A reminder that the free software philosophy that's the foundation of open source is much more than a software development model.Jos Poortvliet (FOSS Force)
Sent out today was a batch of drm-misc-next patches for queuing ahead of the Linux 6.16 merge windowlxer.com
: The OS refresh brings Ryzen AI and Arrow Lake compatibilityLiam Proven (The Register)
This detailed tutorial explains how to display real-time undo and redo timestamps directly in your Vim status bar using vim-airline plugin.sk (OSTechNix)
It's almost majestic: HDR display support working on the Linux desktop.lxer.com
Mozilla Thunderbird 138 open-source email client brings customizable new mail alerts, dark mode refinements, folder management fixes, and more.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
Mozilla Firefox 139 open-source web browser is now available for public beta testing with various new features and improvements.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
: Google dumped io_uring after $1M in bug bountiesIain Thomson (The Register)
Valve's Proton 10.0 Beta Released With More Windows Games Now Playable On Linux
Valve and CodeWeavers today announced the much anticipated beta release of Proton 10.0 as the newest version of their downstream version of Wine that powers Steam Play for running Windows games on Linux...
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Introduced last month in the Vulkan 1.4.311 spec was VK_KHR_shader_bfloat16 for supporting BF16 types within SPIR-V shaderslxer.com
Intel's Open-Source Vulkan Driver Lands BFloat16 Support In Mesa 25.2
Introduced last month in the Vulkan 1.4.311 spec was VK_KHR_shader_bfloat16 for supporting BF16 types within SPIR-V shaders. Merged today for Mesa 25.2 is that BFloat16 support for Intel's open-source Vulkan Linux driver...
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Ubuntu 25.04 & Fedora 42 Hit A Long Sought Milestone With HDR Support Working Well On The Linux Desktop
It's almost majestic: HDR display support working on the Linux desktop. If you asked me at the start of the calendar year if I'd expect to see modern Linux distributions shipping with working HDR display support in H1'2025, I would have been doubtful. But after a lot of miraculous work that landed across numerous upstream repositories over the p…
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DRM Code For Linux 6.16 Hides The "Disgusting Turds" & Adds TI AM68 GPU Support
Sent out today was a batch of drm-misc-next patches for queuing ahead of the Linux 6.16 merge window. There are a few notable changes here as part of the Direct Rendering Manager updates for the core code and smaller kernel drivers...
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The AMD-XGBE Linux network driver has seen a set of patches published for it in enabling the 'new' AMD Ethernet Device codenamed Crater.lxer.com
Mutter Merges Wayland Toplevel Tag Protocol For GNOME 49
In addition to the recent merge to Mutter for improving fullscreen apps with direct scanout enhancements for GNOME 49, another early addition also landed today in Mutter: support for Wayland's toplevel tag protocol...
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Steam releases a new client update that fixes DLC recognition and window startup issues, improving stability across Windows and macOS.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
3dfx Voodoo 5 Graphics Driver Can Work On Open-Source React OS
For nostalgic open-source fans, React OS as the "open-source Windows" operating system striving for binary compatibility with Windows drivers and applications can now work with the 3dfx Voodoo 5 driver...
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For nostalgic open-source fans, React OS as the 'open-source Windows' operating system striving for binary compatibility with Windows drivers and applications can now work with the 3dfx Voodoo 5 driver.www.phoronix.com
Intel Xe Driver Preps Additional Changes For Linux 6.16
On top of the Intel Xe driver changes already queued in DRM-Next for the upcoming Linux 6.16 merge window, an additional set of Intel Xe kernel graphics driver changes were mailed out yesterday...
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Intel HID Preps For Panther Lake, Other Laptop Enhancements Squeeze Into Linux 6.15
Another round of x86 platform driver updates was sent out today for the ongoing Linux 6.15 merge window. Besides some fixes, there is also new hardware support making it into this week's platform-drivers-x86 updates...
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Meson 1.8 was released this afternoon as the newest update to this popular, cross-platform and open-source build system / build automation tool.lxer.com
4MLinux 48.0 Linux distribution is now available for download with Linux kernel 6.12 LTS and support for new apps.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
Interview: The OS came first, the foundation later – so what does it do?Liam Proven (The Register)
The Trinity Desktop Environment as a long ago fork of the KDE 3.5 desktop released TDE R14.1.4 on Sunday as the newest maintenance release with various bug fixes and minor feature improvements.lxer.com
Kdenlive 25.04 is out today as the newest feature release to this KDE/Qt-aligned non-linear, open-source video editing application.lxer.com
Kali Linux users must manually install a new archive signing key after the previous one was lost, impacting system updates until resolved.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
MoltenVK 1.3-rc1 Released To Advertise Vulkan 1.3 Support For Apple Devices
MoltenVK 1.3-rc1 was released today as the first test release of this updated Apple iOS / macOS / tvOS / visionOS layer that implements the Vulkan API atop the Apple Metal drivers. With MoltenVK 1.3 there is Vulkan API 1.3 support finally in tow...
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: But what it can't do is 'unilaterally claw back a community project and its infrastructure, assets, and branding'Lindsay Clark (The Register)
Separate from last week in uncovering a big performance regression on Linux 6.15 affecting workloads like Nginx and that regression getting fixed, I unfortunately discovered another heavy-hitting regression on Linux 6.15.lxer.com
Meson 1.8 Build System Released - Wayland Module Declared Stable
Meson 1.8 was released this afternoon as the newest update to this popular, cross-platform and open-source build system / build automation tool...
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qBittorrent 5.1 open-source BitTorrent client is now available for download as a major update that introduces several new features.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
A Linux 6.15 Performance Regression Hits Modern AMD CPUs
Separate from last week in uncovering a big performance regression on Linux 6.15 affecting workloads like Nginx and that regression getting fixed, I unfortunately discovered another heavy-hitting regression on Linux 6.15. This latest performance regression has been bisected and a possible fix is being thought through by the relevant party, but for the moment has yet to be fixed ups…
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Kdenlive 25.04 Video Editor Delivers New Features
Kdenlive 25.04 is out today as the newest feature release to this KDE/Qt-aligned non-linear, open-source video editing application...
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Trinity Desktop Environment (TDE) R14.1.4 desktop environment is out with various new features and enhancements for nostalgic KDE 3.5 fans.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
India has been quietly developing its economic independence muscles as it morphs into an IT leader with global prowess.Marco Fioretti (FOSS Force)
AMD Linux Network Driver Prepares For "Crater" Ethernet Device
The AMD-XGBE Linux network driver has seen a set of patches published for it in enabling the "new" AMD Ethernet Device codenamed Crater...
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The AMD-XGBE Linux network driver has seen a set of patches published for it in enabling the 'new' AMD Ethernet Device codenamed Crater.www.phoronix.com
Wayland Protocols 1.44 released on Sunday and with it comes one new protocol addition.lxer.com
Trinity Desktop R14.1.4 Continues With The KDE 3.5 Codebase
The Trinity Desktop Environment as a long ago fork of the KDE 3.5 desktop released TDE R14.1.4 on Sunday as the newest maintenance release with various bug fixes and minor feature improvements...
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Mozilla Firefox 138 opne-source web browser is now available for download with various new features and improvements.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
Ubuntu 25.04 Advancing The Performance Of The System76 Thelio Astra With Ampere Altra
With the release of Ubuntu 25.04 this month I've looked at its performance on x86_64 laptops and desktop hardware to nice gains on server. That testing so far was focused on Intel and AMD systems given my abundance of x86_64 platforms. Last week I began testing Ubuntu 25.04 ARM64 on the System76 Thelio Astra powered by Ampere Altra processors. For those…
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Linux 6.15-rc4 is now available after a rather eventful week and about one month to go until the stable Linux 6.15.lxer.com
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