic btrfs restore points before updates, and if Windows is already installed on the machine it stays the default boot entry — I didn't want the thing hijacking anyone's boot order.
I'm actually looking for people to work on this with me. Not in a vague "contributions welcome" way — there are three specific things I need:
Translation. The whole system is bilingual, Turkish and English. Turkish is my native language so that side is fine, but I'd like more languages, and I'd also like a native English speaker to go over my strings — I know some of them read a bit off. If you speak anything else and want your language in a distro, this is an easy place to start.
Testing. I only have one laptop and a VM. I have no idea how this behaves on AMD graphics, on hybrid-graphics laptops, on high-refresh or HiDPI displays, or on an actual X3D CPU. If you have hardware and half an hour, that's genuinely useful to me — even "it didn't boot, here's the screen" is useful.
Code. Vala/GTK for the panel, Python for the store and settings, and Debian packaging. I'm learning Vala as I go and I'm sure parts of it are written badly, so if you know GTK properly I'd take the review as much as the code. The store's download manager and the settings app are both wide open if you want something self-contained to pick up.
On AI and googling: I use Claude heavily while building this — for Vala I'd never written, for packaging I didn't understand, and for working through design decisions out loud. I'm not going to pretend otherwise. I don't have anyone around me who works on this kind of thing, so AI and search are what I have. But I make the calls: the architecture, what goes in and what doesn't, and every bug I've actually hit I've had to understand before I could fix it. The 117 MB panel problem, the user-setup package silently not installing, the splash ordering — those were found by testing and reading logs, not by asking a model. If you think that disqualifies the project, fair enough. I've learned more in these few months than in anything else I've done.
The repo is private for now while I finish the Vala move and clean up the git history — I didn't want the first public version to be half-broken. My GitHub is KARANKOYU, and everything is written with English names and comments so it should be readable when it goes up. If any of this sounds interesting, comment or DM me your GitHub username and I'll send you an invite. I'd rather build this with people than alone.
I'm not claiming this is the next big distro or would change the world. It's one person's project and it exists mostly because I wanted to understand how a desktop actually fits together and how system parts like memory cpu gpu works. But it works, and I'd rather build the rest of it out in the open.
Logos are mine — drew them in SVG, exported to PNG.

geroge is a TUI dashboard with a bunch or random and handy functionality built in, including a terminal. Runs in X (mine auto-runs from .xinitrc at login) and tty.

You can use a terminal, take notes and or send scratch buffers off as an email. There's a launcher you can easily modify and a bunch of handy script action that you can easily modify, too.

Listen to music 3 or 4 different ways including random Nina Simone. Heh, I thought it would be pretty funny to have a random Leave it to Beaver episode appear from nowhere on your desktop so that's included in george (CH 57), too, as well as another channel showing old funny stuff; cartoons, docs, shows, whathave you.

You can pop off reminders and or events that will announce (hey, man, it's time).

george isn't a very important app or life-changing, but, it's built-up pretty well and is handy. Try it out, leave some feedback, tear it up. Release 1.1.1 at github: https://github.com/rabmach/george

Thanks for looking.

Kdenlive 26.08 is out! This release continues the focus on stability and polishing while bringing lot's of enhancements and quality of life improvements to the Timeline and Title Editor.

https://kdenlive.org/news/releases/26.08.0/

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Weird issue I can't figure out. My desktop (Linux Mint XFCE) randomly restarts, but only when it's hooked up to Ethernet. Unplug the cable or turn off the router and it's totally stable. Right now I'm just tethering internet off my phone through USB-C and it hasn't restarted once.

Stuff I've already checked/ruled out:

- Swapped the router AND the cable for new ones, still happens

- Went through journalctl for the previous boots — no kernel panic, no Oops, no MCE, no thermal shutdown, no watchdog reset. Nothing. The log for the crashed boot just stops mid-sentence basically, no shutdown sequence logged at all

- Ran smartctl on my SSD thinking maybe it was dying — health says PASSED, no reallocated sectors, temps fine. Only weird thing in the error log was a handful of READ commands that got cut off within like 30-40 seconds of boot, which honestly just looks like the power died mid-read, not the drive actually failing

- Also tried moving the PC off the extension board straight into the wall socket, didn't help

It's not instant either — I can be connected and just sitting there and it's fine, but if I actually start using the internet (browsing etc) for like 5-10 min it eventually reboots, sometimes 2-3 times back to back before it stabilizes again.

Onboard NIC, pretty sure it's a Realtek chip but I need to double check. Anyone run into this before? Trying to figure out if this is a dying NIC, some driver issue (r8169 maybe), or something totally different I'm not thinking of. Can post more logs if it helps.

https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4323697196/

About the job

Company

Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

General Summary

We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced staff Engineer . Join our Linux Platform team to design and implement modern Linux distribution integration and development infrastructure. Your work will accelerate internal teams and ensure Qualcomm’s next-generation CPUs are fully supported in upstream Linux distributions, enabling production-ready solutions for enterprise, data center, and hyperscaler deployments. This role focuses on platform integration, product execution, and CI/CD automation across leading Linux distributions, bridging internal development with open-source best practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to architecture and implementation of CI/CD infrastructure for Linux integration and open development workflows.
• Drive internal Linux distribution integration efforts, ensuring scalability, maintainability, and alignment with upstream standards.
• Lead resolution of complex platform issues across kernel, userspace, and firmware, collaborating with software, hardware, and product teams.
• Participate in engagements with external partners, including Linux distribution vendors and customers, to align on enablement requirements and ensure successful deployment.
• Collaborate with upstream communities and contribute to technical discussions as appropriate.
• Mentor and guide engineers on software best practices, including packaging, integration, and lifecycle management.
• Review designs and code, ensuring compliance with security, performance, and community requirements.
• Document technical decisions and standards for Linux platform enablement
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
• Strong background in computer science fundamentals and software engineering principles.
• 9+ years of software engineering experience, including Linux platform development for enterprise or server-class systems.
• Deep experience with enterprise Linux distributions (e.g., RHEL/CentOS/Fedora, Ubuntu/Debian) and build frameworks, including packaging, update mechanisms, upstream integration, and data center deployment practices.
• Expertise with Git and GitHub-based workflows (or similar), including integration with modern CI/CD systems for open-source or large-scale projects.
• Familiarity with Linux packaging systems (Debian, RPM) and CI/CD automation tools (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
• Proven experience in technical leadership, including mentoring engineers and guiding architectural decisions.
• Proficiency in Bash and Python for automation and tooling, experience with systems programming languages such as C/C++, Rust, or Go is highly valued
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with ability to influence technical direction across teams.
• Mature interpersonal skills with ability to collaborate across diverse teams and external communities.
• Proven ability to debug complex Linux systems across kernel and userspace.
• Ability to quickly learn new tools and workflows in a fast-evolving environment.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in non-linear, dynamic environments.
• Working knowledge of Linux kernel configuration and platform enablement (e.g., ACPI, UEFI, kconfig).
• Demonstrated contributions to upstream Linux kernel or userspace projects, with ability to represent the organization in open-source communities.
• Familiarity with virtualization, containerization, and orchestration tools (QEMU, KVM, Docker, Kubernetes) is desirable.

I’ve been seeing more and more people switching to Linux this year, especially gamers. Bazzite, CachyOS, Linux Mint, etc. seem to be getting mentioned everywhere.

Why didn’t we see a massive shift like this earlier? What changed, or what finally pushed people to make the switch?

I know the Steam Deck was probably a big factor in showing people that Linux gaming is actually viable and that Linux isn’t as painful as it used to be.

But what else changed over the last few years that made Linux suddenly feel like a realistic alternative to Windows for so many people?

Globally, Linux users comprised 8.88% of the market, and in North America, they reached 16%, with Windows clearly declining to over 15%.

• When will companies realize that Linux is the future of computing? This includes gaming companies and others.

Like clockwork, the Linux 7.3 merge window has concluded after two weeks and the Linux 7.3-rc1 kernel now available for testing.

Linux 7.3-rc1 is available following a lot of new code landing for new/improved hardware support, file-system enhancements, security improvements, and a lot more. Of course, also a lot of fixes to different pieces of the Linux kernel as a result of AI/LLM-driven activity.

Linux 7.3 brings new optimizations for Intel hybrid CPUs, more enablement for upcoming AMD Zen 6 platforms, better Btrfs performance, Nouveau support for NVK Vulkan Video, kernel driver support for the 2026 Valve Steam Controller, initial M3 Ultra / Pro / Max support, new AMD graphics IP enablement, initial enabling around Intel Starfire, Intel Xe3P graphics with Nova Lake are now enabled out-of-the-box, FailFS is upstreamed, a low-latency mode for USB4STREAM, and a lot of other new functionality. Linux 7.3 also includes the gaming improvements from Valve for enhancing the experience when running on systems with very limited amounts of vRAM. Plus a number of old/obsolete hardware drivers continue to be removed due to the ongoing noise by AI/LLM agents.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.3-rc1-Released

https://ebpf.io/blog/cloudflare-replatforming-1/

"The alternative to an eBPF platform was maintaining multiple incompatible point solutions, each with its own hardware dependencies, operational quirks, and integration challenges. As our hardware diversified, performance requirements grew, and edge services multiplied, that approach became untenable.

eBPF gave us a unified, vendor-agnostic, high-performance foundation that lets us program the operating system itself to handle our scale"

Why is that linux seems to always provide better performance in benchmarks and provide smoother experience?

This is a geekbench 7 test, while single core is slightly better, multi-core performance is a significant improvement

A quick but big update for word-sys's PDF Editor, now we reached v1.10.0-beta1 update, this update is including Feature Update only, Flatpak one will be released with v1.10.1 which im currently working on, so stay tuned for that, i started releasing development stages on my YouTube channel which you can access more details for current release and future release.

This update brings back Quick Save (Ctrl+S) which was gone on 1.7.2 update due to file corruption issues on saves, i managed to fix it with a good failsafe system so you dont have to worry about saving now.

Also another feature i added is Freehand Pen & Highlighter Tools which is recommended by a user, added freehand drawing tools with customizable colors, stroke widths, and opacity.

Another recommendation added was Quick Checkmark (✓) & Cross (✗) Tools which is a dedicated sidebar tools for adding checkmarks and crosses for fast form review and document markup, if this is your usecase.

Next is Special Characters Support, Symbols & Emojis Palette which popover palette with categorized tabs for form review symbols and emojis. So you can copy them from there to your clipboard and use on your texts you gonna edit or add easily.

Single-Key Keyboard Shortcuts for Tools to access them fastly with 1 press with updated sidebar tool button label hints.

Added Arrow Key Movement to move any selected object using Arrow keys. It will come handy if you have a trackpad.

And lastly Direct Creation Tool Resizing which is a feature recommended by user, this feature allows newly created objects to be directly grabbed and dragged without requiring a manual switch back to the "Select" tool.

Next update, which is v1.10.1 will brings only Flatpak Release, for now this is explanation of current v1.10.0-beta1 Feature release, you can use it, its stable on my testing, you can see the testing footage on here. (https://youtu.be/OPqb2KZjQAU)

Thanks everyone who supports this project with their ideas, i think this can be a better application and help all Linux users to do their jobs easily, thank you :)

Created my own initramfs tools and modloader, modstripper , pci-scanner and boot-animation software and stage 1 init system that invokes the other, where my own made tools mounted the kernel devices as tmpfs, devtmpfs, sysfs and proc with, custom modloader and cpio script, the modgenerator strips down all the unnecessary modules and blacklisted modules and selects the required modules based on the pci configuration

But I switched this to loading and stripping only using , pre-mentioned modules , it resolves the graph dependency and exports serialized module graph in order to load it in order, implemented a rescue method if any step fails

It first loads the gpu modules (in my case amdgpu radeon 740M) then starts my DRM/KMS userspace boot-animation software as bootsplash , then the nvme drive is searched using the uuid of mentioned in /etc/mountpoiny it contains the filetype too

Then finally it clears everything by deleting and then finally switch root into the systemd , finally the systemd taking over and my boot-stop service tells the bootsplash to stop by sending SIGINT to all the PIDs belonging to PGID of boot-splash,

I haven't yet implemented graphical login manager but will do so soon

I've re-implemented lot of tools and it's still unstable

Also wrote the GIF decoder to extract the frames

Initramfs size (21 MB ,(13 MB assets))

Compressed size 17 MB