Our look at the popular Linux distro EndeavourOS reveals a distro that's both easy to use and powerful enough for experienced users.Larry Cafiero (FOSS Force)
This article was contributed by Vedrana Vidulin, Head of Responsible AI Unit at Intellias (LinkedIn). As AI becomes central to smart devices, embedded systems, and edge computing, the ability to run language models locally — without relying on the cl…Linux.com Editorial Staff (Linux.com)
Morse Micro and Gateworks Corporation have partnered to bring Wi-Fi HaLow (IEEE 802.11ah) to industrial environments.Giorgio Mendoza (LinuxGizmos.com)
Fastfetch 2.45 system information tool adds support for OnePlus devices, new GPU vendors, KDE version detection on BSDs, and more.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
New AMD-SBI Code Merged For Linux 6.16
New AMD code merged today to the mainline Linux 6.16 kernel that's in-development is the introduction of the AMD-SBI driver/subsystem for primarily benefiting EPYC server platforms. AMD-SBI is for their Side-Band Interface also known as the Advanced Platform Management Link (APML)...
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Intel Vulkan Driver Lands Improvement For Helping Direct3D Games Under Steam Play
Merged today to Mesa 25.2 is an adjustment for the Intel "ANV" open-source Vulkan driver to help with Direct3D games running under Linux with Valve's Steam Play via Proton + VKD3D...
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Merged today to Mesa 25.2 is an adjustment for the Intel 'ANV' open-source Vulkan driver to help with Direct3D games running under Linux with Valve's Steam Play via Proton + VKD3D.www.phoronix.com
Linux system administrators have seen remarkable salary growth leading into 2025, with the increasing reliance on Linux in enterprise IT and emerging technologies driving up demand significantly.Linux Jobs & Careers
LibreOffice 25.2.4 is now available for download as the fourth point release to the latest LibreOffice 25.2 office suite with 52 bug fixes.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
Installation was performed via paru, which appears to be preinstalled on CachyOS 053025 (Gnome 48.2 as DM) . I have to notice that CachyO...lxer.com
Intel Linux Driver Patch Posted For Wildcat Lake NPU Accelerator Support
Last month Intel software engineers began posting Linux enablement patches for Wildcat Lake. Some of those first patches were merged for Linux 6.16 while more work is forthcoming. Posted yesterday for the first time on the Linux kernel mailing list was enabling the NPU accelerator support for Wildcat Lake...
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Qualcomm Snapdragon X1 Elite GCC vs. LLVM Clang Compiler Performance
Since recently picking up a Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite laptop for Linux testing now that the Linux support is starting to evolve into better shape (albeit still with many rough corners limiting the daily usability of such devices with Linux), one of the areas I was curious about was looking at the performance of Linux binaries with GCC vs. LLVM Clang. Here are some benc…
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Since recently picking up a Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite laptop for Linux testing now that the Linux support is starting to evolve into better shape (albeit still with many rough corners limiting the daily usability of such devices with Linux), one of…www.phoronix.com
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Box64 v0.3.6 Brings Better AVX Handling, Volatile Metadata For Windows Executables
Just a few days after the FEX 2506 release for that open-source emulator enabling x86_64 binaries to run on ARM64 (AArch64) hosts, Box64 is out with its newest feature update for this open-source project with similar goals...
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The Performance Gains Brought By Linux 6.15+ & Mesa 25.2 For AMD Strix Halo
While the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Strix Halo SoCs have a nice out-of-the-box experience with modern Linux distributions for the Radeon 8050S and Radeon 8060S graphics, if going for the recently-released Linux 6.15 kernel there are some performance gains to enjoy as well as if opting for the latest Mesa 25.2 development code for the latest RadeonSI OpenGL and RADV …
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AMD's Kernel Compute Driver "AMDKFD" Can Now Be Enabled On RISC-V
Following all of the Linux kernel graphics driver features merged last week for the Linux 6.16 kernel, sent out this morning were the initial batch of fixes to the Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) code. Besides fixes to these graphics / display / accelerator drivers, there is one new feature: the AMDKFD kernel compute driver can now be enabled on RISC-V systems...
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KDE Gear 25.04.2 is now available as the second maintenance update to the latest KDE Gear 25.04 open-source software suite series with fixes.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
Apple M2 Pro / Max / Ultra PCIe Support Upstreamed In Linux 6.16
The many PCI subsystem changes have been merged for the in-development Linux 6.16 merge window...
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Linux 6.16 NFS Client Exposes LOCALIO State Via sysfs
In addition to the NFS server changes for Linux 6.16 with now supporting larger I/O block sizes, the Network File-System (NFS) client changes were merged this week for this next kernel version...
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More KVM Changes Merged For Linux 6.16: AMD "ALLOWED_SEV_FEATURES" Merged
Following the Intel TDX host support for KVM being merged for the Linux 6.16 merge window, another batch of Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) changes were merged for the ongoing Linux 6.16 merge window...
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Mesa's modern Rust-written OpenCL driver for Gallium3D 'Rusticl' has closed one of the few remaining gaps with the former Clover OpenCL state trackerlxer.com
Here's how GitHub Copilot is reshaping software development — transforming DevOps and DevSecOps with AI-powered precision and scalability.Grant Knoetze (ITPro Today)
Karton is a new, still-in-development KDE-native virtual machine manager using libvirt, aiming to bring VM tools closer to the Plasma desktop experience.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
Wireshark 4.4.7 open-source network protocol analyzer is now available to download with various bug and security fixes, and updated protocols.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
FreeBSD developers have been working a lot on their wireless/WiFi driver support in recent months as part of their broader initiative for improving their operating system support for laptopslxer.com
Learn what a Linux display manager is, how it works, how to install, switch, or disable it, and fix common DM issues with examples in Linux.sk (OSTechNix)
Mesa's Rusticl Lands OpenCL FP16 Half-Float Support
Mesa's modern Rust-written OpenCL driver for Gallium3D "Rusticl" has closed one of the few remaining gaps with the former Clover OpenCL state tracker. Merged today for Mesa 25.2 is native FP16 support...
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Mesa's modern Rust-written OpenCL driver for Gallium3D 'Rusticl' has closed one of the few remaining gaps with the former Clover OpenCL state trackerwww.phoronix.com
Request for testors for Fedora Linux Test Week for Kernel 6.15 8-15 June 2025Sumantro Mukherjee (Fedora Project)
: Mini computer house comes out against 'vibe coding' fadRichard Speed (The Register)
Ubuntu Linux maker Canonical announced they will be sunsetting their Bazaar distributed revision control system code hosting with Launchpadlxer.com
KDE Gear 25.04.2 apps collection delivers updated translations and fixes across apps like Kdenlive, Kate, Akonadi, Konsole, and more.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
Linux 6.15 & Early Linux 6.16 Delivering Some Additional Gains For AMD Strix Halo
As some extra benchmarks to put out today for the Phoronix.com 21st birthday, there is some additional data points to share on AMD Strix Halo when using Linux 6.15 stable and the early development state of Linux 6.16 Git ahead of its v6.16-rc1 tagging this weekend. The Linux kernel performance is moving in the right direction at least with this round of…
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Proposed Persistent Cache For Block Devices "PCACHE" Ported To DM Framework
An initial patch series sent back out in April proposed PCACHE as a persistent memory cache for block devices. PCACHE was born out of the CXL block device driver and brings some benefits over the likes of BCache and dm-writecache...
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CISPE invests €1 million in the Fulcrum Project to build a federated, open source European cloud alternative but faces steep challenges.Industry Perspectives (ITPro Today)
FreeBSD Developers Deciding What To Do For WiFi With FreeBSD 15: Stable Or Unstable
FreeBSD developers have been working a lot on their wireless/WiFi driver support in recent months as part of their broader initiative for improving their operating system support for laptops. While a lot of progress has been made on seeing more modern WiFi support and recent WiFi chipsets being enabled, it's still not complete and that puts FreeBSD 15 in a tou…
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Do you know which display manager your Linux system is currently using? Discover all the ways to check your active display manager.sk (OSTechNix)
Ahead of the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT graphics card hitting retailers tomorrow, today the review embargo lifts on this latest addition to the RDNA4 family.lxer.com
Avalue Technology has introduced two industrial single-board computers designed to match the Raspberry Pi form factor while addressing the requirements of edge computing and IoT integration.Giorgio Mendoza (LinuxGizmos.com)
Rocky Linux 9.6 is out now, featuring new toolchains, performance tools, and WSL-compatible containers for seamless Windows integration.Bobby Borisov (Linuxiac)
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