Mobile Browsers That Stick Their Noses Into Your Business - FOSS Force
The folks behind Surfshark VPN have looked to see which mobile browsers are most likely to compromise your privacy.Christine Hall (FOSS Force)
Steam Deck Adds Battery Maximum Charge Limit Control In Newest Beta
After being speculated that such a feature would surface the past few months, today's updated Steam Deck Client Beta from Valve introduces a battery charge limit control to help preserve the longevity of your Steam Deck's battery...
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Linux Mint's Mint-Y Theme Gets a Modern Touch
Linux Mint 22.2 will be called “Zara” and LMDE 7 “Gigi,” as the team tweaks Mint-Y colors to better align with modern UI trends and libAdwaita styling.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
KDE Gear 25.04.1 Fixes Session Restore in the Dolphin File Manager and Other Bugs - 9to5Linux
KDE Gear 25.04.1 is now available as the first maintenance update to the latest KDE Gear 25.04 software suite series with various bug fixes.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
KDE Gear 25.04.1 Apps Collection Rolls Out, Here’s What’s New
KDE Gear 25.04.1 apps collection delivers bugfixes and updated translations across 180+ apps and libraries, including Dolphin, Konsole, and Cantor.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
Ubuntu 25.10 Replaces Sudo with Rust-Based sudo-rs
Starting with its 25.10 release, Ubuntu is switching the default sudo tool to a new version called sudo-rs, written in Rust.sk (OSTechNix)
Intel Begins Posting Linux Patches For Wildcat Lake
While there have been many Linux kernel patches being worked on for months now for Intel's upcoming Panther Lake SoCs, only seeing the first Linux kernel patches today is their Wildcat Lake platform...
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Intel P-State Energy Aware Scheduling May Be Ready For Lunar Lake
Going back to last year there have been patches for adapting the Intel P-State Linux driver with support for Energy Aware Scheduling (EAS) as what began as an Arm big.lxer.com
Linux Mint 22.2 Codenamed “Zara”, LMDE 7 Will be Called “Gigi” - 9to5Linux
Linux Mint 22.2 distribution was announced as “Zara” and will be based on the Ubuntu 24.04 LTS operating system series and Linux kernel 6.8.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
Intel Link-Off Between Frames "LOBF" Submitted For Linux 6.16 Graphics Driver
A new Intel graphics/display driver feature being enabled for Linux 6.16 is LOBF: Link-Off Between Frames...
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Slimbook Launches Kymera Black Linux Desktop Computer for Gamers and Creators - 9to5Linux
Slimbook launches Kymera Black as the next generation of their Linux desktop computer designed for creators, gamers, and hardware enthusiasts.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite Benchmarks On Ubuntu Linux vs. AMD vs. Intel
June 2024 marked the launch of the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite to much initial fanfare for finally some compelling ARM laptop designs. While initially -- and still to this day with the likes of the TUXEDO X Elite laptop not materializing yet -- being focused on Windows 11 on ARM, there was hope among Linux users this would lead to a nice ARM Linux laptop …
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Final Bookworm-Based Raspberry Pi OS Released Ahead of Debian Trixie
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AMD Strix Point & Intel Lunar Lake: Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu 25.04 Linux Performance Review
Last month was a fresh look at the Intel Lunar Lake graphics performance between Windows and Linux while this article is Microsoft Windows 11 Pro vs.lxer.com
Few Apple Silicon Device Tree Updates Submitted Ahead Of Linux 6.16
Sven Peter has mailed out the Device Tree "DT" updates for benefiting Apple Silicon hardware with the upcoming Linux 6.16 merge window...
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Few Apple Silicon Device Tree Updates Submitted Ahead Of Linux 6.16
Sven Peter has mailed out the Device Tree 'DT' updates for benefiting Apple Silicon hardware with the upcoming Linux 6.16 merge window.www.phoronix.com
OpenRazer 3.10.3 Brings Linux Driver Support For Razer's Naga V2 Pro & Strider Chroma
OpenRazer 3.10.3 was released on Wednesday as the newest update to this set of open-source, community-maintained and out-of-tree drivers for Razer hardware on Linux...
phoronix.com/news/OpenRazer-3.…
Linux 6.16 Bringing A Fix For Old Intel Haswell Graphics
With the Linux 6.15-rc6 kernel release due out on Sunday, we're hitting the transition point where the focus on DRM kernel graphics drivers for Linux 6.16 is shifting from feature work to bug-fixing ahead of this next merge window. As such sent out today were drm-misc-next and drm-intel-gt-next pull requests focused on preparing various kernel graphics/display driver fixes for t…
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Linux 6.16 Bringing A Fix For Old Intel Haswell Graphics
With the Linux 6.15-rc6 kernel release due out on Sunday, we're hitting the transition point where the focus on DRM kernel graphics drivers for Linux 6.16 is shifting from feature work to bug-fixing ahead of this next merge window. As such sent out today were drm-misc-next and drm-intel-gt-next pull requests focused on preparing various kernel graphics/display driver fixes for t…
phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.16-I…
DragonFlyBSD Sees Progress On UVC Webcam Support
For those with a common USB Video Class "UVC" web camera, it could soon finally see support under the DragonFlyBSD operating system...
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DragonFlyBSD Sees Progress On UVC Webcam Support
For those with a common USB Video Class 'UVC' web camera, it could soon finally see support under the DragonFlyBSD operating system.www.phoronix.com
Mesa 25.2 Merges AMD Support For Setting Queue Priorities
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Ubuntu 25.10 Will Default to Rust-Powered sudo-rs
Ubuntu 25.10 (Questing Quokka) will default to sudo-rs, a Rust-based reimplementation of sudo, aiming for better security and memory safety.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
Raspberry Pi OS Updated With More Wayland Work, Likely The Last Based On Debian 12
Raspberry Pi today announced the latest update to their Raspberry Pi OS, which continues to be based on Debian Linux and likely their last major release before migrating from a Debian 12 base to Debian 13 later in the year.lxer.com
Raspberry Pi OS Gets New Printers App, Linux 6.12 LTS, and Wayland Improvements - 9to5Linux
Raspberry Pi OS 2025-05-06 is now available for download with a new Printers app, Linux kernel 6.12 LTS, and Wayland improvements.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
Fwupd 2.0.9 Released With Firmware Updating Support For Intel Arc Battlemage
Following his recent PremDay talk on LVFS/Fwupd, Richard Hughes of Red Hat today released Fwupd 2.0.9 as the newest feature release for this open-source firmware updating utility for Linux systems.lxer.com
Fedora 42 now an official Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 distro
: Modern Linux, vintage kernelLiam Proven (The Register)
Mesa 25.1 Lands with PanVK Feature Surge, Vulkan 1.4 Enhancements
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New GNOME Executive Director Named: Steven Deobald
Last July it was announced Holly Million was stepping down as the GNOME Foundation's Exeuctive Director after less than a year at the helmlxer.com
Fwupd 2.0.9 Linux Firmware Updater Adds Support for Intel Arc 'Battlemage' GPUs - 9to5Linux
Fwupd 2.0.9 open-source Linux firmware updater is now available for download with support for Intel Arc 'Battlemage' GPUs and other changes.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
Python 3.14 Reaches Beta With New Tail-Call Interpreter For Better Performance
Python 3.14 Beta 1 is now available in working toward this next major Python release due out in early October...
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Fwupd 2.0.9 Introduces EFI Certificate Insights
Fwupd 2.0.9 improves firmware security with UEFI dbx updates, certificate insights, and streamlined device parsing.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
Mesa 25.1 Released With Many Open-Source Vulkan Driver Improvements
Mesa 25.1 is out today as the new quarterly feature release for this set of open-source user-space graphics drivers primarily consisting of OpenGL and Vulkan driver support on Linux systems.lxer.com
Intel Teases New Arc Pro Graphics Cards Ahead Of Computex
Intel is teasing new Arc Pro graphics cards coming to market...
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Mesa 25.1 Open-Source Graphics Stack Officially Released, This Is What's New - 9to5Linux
Mesa 25.1 open-source graphics stack for Linux is now available for download with numerous new features and improvements for many video games.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
New GNOME Executive Director Named: Steven Deobald
Last July it was announced Holly Million was stepping down as the GNOME Foundation's Exeuctive Director after less than a year at the helm. Richard Littauer took over as interim Executive Director while this week a new GNOME Foundation Executive Director was hired...
phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Execut…
Mesa 25.1 Released With Many Open-Source Vulkan Driver Improvements
Mesa 25.1 is out today as the new quarterly feature release for this set of open-source user-space graphics drivers primarily consisting of OpenGL and Vulkan driver support on Linux systems...
phoronix.com/news/Mesa-25.1-Re…
Fwupd 2.0.9 Released With Firmware Updating Support For Intel Arc Battlemage
Following his recent PremDay talk on LVFS/Fwupd, Richard Hughes of Red Hat today released Fwupd 2.0.9 as the newest feature release for this open-source firmware updating utility for Linux systems...
phoronix.com/news/Fwupd-2.0.9-…
Raspberry Pi OS Updated With More Wayland Work, Likely The Last Based On Debian 12
Raspberry Pi today announced the latest update to their Raspberry Pi OS, which continues to be based on Debian Linux and likely their last major release before migrating from a Debian 12 base to Debian 13 later in the year...
phoronix.com/news/Raspberry-Pi…
AMD Strix Point & Intel Lunar Lake: Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu 25.04 Linux Performance
Last month was a fresh look at the Intel Lunar Lake graphics performance between Windows and Linux while this article is Microsoft Windows 11 Pro vs. Ubuntu 25.04 again but looking at the CPU performance between these competing operating systems. For additional reference, some of the recently completed AMD Strix Point Windows vs. Linux benchmarks were…
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Loongson To Up Linux Kernel Limit To 2,048 LoongArch CPU Cores
Currently when building the Linux kernel for LoongArch processors there is a maximum limit of 256 CPU cores supported but with a pending patch that limit would be upped to 2,048 CPU cores...
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Clonezilla Live 3.2.1-28 Is Out Based on Ubuntu 25.04 and Linux Kernel 6.14 - 9to5Linux
Clonezilla Live 3.2.1-28 disk imaging/cloning distribution is now available for download based on Ubuntu 25.04 and Linux kernel 6.14.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
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in reply to Phoronix • • •So much work done to be able to use these devices.
I'm not sure I'd buy anything from Razer even if there's support. I don't like gifting money to entities which basically haven't done anything to facilitate their support in free OSes.