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Linux Release Roundup (February 2026)  OMG! Ubuntu

3 lessons I learned after replacing my Windows PC with a Linux laptop  How-To Geek

ARCTIC Cooling Publishes ARCTIC Fan Controller Driver For Linux  Phoronix

KDE Plasma 6.6.2 Improves Support for High-Resolution Mice on Remote Desktops  9to5Linux

The Library of Congress has restored Gugusse et l'Automate, an 1897 short by Georges Melies that likely features the first robot ever shown on film. Long thought lost, the reel was discovered in a box of decaying nitrate films donated from a Michigan family collection. NPR reports: The film, which can be viewed on the Library of Congress' website, depicts a child-sized robot clown who grows to the size of an adult and then attacks a human clown with a stick. The human then decimates the machine with a hammer. In an Instagram post, Library of Congress moving image curator Jason Evans Groth said the film represents, "probably the first instance of a robot ever captured in a moving image." (The word "robot" didn't appear until 1921, when Czech dramatist Karel Capek coined it in his science fiction play R.U.R..) "Today, many of us are worried about AI and robots," said archivist and filmmaker Rick Prelinger, in an email to NPR. "Well, people were thinking about robots in 1897. Very little is new."

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Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 51: It’s Not Easy Being Green  GamingOnLinux

Resident Evil Requiem benchmark shows Linux hits 145 FPS vs 129 FPS on Windows 11 with Frame Generation  Notebookcheck

Resident Evil Requiem benchmark shows Linux hits 145 FPS vs 129 FPS on Windows 11 with Frame Generation  Notebookcheck

Resident Evil Requiem benchmark shows Linux hits 145 FPS vs 129 FPS on Windows 11 with Frame Generation  Notebookcheck

Linux Foundation Hosts Production-Grade Open Source Stack For 5G And Early 6G  Open Source For You

Volunteer-Run Linux Projects Must Build Age-Tracking APIs Under New California Mandate  Open Source For You

Volunteer-Run Linux Projects Must Build Age-Tracking APIs Under New California Mandate  Open Source For You

Volunteer-Run Linux Projects Must Build Age-Tracking APIs Under New California Mandate  Open Source For You

Windows vs macOS vs Linux vs ChromeOS: Which Operating System Is Best for You in 2026?  Tech Times

Windows vs macOS vs Linux vs ChromeOS: Which Operating System Is Best for You in 2026?  Tech Times

Windows vs macOS vs Linux vs ChromeOS: Which Operating System Is Best for You in 2026?  Tech Times

Windows vs macOS vs Linux vs ChromeOS: Which Operating System Is Best for You in 2026?  Tech Times

alternative_right shares a report from ScienceAlert: According to a study of 38 adult human brains donated to science, superagers -- people who retain exceptional memory as they age -- have roughly twice as many immature neurons as their peers who age more typically. Moreover, people with Alzheimer's disease show a marked reduction in neurogenesis compared to a normal baseline. [...] Led by researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago, the team set out to examine a variety of postmortem hippocampal tissue samples to see if they could identify markers of neurogenesis -- and if different groups had any notable differences. The brain samples were donated from five groups: eight healthy young adults, aged between 20 and 40; eight healthy agers, aged between 60 and 93; six superagers, aged between 86 and 100; six individuals with preclinical Alzheimer's pathology, aged between 80 and 94; and 10 individuals with an Alzheimer's diagnosis, aged between 70 and 93. The young healthy adult brain tissue was first analyzed to establish the neurogenesis pathways in the adult brain. Then, they analyzed 355,997 individual cell nuclei isolated from the hippocampus, searching for three different stages of cell development: Stem cells, which can develop into neurons; neuroblasts, which are stem cells in the process of that development; and immature neurons, on the verge of functionality. The results were striking. "Superagers had twice the neurogenesis of the other healthy older adults," [says neuroscientist Orly Lazarov of the University of Illinois Chicago]. "Something in their brains enables them to maintain a superior memory. I believe hippocampal neurogenesis is the secret ingredient, and the data support that." That's an interesting result on its own, but the data from the individuals with preclinical Alzheimer's pathology and Alzheimer's diagnoses is where the real meat of the study sits. In the preclinical group, subtle molecular changes hinted that the system supporting new neuron growth was beginning to falter. In the Alzheimer's group, a clear drop in immature neurons was evident. A genetic analysis of the nuclei also showed that superager neural cells have increased gene activity linked to stronger synaptic connections, greater plasticity, and brain-derived neurotrophic factor, a critical protein for neural survival, growth, and maintenance. Taken together, these three things can be interpreted as resilience. The research has been published in the journal Nature.

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Elektrobit demos automotive Linux at embedded world  Automotive World

Linux Machines Install A Full Linux OS On Your USB Drive: A Step-by-Step Guide Hacking Device  hotelier.com.py