We can agree with what is stated on why we like Linux Mint most. GNOME can be ram heavy. Cinnamon in recent tests ran at a clean 1GB of memory at idle. GNOME takes around 2GB of RAM at idle. It may not seem like a lot with modern RAM amounts but on low resource systems it can make a clear difference.

https://www.maketecheasier.com/why-i-left-ubuntu-and-choose-linux-mint/

Could be interesting. Another competitor to Nvidia is a great thing, but like is hinted in the article there are some very bold claims made. Time will tell if they are true. Often what we see is marketing hype rather than what is promised.

https://www.xda-developers.com/bolt-zeus-gpu-10-times-faster-rtx-5090/

Developer convicted for “kill switch” code activated upon his termination - Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/fired-coder-faces-10-years-for-revenge-kill-switch-he-named-after-himself/

Interesting that another distro outside of System76 PopOS is going to have an iso for COSMIC. Instead of just being a branding for PopOS, it could become a desktop environment fork in it's own right if more distros decide to integrate it into their options.

https://ostechnix.com/garuda-cosmic-alpha-release/

If you have Alexa beware of this change.

https://www.pcmag.com/news/amazon-to-axe-setting-that-lets-you-store-alexa-voice-recordings-locally

If you are forced to dual boot or use Windows in some way because of work but you have control of the system. This can make things a little less annoying.

https://www.maketecheasier.com/remove-copilot-and-more-in-windows/