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One for the sickos: Linux shell 'revives' Windows 8's infamous tile-based Metro look

Block by boring block.

PC Gamer

Linux creatives rejoice - this dev's hard work now lets Photoshop finally run on Linux, so let your imaginations run wild

A developer-enabled Wine workaround allows modern Photoshop versions to run on Linux, highlighting technical feasibility despite the continued absence of official Adobe support.

TechRadar

What is Bazzite, and is it better than Windows for PC gaming? I installed this trending Linux distribution to see for myself

Learn about this emerging Linux distribution and whether it's a threat to Windows. Does it lack too many features to appeal to anyone outside the gaming crowd?

Windows Central

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Opera's gamer‑centric browser is coming to Steam Deck and Linux — raising questions about whether Windows is losing its grip on PC gaming

Opera GX is set to arrive on Linux in Q1 2026, adding momentum to the platform’s steady growth as gamers and power users look for alternatives to an increasingly AI-driven Windows.

Windows Central

Owner of big gaming platform can't believe how bad Windows 11 is – and hints are dropped about big things for Linux gamers this year

Windows 11 is taking a lot of heat these days, and GOG ('Good Old Games') is the latest to fire flak at Microsoft's OS.

TechRadar

Gaming on Linux just got a bump with new Wine 11 improvements that'll make for a better Proton on SteamOS, too

We can expect better and more robust compatibility.

PC Gamer

GOG's new owner brands Windows as poor quality while he ponders Linux support — "I'm not surprised that people gravitate outside of the Windows ecosystem."

GOG’s new owner, Michał Kiciński, has criticised Windows as poor-quality software, as the DRM-free PC game store begins exploring stronger Linux support for the future.

Windows Central

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An absolute madman has recreated the Windows 8 UI—for Linux

Windows 8? In 2026? These really might be the end times.

PC Gamer

Zorin OS 18 has reached 2 million downloads, with 1M+ Windows defections fueling one of Linux’s biggest growth stories in 2026

Zorin OS 18 has passed 2 million downloads in under three months, with around 75% coming from Windows users as Windows 10 reaches end of life and hardware limits push more people toward Linux.

Windows Central

Linux researcher and developer says 'there are bugs in your kernel right now that won't be found for years. I know because I analyzed 125,183 of them'

What's bug's scarier than a spider? That's right, a Linux bug 😱

PC Gamer

Sick of Microslop? New Linux distro could win over Windows 11 haters

Does the future belong to Linux? It's way too early to call that, but the new Loss32 project should make Microsoft sit up and take notice.

TechRadar

RAM prices are terrifying, so Nvidia wants to turn your Amazon Fire TV stick into a gaming PC

Linux PCs and Fire TV sticks get Nvidia GeForce Now native support, serving as a great gaming PC alternative in a rough market.

TechRadar

Chinese semiconductor outfit has Linux MPP repository on Github disabled after a DMCA takedown request — FFmpeg team accuses it of using libavcodec code without attribution

Leading Chinese fabless semiconductor company Rockchip has had one of its major software repositories taken down in response to a DMCA takedown notice.

Tom’s Hardware

Windows 11 surges among PC gamers on Steam as Linux stalls — the open-source OS mildly loses momentum after a brief uptick

Steam’s December 2025 survey shows Windows 11 accelerating sharply, while Linux’s recent growth stalls, marking a noticeable shift after several months of gradual Linux gains.

Windows Central

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I'm brave enough to say it: Linux is good now, and if you want to feel like you actually own your PC, make 2026 the year of Linux on (your) desktop

Now if you don't mind I'm going to delete the root folder and see what happens.

Tom’s Hardware

Linux's contemporary filesystem mount API went without documentation for six years — latest man-page package finally adds content for 2019 code

Linux's contemporary filesystem mount API has been missing documentation since 2019,

Tom’s Hardware

Recovered Unix v4 tape quickly yields a usable operating system — nostalgia addicts can now boot up Unix v4 in a browser window

Nostalgia addicts can now get their Unix v4 fix in a browser

PC Gamer

2025 might have been the year for Linux gaming, but there's still a way to go until I switch from Windows

Windows, sadly, still offers some things that Linux cannot.

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Legacy AMD GPUs receive 30% performance boost in Linux with new drivers — latest kernel update finally drops obsolete Radeon graphics driver after more than two decades

Linux 6.19 drops legacy Radeon DRM driver for the modern AMDGPU kernel driver, ushering performance uplifts up to 30% for AMD GCN 1.0 and GCN 1.1 graphics cards.

TechRadar

Surfshark expands dedicated IP to Linux in its latest desktop update

Surfshark has added dedicated IP support to its Linux GUI app, extending a feature it’s been focusing on since 2023.

TechRadar

Want to back up your iPhone securely without paying the Apple tax? There’s a hack for that, but it isn’t for everyone... yet

Want to back up an iPhone locally without iCloud fees? A small Linux-powered device offers encrypted USB backups but you've got to put in the work to set it up.

Tom’s Hardware

53 years later, bus standard launched by HP in 1972 gets stable Linux driver — General Purpose Interface Bus has blistering 8 MB/s of bandwidth

HP's GBIP interface will finally receive stable drivers for Linux (6.19 kernel release), 53 years after its debut.

Tom’s Hardware

Tiny Core Linux 16.2 still fits a proper Linux desktop into a 23MB download — but it has grown 1MB since the last time we looked at it

Tiny Core Linux is a true example of just how small a functional desktop operating system can be, even in 2025.

Tom’s Hardware

GeForce 590 driver branch is the first without feature support for GTX 9- and 10-series GPUs — Linux release marks the end of the line for graphics cards that defined an era

Nvidia 590 drivers cut support for GTX 900- and 10-series

Windows Central

Microsoft finds an unlikely ally — Linux developer defends Windows against BSoD jokes

Linux developer Linus Torvalds recently defended Microsoft over Windows BSoD errors, claiming they can be traced back to unreliable hardware rather than software bugs.

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