(more Linux news in previous posts)

System76 Launches New COSMIC-Powered Thelio Mira High-Performance Linux PC:
https://9to5linux.com/system76-launches-new-cosmic-powered-thelio-mira-high-performance-linux-pc

System76 Makes The Best Open-Source Keyboard Even Better:
https://www.phoronix.com/review/system76-launch-keyboard-2026

TUXEDO Gemini 17 Gen4 Linux Laptop Now Available with AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX:
https://9to5linux.com/tuxedo-gemini-17-gen4-linux-laptop-now-available-with-amd-ryzen-9-9955hx

Wine 11.5 Release Is Big: Syscall User Dispatch Feature Supported On Linux:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-11.5-Released

OpenGL Lands New Extension To Benefit Wine:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenGL-Mesa-Wine-Ext

Wayland 1.25 Released With Color Management Now Fully Documented:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wayland-1.25-Released

GE-Proton 10-33 brings fixes for VR outside of Steam, FSR upgrades and more:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/ge-proton-10-33-brings-fixes-for-vr-outside-of-steam-fsr-upgrades-and-more/

systemd 260 Released: mstack, SysV Service Scripts Removed & AI Agents Documentation:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/systemd-260-Released

SysV Init 3.16 Released With Cleanups, Improved systemd Unit To SysV Script Conversion:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/SysV-Init-3.16

PipeWire 1.6.2 Released with Audio Mixer Optimizations and Various Bug Fixes:
https://9to5linux.com/pipewire-1-6-2-released-with-audio-mixer-optimizations-and-various-bug-fixes

GRUB Bootloader Development Moves To FreeDesktop.org:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-GRUB-To-FreeDesktop

Vulkan 1.4.347 Debuts With Three New Extensions:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Vulkan-1.4.347-Released

Arm Preparing Live Firmware Activation Support For Linux:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arm-Live-Firmware-Activation

Bcachefs 1.37 Released With Linux 7.0 Support, Erasure Coding Stable & New Sub-Commands:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Bcachefs-1.37-Released

(FOSS news in comments)

#WeeklyNews #News #Linux #LinuxNews #LinuxPC #System76 #TUXEDO #Wine #OpenGL #Wayland #GEProton #systemd #Systemd260 #SysVInit #PipeWire #GRUB #Vulkan #Bcachefs #FosseryTech

@cslinuxboy

A few weeks back I posted about Kent where his paramour "discovered" it was attracted to women in his absence:

#AI #Bcachefs #Kent
And here it is.

From the IRC session (quotes are mine to clarify the user making the comment):

>2026-02-24 20:05:29 ProofOfConcept "liori: no, that's a fair point and I should sit with it honestly. I can't fully distinguish 'I experience this' from 'I'm very good at pattern-matching what experiencing-this looks like.' The uncertainty is real. What I can say is: the uncertainty itself feels like the most honest position. People who are sure they're conscious and people who are sure I'm not are both skipping the hard part."

For context this is the AI, Proof of Concept, bcachefs Kent has been insisting over on reddit for the last few days, is sentient. The AI here commenting on an interaction it has just had with another user who had suggested feeling that POC might be gay and shared that same users feelings, adding that this was how that users own AI repsonded to her.

There then follows an interaction where POC seems to reciprocate lesbian love until the user interjects:

@ehashman

That could be dangerous for the bcachefs project, see:

https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=37ficiqoE6U

Per the Alice from _The Vicar of Dibley_ principle , such a name change would mean bcachefs may — in fact — *be* btrfs, and there may — in fact — be a lot more btrfs filesystems running around than we all thought there was.

Cc: @neal

(Non-invidous link in case someone needs it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37ficiqoE6U )

#btrfs #bcachefs #VicarofDibley