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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

Start with the latest. Scroll back through time, or zoom in for more.

Year by yearUp to 5 stories per year
20261,894 stories
California moves to exempt Linux from its age-verification law after backlash↗ tomshardware.com · HN · 499 comments · 1066 points · May 25, 2026
Linux gaming is faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features↗ xda-developers.com · HN · 663 comments · 980 points · May 10, 2026
Windows 9x Subsystem for Linux↗ social.hails.org · HN · 255 comments · 1011 points · Apr 22, 2026
France Launches Government Linux Desktop Plan as Windows Exit Begins↗ numerique.gouv.fr · HN · 1 comments · 862 points · Apr 10, 2026
Linux is good now↗ pcgamer.com · HN · 1000 comments · 1194 points · Jan 01, 2026
20252,300 stories
Valve: HDMI Forum Continues to Block HDMI 2.1 for Linux↗ heise.de · HN · 486 comments · 902 points · Dec 10, 2025
Debian 13 “Trixie”↗ debian.org · HN · 407 comments · 974 points · Aug 09, 2025
Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share in USA↗ ostechnix.com · HN · 614 comments · 1021 points · Jul 16, 2025
Asahi Linux lead developer Hector Martin resigns from Linux kernel↗ lkml.org · HN · 1021 comments · 918 points · Feb 07, 2025
Operating System in 1,000 Lines – Intro↗ operating-system-in-1000-lines.vercel.app · HN · 121 comments · 1060 points · Jan 08, 2025
20242,456 stories
Zed on Linux Is Here↗ zed.dev · HN · 677 comments · 923 points · Jul 10, 2024
No more boot loader: Please use the kernel instead↗ pretalx.com · HN · 447 comments · 794 points · Jul 08, 2024
I'm forking Ladybird and stepping down as SerenityOS BDFL↗ awesomekling.substack.com · HN · 262 comments · 823 points · Jun 03, 2024
Krazam OS↗ krazam.tv · HN · 185 comments · 975 points · Apr 22, 2024
The KDE desktop gets an overhaul with Plasma 6↗ lwn.net · HN · 616 comments · 817 points · Feb 29, 2024
20232,617 stories
Bazzite – a SteamOS-like OCI image for desktop, living room, and handheld PCs↗ github.com · HN · 108 comments · 381 points · Dec 31, 2023
I forked SteamOS for my living room PC↗ iliana.fyi · HN · 245 comments · 472 points · Dec 31, 2023
Obsidian 1.5 Desktop (Public)↗ obsidian.md · HN · 193 comments · 199 points · Dec 26, 2023
Acer Aspire 1 ARM Laptop Has Nearly Complete Upstream Linux Support↗ phoronix.com · HN · 215 comments · 220 points · Dec 21, 2023
Debian 12 “Bookworm” Released↗ debian.org · HN · 29 comments · 164 points · Jun 10, 2023
20222,469 stories
How fast are Linux pipes anyway?↗ mazzo.li · HN · 200 comments · 698 points · Jun 02, 2022
Lotus 1-2-3 For Linux↗ lock.cmpxchg8b.com · HN · 83 comments · 703 points · May 21, 2022
The end of the nice GTK button↗ blog.brixit.nl · HN · 647 comments · 878 points · Mar 24, 2022
A new wave of Linux applications↗ tuxphones.com · HN · 564 comments · 683 points · Feb 16, 2022
Essence: Desktop operating system built from scratch↗ nakst.gitlab.io · HN · 290 comments · 1079 points · Jan 15, 2022
20212,270 stories
Despite having just 5.8% sales, over 38% of bug reports come from Linux↗ old.reddit.com · HN · 255 comments · 1292 points · Oct 24, 2021
I quit my job to focus on SerenityOS full time↗ awesomekling.github.io · HN · 249 comments · 1644 points · May 28, 2021
Mars becomes the 2nd planet that has more computers running Linux than Windows↗ twitter.com · HN · 283 comments · 1185 points · Feb 19, 2021
Getting better at Linux with mini-projects↗ carltheperson.com · HN · 120 comments · 1009 points · Feb 02, 2021
GNOME has no thumbnails in the file picker and my toilets are blocked↗ jayfax.neocities.org · HN · 724 comments · 1505 points · Jan 10, 2021
20202,530 stories
Rocky Linux: A CentOS replacement by the CentOS founder↗ github.com · HN · 533 comments · 833 points · Dec 16, 2020
Linux Mint drops Ubuntu Snap packages↗ lwn.net · HN · 523 comments · 1106 points · Jul 08, 2020
Linux Productivity Tools (2019) [pdf]↗ usenix.org · HN · 269 comments · 1239 points · May 18, 2020
Linux Kernel Teaching↗ linux-kernel-labs.github.io · HN · 78 comments · 757 points · Mar 13, 2020
Linux 5.6 is the most exciting kernel in years↗ phoronix.com · HN · 246 comments · 714 points · Feb 09, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

PostmarketOS is rebranding as Nura↗ nura.eco · HN · 60 comments · 184 points · Sep 27, 2026
Linux from Scratch↗ linuxfromscratch.org · HN · 122 comments · 385 points · Sep 15, 2026
Jellyfin 12.0↗ jellyfin.org · HN · 355 comments · 623 points · Sep 08, 2026
ReBarUEFI: Resizable BAR for almost any UEFI system↗ github.com · HN · 77 comments · 243 points · Sep 21, 2026
PS5 Linux lead quits: "a bunch of noobs using LLMs" that "they don't understand"↗ frvr.com · HN · 225 comments · 331 points · Sep 16, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

Jellyfin 12.0↗ jellyfin.org · HN · 355 comments · 623 points · Sep 08, 2026
Asahi Linux on M3↗ asahilinux.org · HN · 378 comments · 563 points · Sep 06, 2026
Linux from Scratch↗ linuxfromscratch.org · HN · 122 comments · 385 points · Sep 15, 2026
PS5 Linux lead quits: "a bunch of noobs using LLMs" that "they don't understand"↗ frvr.com · HN · 225 comments · 331 points · Sep 16, 2026
ReBarUEFI: Resizable BAR for almost any UEFI system↗ github.com · HN · 77 comments · 243 points · Sep 21, 2026
PostmarketOS is rebranding as Nura↗ nura.eco · HN · 60 comments · 184 points · Sep 27, 2026
Vinix – A modern operating system written in V↗ vinix-os.org · HN · 91 comments · 111 points · Sep 17, 2026
How to bring up the Linux Kernel on a new platform↗ werwolv.net · HN · 8 comments · 103 points · Sep 03, 2026
Running Ubuntu on the Lenovo IdeaPad Duet↗ vhaudiquet.fr · HN · 42 comments · 100 points · Sep 14, 2026
Abandoning Scientific Linux Was a Mistake↗ blog.melashri.net · HN · 56 comments · 77 points · Sep 23, 2026

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