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Introduction to DNF5: The Next-Generation Fedora Package Manager lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…


EXT4 For Linux 6.16 Brings A Change Yielding "Really Stupendous Performance"

Ted Ts'o sent out the EXT4 file-system changes today for the Linux 6.16 kernel. While EXT4 may not see as much code churn these days given its mature state compared to say Btrfs and Bcachefs, with Linux 6.16 are some tantalizing performance improvements...
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Firefox 140 Enters Beta Testing as the Next ESR (Extended Support Release) Series lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…


Xfce's xfwm4 Merges Wayland Compositor Code Based On wlroots

Merged today for Xfce's Xfwm4 window manager component is a built-in Wayland compositor using wlroots...
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ROCm GPU Compute Performance With AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ "Strix Halo" lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…


How to Install MariaDB on Debian 13 lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…



Linux 6.16 Upstreams Support For Hardware-Wrapped Encryption Keys

Google engineer Eric Biggers took time away from all his impressive crypto performance optimizations to the Linux kernel for modern Intel and AMD CPUs to spend time getting support for hardware-wrapped inline encryption keys into the mainline kernel. Google's Android kernel has been carrying this functionality for several years to help enhance security and will now be…
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Intel APX Ready With Linux 6.16, Outdated Intel CPU Microcode Reporting Merged

Merged for the Linux 6.16 kernel are all of the x86 core enhancements that provide a variety of benefits to Intel as well as AMD processors...
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AlmaLinux 10.0 Stable Released - Unlike RHEL 10, It Continues Supporting x86-64-v2 CPUs

Building off the recent release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0, AlmaLinux 10.0 stable is now available as this RHEL-derived popular community Linux OS alternative...
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Wayland ext-background-effect-v1 Merged For Background Blur Feature

After being under discussion since January of 2024, the ext-background-effect-v1 staging protocol proposal by KDE developer Xaver Hugl has finally been merged to the Wayland-Protocols repository. This new Wayland protocol is intended for handling effects like background blur on terminals...
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ROCm GPU Compute Performance With AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ "Strix Halo"

This month I have been running many Linux benchmarks of the HP ZBook Ultra G1a with the very exciting Ryzen AI MAX+ PRO 395 Strix Halo SoC featuring the powerful Radeon 8060S graphics. While there were the very promising OpenGL and Vulkan benchmarks shown so far from AMD Strix Halo on Linux -- including the very compelling performance compared to Microsoft Windows 11 …
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Armbian 25.5 Adds New Board Support, Application Modules, and Receives Community Recognition lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…


Red Hat Summit 2025: Open Source Stakes Claim in Production AI lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…


XFS Atomic Writes Support Merged For Linux 6.16

Building off the atomic write preparations that landed in prior Linux kernel versions, merged for the Linux 6.16 cycle is atomic write support for the XFS file-system...
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Rav1e v0.8 Released For Rust-Based AV1 Encoding

Rav1e v0.8 was released on Monday for this self-proclaimed "fastest and safest AV1 encoder" that makes use of the Rust programming language...
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Linux 6.16 Adds "X86_NATIVE_CPU" Option To Optimize Your Kernel Build For Your CPU

The X86_NATIVE_CPU Kconfig build time option has been merged for the Linux 6.16 merge window as an easy means of enforcing "-march=native" compiler behavior on AMD and Intel processors to optimize your kernel build for the local CPU architecture/family of your system...
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Linux 6.16 Lands "rt_group_sched" Option, Faster Core Offlining & Scheduler Improvements

The many scheduler updates have been merged for the Linux 6.16 kernel which include a wide assortment of different fixes and new improvements...
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How to Install IDM on Ubuntu (and Other Linux Distros) lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…


Qt Bridges To Take The UI Toolkit To New Programming Languages: Rust, C#, Java & Swift

The open-source Qt toolkit is deeply rooted in C++ code but over the past decade also has enjoyed Python language bindings. Now thanks to new work by the Qt Group on what they are calling Qt Bridging Technology, the toolkit will be enjoying more robust support across different programming languages...
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Intel Auto Count Reload & Clearwater Forest PMU Support Merged For Linux 6.16

The Linux kernel Performance Events changes were merged for the newly-opened Linux 6.16 cycle. Most notable are some new additions on the Intel side while AMD also saw a few changes too...
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Linux 6.16 Adds Ability For Power Code To Freeze The File-System For Suspend & Hibernate lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…


Immich 1.133 Photo and Video Backup Solution Drops with Major Changes lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…


Firefox 139 Web Browser Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…


DietPi May 2025 Update Introduces Security Changes, Kernel Fixes, and Software Cleanups lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…


Greece’s Tech Leap: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…


FUTEX2 Improvements Merged For Linux 6.16

On this first day of the Linux 6.16 merge window, Linus Torvalds merged the locking code changes for the kernel that includes some additions to the FUTEX2 interface...
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Armbian 25.5 Released with Support for Banana Pi M2+ and BeagleBone AI-64 SBCs lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…


Armbian 25.5 Adds Support For Newer Single Board Computers lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…


GNU Linux-Libre 6.15 Kernel Is Out for Those Who Seek 100% Freedom for Their PCs lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…


Pyright: A Static Type Checker for Python (Install + Use) lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…


Linux 6.16 Adds Ability For Power Code To Freeze The File-System For Suspend & Hibernate

Among the many VFS pull requests merged today by Linus Torvalds for the now-open Linux 6.16 merge window is support by the power subsystem for being able to initiate file-system freeze/thaw events as part of the system suspend and resume cycle...
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Firefox 139 Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…


9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: May 25th, 2025 lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…


New Linux Patches Properly Handle The Audio Jack On Sony's PS5 DualSense Controller

While there has been the Sony PlayStation 5 DualSense controller support for Linux going back several years and has been improved upon with more recent versions of the Linux kernel, there's been some shortcomings around the audio jack handling with the DualSense controller. A new patch series out today aims to enhance that capability...
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Linux Kernel 6.15 Released, Here’s What’s New lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…



GNU Linux-libre 6.15-gnu Neuters The New NOVA NVIDIA Driver

Following last night's release of the Linux 6.15 stable kernel, the FSF Latin America team has released GNU Linux-libre 6.15-gnu for their downstream kernel that strips out the ability to load non-free firmware/microcode and other elements of the Linux kernel deemed for not aligning with their software freedoms...
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Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 21 (May 19 – 25, 2025) lxer.com/module/newswire/ext_l…