XLibre Xserver, a fresh fork of Xorg to revive X11, launches version 25.0 just two weeks after its inception, bringing new life to the X11 ecosystem.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
KDE Plasma Remains Committed To A Wayland Future: 70%+ Already On Wayland
Prominent KDE developer Nate Graham put out a blog post today reaffirming the KDE Plasma's intent that Wayland is their main focus and X11 support continues to be maintained but eventually it will go away. Nate Graham also noted around 73% of KDE Plasma 6 users are already using the Wayland session...
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No time to discuss this - that's the pointRoy Schestowitz
As KDE Plasma LTS ends, Nitrux embraces Hyprland and drops NX Desktop. Discover what’s changing—and why Nitrux Hyprland is worth the excitement.Djalel Oukid (Linux-Tech&More)
Ubuntu 25.10 Planning To Raise RISC-V Support Baseline To RVA23 Profile
Ahead of the all-important Ubuntu 26.04 LTS cycle, Canonical is looking to raise the required RISC-V ISA baseline for its Ubuntu 25.10 release due out later this year...
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GNOME Fixes Years-Old Bug Of Trash Not Always Being Properly Emptied
This Week in GNOME is out with its latest issue that outlines some UI progress made as well as addressing an aging GNOME bug that could result in not all files/directories being properly removed when emptying the Trash from the GNOME desktop...
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XLibre 25.0 Released As Inaugural Version Of X.Org Server Fork
XLibre 25.0 was just released as the first tagged release of this recent X.Org Server fork...
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KDE Plasma 6.4 Is Looking To Be In Good Shape, Fewer Bugs
KDE developer Nate Graham is out with his weekly blog post summarizing all of the interesting KDE Plasma developments for the past week. Notable this week was the debut of Plasma 6.4 stable and from early user feedback appears to be in good shape...
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Learn how to upgrade from AlmaLinux 9 to AlmaLinux 10 smoothly. Follow our step-by-step guide to ensure a hassle-free system upgrade.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
ASUS IoT has introduced two new 3.5-inch single board computers, the C5153ES-IM-AA and C7156ES-IM-AA, both based on Intel Core Ultra processors.Giorgio Mendoza (LinuxGizmos.com)
Calibre 8.5 enhances Kobo support and introduces UI tweaks like better scrollbars and easier management of multiple book files.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
Calibre 8.5 open-source e-book manager is now available for download with improvements to the Kobo driver and E-Book Viewer.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
Arch Linux Plasma 6.4 users still on X11 must install plasma-x11-session, or they’ll be left without a session after the KWin split.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
Microsoft announced back in May at their Build developer conference that WSL would be going open-sourcelxer.com
Comment: X11 is very far from dead – no matter if some want it to beLiam Proven (The Register)
: DataFusion and WarehousePG meant to deal with AI-related workloads, not to compete with analytics data platformsLindsay Clark (The Register)
AMD Instinct MI350X Series Microcode Upstreamed - Other AMD GPUs See Updates Too
A number of AMD firmware/microcode updates were upstreamed today to the linux-firmware.git repository, including introducing the AMD Instinct MI350 series files that are necessary for the open-source Linux compute driver stack to function for those newly-announced Instinct accelerators...
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A number of AMD firmware/microcode updates were upstreamed today to the linux-firmware.git repository, including introducing the AMD Instinct MI350 series files that are necessary for the open-source Linux compute driver stack to function for those n…www.phoronix.com
HydraSDR RFOne is a USB software-defined radio receiver capable of capturing up to 10 MHz of bandwidth across a continuous range from 24 MHz to 1.8 GHz.Giorgio Mendoza (LinuxGizmos.com)
Intel Continues Working On Linear Address Space Separation "LASS" For Linux
Going back to January of 2023 there were the initial Intel patches for the Linux kernel introducing Linear Address Space Separation (LASS). Two and a half years later, these Intel LASS patches remain in-development with today the sixth iteration of these patches having been posted...
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Following last week's release of OpenZFS 2.2.8, OpenZFS 2.3.3 is now available as the newest point release of this current stable series for this open-source ZFS file-system implementation on Linux and FreeBSD systems.lxer.com
While the results shouldn't be too surprising given the recent AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 Windows 11 vs.lxer.com
Apple x86 Touch Bar Input & Apple Magic Keyboard USB-C Support In Linux 6.17
Over the past week a number of Apple device support additions have been queued up into the HID subsystem's "for-next" branch ahead of the Linux 6.17 kernel cycle...
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Over the past week a number of Apple device support additions have been queued up into the HID subsystem's 'for-next' branch ahead of the Linux 6.17 kernel cycle.www.phoronix.com
Bela.io has unveiled the Gem Stereo and Gem Multi, two new open-source boards that expand PocketBeagle 2 into a real-time digital signal processing platform.Giorgio Mendoza (LinuxGizmos.com)
Vulkan 1.4.319 Published With New Data Graph Extension
Just one week after Vulkan 1.4.318 was introduced with a new Valve extension, Vulkan 1.4.319 released this morning with another new extension...
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Linux Delivering Driver Fix For 30 Year Old Creative SoundBlaster AWE32 ISA Sound Card
Thirty-one years after Creative Technology introduced the Sound Blaster AWE32 ISA-based sound card, the open-source driver support within the Linux kernel continues to be worked on... Submitted today for Linux 6.16 is fixing support for this once mighty ISA sound card from the mid 90's...
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Intel's OpenVINO 2025.2 Brings Support For New Models, GenAI Improvements
Intel open-source software developers this week released OpenVINO 2025.2 as the latest update to this prominent free software AI toolkit...
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AAEON has launched two new developer boards under its UP brand: the UP TWL and UP TWLS. Based on Intel’s N-series platform (formerly Twin Lake), the UP TWL targets classic development needs, while the UP TWLS offers a slimmer layout for compact, IoT-…Giorgio Mendoza (LinuxGizmos.com)
Latest Bcachefs Code Draws Torvalds' Ire Over Late Feature Code
There is some tension on the Linux kernel mailing list with some late Bcachefs feature work sent in as part of "fixes" for the ongoing Linux 6.16 kernel cycle. Established rules aim for only new feature code to be introduced during the kernel merge windows, which ended nearly two weeks ago for Linux 6.16, but Bcachefs wanting to be exempt to continue to allow new featur…
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There is some tension on the Linux kernel mailing list with some late Bcachefs feature work sent in as part of 'fixes' for the ongoing Linux 6.16 kernel cyclewww.phoronix.com
We find antiX Linux a distro that runs on computers big and small—and centers its identity on an antifascist stance—surprisingly refreshing!Larry Cafiero (FOSS Force)
Microsoft Releases WSL 2.6 As The First Open-Source Release
Microsoft announced back in May at their Build developer conference that WSL would be going open-source. Todya Windows Subsystem for Linux 2.6 was released as their first new release now being an open-source project...
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AMD Releases Updated ROCm 7.0 Preview For HIP Testing
AMD originally released a ROCm 7.0 preview build back in May as it works to align their HIP API more closely with NVIDIA's CUDA. Last month was the big ROCm 7.0 preview announcement form AMD's Advancing AI Day in San Jose while this week is another new 7.0 preview build focused on further testing of the ROCm 7.0 HIP changes...
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ONLYOFFICE 9.0 debuts with a cleaner interface, AI-powered tools, and over 20 new features to enhance the document editing experience across all file types.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
A virtual recap of Flock to Fedora 2025 — streaming live from Kenya. Highlights, reflections, and community moments from Fedora’s biggest contributor gathering.Cornelius Emase (Fedora Project)
The Arch Linux project announced this week they are working to transition their Wine and Wine-Staging packages over to pure WoW64 buildslxer.com
: Probably the easiest way to a Google-free smartphone or tabletLiam Proven (The Register)
Version 25.05 of the Open 3D Engine 'O3DE' was released today for this open-source project born out of Amazon's Lumberyard engine nearly four years agolxer.com
Intel Cleans Up LLVM/Clang For Misreporting CLDEMOTE On Arrow Lake & Future Hybrid CPUs
Code compilers like the prominent GCC and LLVM/Clang have been advertising support for the Cache Line Demote "CLDEMOTE" instruction on Arrow Lake processors as well as Lunar Lake and upcoming Panther Lake hybrid processors. Intel engineers added that compiler plumbing but was inaccurate and inadvertently missed until now with this prominent instructi…
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Code compilers like the prominent GCC and LLVM/Clang have been advertising support for the Cache Line Demote 'CLDEMOTE' instruction on Arrow Lake processors as well as Lunar Lake and upcoming Panther Lake hybrid processorswww.phoronix.com
Immich 1.135 brings ~200 improvements, including iOS home screen widgets, Google Cast for mobile, album descriptions, and more.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
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