Apple HFS/HFS+ File-System Drivers See Many Fixes In Linux 6.17
Earlier this year there was talk of Linux potentially dropping its Apple HFS and HFS+ file-system drivers as they had been orphaned for a decade and proving to be a maintenance burden. Following that some developers stepped up to better maintain the code for HFS and HFS+ file-system support. In Linux 6.17 we are seeing some of the fruits of that work...
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Modos Tech has announced the Modos Paper Monitor, a 13.3‑inch open‑hardware e‑ink display designed for real‑time use.Giorgio Mendoza (LinuxGizmos.com)
Corsair HX1200i 2025 Power Supply Monitoring Now Works Under Linux
For those shopping for a high-end desktop power supply for use under Linux and interested in being able to take advantage of sensor monitoring capabilities, the 2025 edition of the Corsair HX1200i PSU can now enjoy working sensor monitoring under Linux...
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For those shopping for a high-end desktop power supply for use under Linux and interested in being able to take advantage of sensor monitoring capabilities, the 2025 edition of the Corsair HX1200i PSU can now enjoy working sensor monitoring under Lin…www.phoronix.com
Compute Express Link Code Further Cleaned Up In Linux 6.17
The Compute Express Link code changes landed this weekend for the Linux 6.17 kernel with development continuing to be quite active around this subsystem for supporting latest and next-generation servers...
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FEX 2508 as the open-source emulator that allows running x86_64 Linux binaries on AArch64, including the likes of Wine and Valve's Steam Play, is boasting some 'big juicy' optimizations with its new releaselxer.com
As has been the trend with recent Linux kernel releases, a lot of Rust programming language abstractions and other additions are coming for the in-development Linux 6.17 kernel.lxer.com
Learn how to set your own custom OS icons for VirtualBox guests to make your virtual machines more visually organized and easier to identify.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
Linux 6.17 Getting More Rusty With Many Rust Language Additions
As has been the trend with recent Linux kernel releases, a lot of Rust programming language abstractions and other additions are coming for the in-development Linux 6.17 kernel...
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KubeSphere failed to realize that open source means open, and is changing to a proprietary license with "open source" in the name.Christine Hall (FOSS Force)
LXD 6.5 is out now, bringing PCI hotplug, OIDC secret support, QEMU 9.1 compatibility, dark mode UI, and better VM directory disk hotplugging.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
Newelle is a virtual AI assistant developed for the GNOME desktop that supports voice chat and can handle carrying out web searches, terminal command execution, website reading, file management, document editing, and morelxer.com
Google is fast becoming an ocean of plagiarism; the same goes for Google News, which was supposed to have extra quality controlRoy Schestowitz
Linux 6.17 Memory Management Optimizations, DAMON_STAT & Other Improvements
All of the memory management "MM" changes were merged this week for the ongoing Linux 6.17 merge window...
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KDE developer Nate Graham is out with his weekly report on the interesting Plasma desktop changes for the weeklxer.com
GNOME AI Virtual Assistant "Newelle" Reaches Version 1.0 Milestone
Newelle is a virtual AI assistant developed for the GNOME desktop that supports voice chat and can handle carrying out web searches, terminal command execution, website reading, file management, document editing, and more. Newell v1.0 was released this week for advancing this GNOME AI virtual assistant...
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Linux 6.17 Enables x86 MacBook Pro Touch Bars, Intel THC Wake-On-Touch
All of the HID subsystem device driver updates have been merged for the Linux 6.17 merge window...
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KDE Plasma 6.5 introduces long-awaited automatic day/night theme switching, plus dynamic wallpapers, UI tweaks, and more bug fixes.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
FEX 2508 Delivers Major Speedups For x86_64 Binaries On ARM: 39% Faster Cyberpunk 2077
FEX 2508 as the open-source emulator that allows running x86_64 Linux binaries on AArch64, including the likes of Wine and Valve's Steam Play, is boasting some "big juicy" optimizations with its new release. Many games are now significantly faster atop FEX...
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FireWire IEEE-1394 Support Further Refined In Linux 6.17
While Apple removed FireWire support from the upcoming macOS 26 "Tahoe" release, Linux support for the IEEE-1394 standard continues. With the in-development Linux 6.17 there is some modernization work on the FireWire subsystem code with plan still being to maintain FireWire support on Linux until at least 2029...
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While Apple removed FireWire support from the upcoming macOS 26 'Tahoe' release, Linux support for the IEEE-1394 standard continueswww.phoronix.com
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NetworkManager 1.54, a Linux network configuration tool, brings per-device IPv4 forwarding, plus enhancements for WireGuard, OVS, and initrd.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
KDE Plasma 6.5 Finally Adds Automatic Day/Night Theme Switching
KDE developer Nate Graham is out with his weekly report on the interesting Plasma desktop changes for the week. This week a long-sought feature for the Plasma desktop was finally merged...
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The Attack Vector Controls work is now in Linux 6.17 for those new tuning knobs worked on by AMD engineer David Kaplan to make it more straight-forward for Linux server administrators and power users to more easily select the CPU security mitigations…lxer.com
Back in February Steam on Linux was at a 1.45% marketshare, then was corrected to 2.33% for Linux gaming in March, 2.27% for April, a nice jump to 2.69% for Linux gaming in May, and June came in at 2.lxer.com
As of minutes ago, at 6PM on a Friday, the numbers are made publicRoy Schestowitz
Incus 6.15 is out now with OCI registry auth, webhook logging, markdown CLI output, and improved VM memory handling.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
Steam Survey For July Shows Linux Use Approaching 3%
Back in February Steam on Linux was at a 1.45% marketshare, then was corrected to 2.33% for Linux gaming in March, 2.27% for April, a nice jump to 2.69% for Linux gaming in May, and June came in at 2.57% for the Linux gaming population as a percent of Steam users. The July numbers were published this evening and show a new recent high for Linux gamers...
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Wayback 0.2 Brings More Enhancements For This X11 Compatibility Layer
In time for some weekend testing, Wayback 0.2 is now available for this X11 compatibility layer leveraging Wayland components. Wayback 0.2 remains at an alpha quality state but more functionality is now wired up...
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The EXT4 file-system enhancements for Linux 6.17 were merged on Thursday and bring better scalability to the block allocation code as well as fixing the file-system's large folios supportlxer.com
The FSF big summer fundraiser is over and it's now time for rolling up the sleeves to get those orders shipped!Christine Hall (FOSS Force)
RustDesk 1.4.1, an open-source remote desktop app, adds terminal access, stylus support, OTP login, and IPv6 punch.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
Deferred Unwinder Code Upstreamed For Linux 6.17 On Road To SFrame Support
Linus Torvalds today merged the initial deferred unwinder infrastructure into the Linux 6.17 kernel on the path toward enabling SFrame stack trace format support...
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Linux Enablement Begins For Intel Nova Lake - The First "Family 18" CPUs
Today the first Linux kernel patch was posted for Intel's Nova Lake as the anticipated successor to the Intel Core Ultra Series 2 "Arrow Lake" processors. Today's patch confirms that Intel Nova Lake will be the first Intel processors under their new "Family 18" umbrella...
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Today the first Linux kernel patch was posted for Intel's Nova Lake as the anticipated successor to the Intel Core Ultra Series 2 'Arrow Lake' processorswww.phoronix.com
Attack Vector Controls Land In Linux 6.17 To Better Control CPU Security Mitigations
The Attack Vector Controls work is now in Linux 6.17 for those new tuning knobs worked on by AMD engineer David Kaplan to make it more straight-forward for Linux server administrators and power users to more easily select the CPU security mitigations relevant to their system(s) and intended workloads...
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The Attack Vector Controls work is now in Linux 6.17 for those new tuning knobs worked on by AMD engineer David Kaplan to make it more straight-forward for Linux server administrators and power users to more easily select the CPU security mitigations…www.phoronix.com
This evening Intel released XeSS 2.1 as the newest version of their Xe Super Sampling library with upscaling, frame generation, and low latency optimizations for gamerslxer.com
: DeepMind geospatial AI model offers comprehensive view of Earth image dataThomas Claburn (The Register)
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