Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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We're exploring patches that are getting submitted for the Linux Kernel 7.0 merge window & Linus news this week. Major improvements to performance, gpu, cpu, and desktops on Linux systems using the kernel. This in-depth review of what's new in Linux this week.

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00:00 AMD Radeon Older GPUs see improvement
01:11 Linux Updates Rust Toolchain
01:50 PCIe 7.0 in Linux
03:05 Performance Boosts for Network & Storage
04:39 MASSIVE Memory Management Improvment in Folios
06:03 Modern Laptop Improvements
07:26 NTFS3 (PLUS) Drive Updates
09:27 TUX Logo Build Improved
10:15 Vulkun on Mac Updates
11:32 More Vulkun Updates
13:24 GNOME 50 Color v2 & SDR Native
14:12 Weston 15 Release
14:58 KDE Plasma 6.6 Release
15:42 PipeWire 1.6 Release
16:41 Lutris Wayland & X11 Compatible
17:25 Ubuntu 26.04LTS Feature Freeze
18:07 Gentoo Takes Stance against AI
19:23 FreeBSD KDE Installer
20:09 GhostBSD Moves to XLibre
21:04 Asahi Linux Progress Report
22:46 Open Source JSON Lib MASSIVE Improvement
24:03 WIFI Chip finally sees Improvement
24:44 Fedora Proposes NEW Kernel Panic Screen

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