How to write Rust in the kernel: part 1
The Linux kernel is seeing a steady accumulation of Rust code. As it becomes more prevalent, m [...]LWN.net
The Linux kernel is seeing a steady accumulation of Rust code. As it becomes more prevalent, m [...]LWN.net
Zabbix 7.4 is out now, delivering new templates, enhanced TLS support, UI improvements, and 100+ bug fixes for the enterprise monitoring platform.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
Released three months ago was the first AerynOS ISO release for that Linux distribution led by Ikey Doherty and from there plans were laid to provide 'accelerated delivery of milestone ISOs.lxer.com
KDE developers are improving its clock 'KClock' app with leveraging the experimental Wayland picture-in-picture protocol support.lxer.com
Learn how to install doas on Linux, how to modify the doas configuration file, and how to use the doas command with different examples.Linux TLDR
Valve released a new stable Steam Client update on June 30th, 2025, to further improve gaming on Linux for games without native Linux builds.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
TUXEDO Stellaris 16 Gen7 Linux laptop is now available with the AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX and AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D processors.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
Firefox 120 To Firefox 141 Web Browser Benchmarks
For those curious about the direction of Mozilla Firefox web browser performance over the past year and a half, here are web browser benchmarks for every Firefox release from Firefox 120 in November 2023 through the newest Firefox 140 stable and Firefox 140 beta releases from a few days ago. Every major Firefox release was benchmarked on the same Ubuntu Linux system with AMD Ryzen 9 995…
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For those curious about the direction of Mozilla Firefox web browser performance over the past year and a half, here are web browser benchmarks for every Firefox release from Firefox 120 in November 2023 through the newest Firefox 140 stable and Fire…www.phoronix.com
: Server shipments surge 70% in 2025, still shy of datacenter dominance goalDan Robinson (The Register)
Your USB Flash drive can get corrupted easily. If you are having a faulty USB drive, learn how to repair a corrupted USB drive in Linux.Haroon Javed (Make Tech Easier)
The city of Lyon is getting rid of most of its US software. Its choice of OnlyOffice instead of LibreOffice has me scratching my head.Christine Hall (FOSS Force)
It looks like Linux 6.17 could end up enabling experimental support for large data folios that could help with bringing some performance improvements under real-world workloads for this copy-on-write file-system.lxer.com
Learn how to install Ollama on Linux in a step-by-step guide, then install and use your favorite LLMs, including the Open WebUI installation step.Linux TLDR
Plasma 6.4.2 addresses key bugs in KWin, Plasma Desktop, and Powerdevil, including wakeup alarm handling, display brightness control, and more.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
Arch Linux 2025.07.01 is now available for download as Arch Linux’s ISO release for July 2025, powered by Linux kernel 6.15.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
Ubuntu 24.10 (Oracular Oriole) reaches end-of-life on July 10, marking the end of official support, updates, and security patches for this short-term release.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
Jon Seager as the VP of Engineering at Canonical today publicly announced the formation of their 'Debcrafters' global team to help ensure the health of the Ubuntu Archive.lxer.com
For those on very long server upgrade cycles, typically just running the hardware until failure or consider buying second-hand servers that are generations old for lower up-front cost, today's unique article is for you with quantifying a first-genera…lxer.com
: During which he coded Lotus 1-2-3 and co-founded Mozilla and the EFFLiam Proven (The Register)
Too much vRAM and too many Instinct accelerators per server is causing system hibernation to fail on some high-end AMD AI Linux-powered serverslxer.com
Wayback Hopes To Be Ready Next Year With Alpine Linux Planning To Use It By Default
A few days ago Wayback was announced as an X11 compatibility layer for X11 desktops environments leveraging a rootful XWayland server. While currently experimental, the hope is that it will be production-ready next year and Alpine Linux is looking at using it by default for its X11 environment...
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White-collar crime is also a crimeRoy Schestowitz
Better Late Than Never: Linux 6.17 To Enable Intel DG1 Graphics By Default
Prior to the DG2/Alchemist discrete GPUs from Intel there was the DG1 graphics processor that served primarily as the initial developer vehicle for facilitating Intel's modern discrete GPU push. DG1 ended up being in the Intel Xe MAX GPU for a small number of laptops and then there's also been a select number of DG1 graphics cards surfacing on eBay in the years …
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GNOME Papers Document Viewer Approved To Replace Evince In GNOME 49
GNOME Papers has been in development as a modern GTK4-based document viewer. There have been many improvements made to Papers and now ahead of the GNOME 49 release in September, it's been approved to replace Evince as the official document viewer of the GNOME desktop...
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Mesa's Zink Preps NV_timeline_semaphore For Better OpenGL-Vulkan Interoperability
Mike Blumenkrantz with Valve's Linux graphics driver team continues working on enhancements to Mesa's Zink driver for OpenGL implemented over the Vulkan API. A new merge request is further enhancing OpenGL and Vulkan interoperability by supporting the GL_NV_timeline_semaphore extension...
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Linux Patches Posted For Axiado AX3000 SoC Support
The newest Arm SoC seeing Linux kernel patches working their way toward the mainline kernel is the Axiado AX3000 as a security processor designed for cloud data center, network gear, and more...
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AMD Preps Some Compute Driver Fixes For Polaris & Hawaii Era GPUs With Linux 6.17
AMD today submitted their initial batch of "new stuff" for queuing into DRM-Next of their kernel graphics/compute driver changes they have prepared for the upcoming Linux 6.17 cycle opening in a few weeks...
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AMD today submitted their initial batch of 'new stuff' for queuing into DRM-Next of their kernel graphics/compute driver changes they have prepared for the upcoming Linux 6.17 cycle opening in a few weeks.www.phoronix.com
Performance & Power Of The Low-Cost EPYC 4005 "Grado" vs. Original EPYC 7601 Zen 1 Flagship CPU
For those on very long server upgrade cycles, typically just running the hardware until failure or consider buying second-hand servers that are generations old for lower up-front cost, today's unique article is for you with quantifying a first-generation EPYC server compared to today's entry-level EPYC processors in performance and power efficienc…
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For those on very long server upgrade cycles, typically just running the hardware until failure or consider buying second-hand servers that are generations old for lower up-front cost, today's unique article is for you with quantifying a first-genera…www.phoronix.com
Canonical Decides To Double Down On Their Investment In Java For Ubuntu
Ubuntu maker Canonical has decided to "double down" their investment in OpenJDK Java for Ubuntu Linux...
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Ubuntu maker Canonical has decided to 'double down' their investment in OpenJDK Java for Ubuntu Linuxwww.phoronix.com
Gentoo Releases Updated Install Media Based On KDE Plasma 6.3 + Linux 6.12 LTS
The Gentoo Linux project ended the month of June by releasing new install media...
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Mesa 25.2 Should Have Initial Vulkan Support In Good Shape For NVIDIA Blackwell
The Mesa 25.2 release that will likely be out as stable in August should have nice initial support for the newest NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs, namely used by the GeForce RTX 50 series, with the NVK open-source driver for Vulkan usage...
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NVIDIA Confirms 580 Linux Driver Is The Last For Maxwell / Pascal / Volta
NVIDIA previously warned CUDA users that CUDA 12.x is the last for Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta GPUs. NVIDIA overnight now officially confirmed that the Maxwell / Pascal / Volta GPU support is going to end in their Linux driver with the upcoming NVIDIA R580 Linux driver series...
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Framework 12, AMD Strix Halo & Linux Kernel Improvements Were Most Popular In June
Over the course of last month on Phoronix were 240 original news articles written by your's truly as well as another 24 Linux hardware reviews / multi-page featured benchmark articles. On top of that last month also marked the 21st birthday of Phoronix.com...
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digiKam 8.7 Released With AI Auto-Rotation Tool, OpenCV OpenCL + CUDA Support
The digiKam 8.7 professional photo management software has been released for this KDE/Qt-aligned open-source solution for digital photography...
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AerynOS Tooling Now Written In Rust Rather Than D, New Software Updates
Coincidentally after writing this morning wondering about what's going on with AerynOS (formerly known as Serpent OS), contributors "NomadicCore" and "Ermo" have issued a new project update outlining what's been going on the past few months...
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Coincidentally after writing this morning wondering about what's going on with AerynOS (formerly known as Serpent OS), contributors 'NomadicCore' and 'Ermo' have issued a new project update outlining what's been going on the past few months.www.phoronix.com
Intel's FFmpeg Cartwheel Brings Experimental Panther Lake Support
While Q2 is drawing to an end in the coming hours, Intel software engineers this evening just released the Intel FFmpeg Cartwheel 2025Q1 update that provides all of their latest patches around Intel GPU/video acceleration for this widely-used, open-source multimedia library that have yet to be upstreamed into FFmpeg proper...
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While Q2 is drawing to an end in the coming hours, Intel software engineers this evening just released the Intel FFmpeg Cartwheel 2025Q1 update that provides all of their latest patches around Intel GPU/video acceleration for this widely-used, open-s…www.phoronix.com
AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux remain two of the most popular Red Hat Enterprise Linux derivatives that are maintained by the open-source community.lxer.com
No more unofficial repos! Easily and safely install TUXEDO software on Fedora with the official TUXEDO Computers repository for drivers and Control Center.Djalel Oukid (Linux-Tech&More)
The newest product in the Raspberry Pi family launching today is the Raspberry Pi Radio Module 2.lxer.com
Ubuntu Debcrafters Team Formed To Help Ensure The Health Of The Ubuntu Archive
Jon Seager as the VP of Engineering at Canonical today publicly announced the formation of their "Debcrafters" global team to help ensure the health of the Ubuntu Archive...
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Jon Seager as the VP of Engineering at Canonical today publicly announced the formation of their 'Debcrafters' global team to help ensure the health of the Ubuntu Archive.www.phoronix.com
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