A nice Easter surprise are some last minute updates submitted to DRM-Next of the final planned AMDGPU/AMDKFD feature changes for the upcoming Linux 7.1 feature cycle...
For helping with the increase of AI tools scouring the Linux kernel source tree and sending security bug reports, a pull request sent today ahead of the Linux 7.0-rc7 improves the β¦
Zubeyr Almaho has been leading work on a new HID driver named hid-omg-detect with an intent on passive monitoring to watch out for any malicious HID devices being connected to the β¦
Seeing new Linux patches for benefiting Sega Dreamcast devices wasn't on my bingo card for 2026. A patch series was sent out today for fixing the Linux kernel's GD-ROM driver for aβ¦
As a small but interesting addition coming for this quarter's Mesa 26.1 release is making it easy to simulate a GPU reset with the LLVMpipe software driver. While seemingly mundaneβ¦
With age verification/attestation laws down to the OS level enacted by California and being decided upon by other US states, it's been a hot topic of discussion in the open-source β¦
Ahead of tomorrow's Linux 7.0-rc7 kernel release, this week's batch of input fixes were sent in and merged. Besides a few small input fixes are also some new device IDs and quirks β¦
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A pair of new icons have been added to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, giving the Resolute Raccoonβs new default apps, a Yaru-y look. A new icon is added for Resources, Ubuntuβs new default systβ¦
A small but important patch that looks like it will be merged for the upcoming Linux 7.1 kernel is for enumerating AVX-512 BMM support for KVM virtualized guests. AVX-512 BMM is onβ¦
An Amazon/AWS engineer raised the alarms on Friday over the current Linux 7.0 development kernel leading to the throughput for the PostgreSQL database server being around half thatβ¦
In addition to 3mdeb firmware engineers porting AMD openSIL and Coreboot to a Gigabyte EPYC Turin server motherboard, the staff at this firmware consulting company are also portingβ¦
In the past few days was the release of FreeCAD 1.1 and SolveSpace 3.2 for open-source computer aided design (CAD) while now joining the party is Design 50 Alpha as a GNOME-alignedβ¦
KDE Plasma developers continue working on new features for Plasma 6.7 while continuing to land more fixes and hardening for the current Plasma 6.6 stable series...
Whatβs better than using a social network? Not using one, I suppose. Or using one in the nerdiest way you can. Case in point, Skyscraper. Created by developer Cameron Banga, Skyscrβ¦
OpenRazer 3.12 released in mid-March as the latest feature update to these open-source drivers for Razer hardware on Linux. Out today is OpenRazer 3.12.1 for enabling two more Razeβ¦
Wine 11.6 is out as the newest bi-weekly development release for this open-source software enabling Windows games and applications on Linux, macOS, and other platforms...
The Rust-based Redox OS operating system is preparing to land a new CPU scheduler thanks to work being carried out by open-source developer Akshit Gaur on modernizing the platform'β¦
Chainguard reveals why many DevOps teams struggle with container security. Explore insights and solutions to streamline your security processes effectively. The post Chainguard Thiβ¦
Discover how Systemd 260's major update drops SysV Init support, streamlining processes and enhancing system performance. Learn more about the changes now. The post Systemd 260 Droβ¦
Discover the latest features in Mozilla Firefox: Free VPN and Split View. Enhance your browsing experience with privacy and multitasking capabilities. The post Free VPN and Split Vβ¦
Discover the new Thelio Mira, powered by COSMIC, delivering high-performance Linux computing. Perfect for developers and enthusiasts alike. The post System76 Launches New COSMIC-Poβ¦
Elevate your computing with the TUXEDO Gemini 17 Gen4 Linux Laptop, equipped with the AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX. Perfect for professionals and enthusiasts alike. The post TUXEDO Gemini 17β¦
Discover how KDE Plasma 6.6.3 enhances KWinβs screencasting capabilities with improved support for PipeWire 1.6, ensuring a seamless user experience. The post Is Manjaro Done? Sticβ¦
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Discover the latest Bcachefs 1.37 release featuring stable erasure coding and enhanced support for Linux 7. Upgrade your storage solutions today! The post Bcachefs 1.37 Released Wiβ¦
Blender 5.1 is here! Dive into the new features of this open-source 3D graphics software and elevate your projects with cutting-edge tools and capabilities. The post Blender 5.1 Opβ¦
Learn to set up Ubuntu 25.10 on your Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus. Follow our expert tips for a smooth and efficient Linux configuration. The post Chuwi CoreBook Air Plus running Linux:β¦
Intel today released their Linux NPU Driver 1.32 as the user-space driver components that interacts with the upstream IVPU kernel accelerator driver for supporting the NPU hardwareβ¦
Most of my Intel Panther Lake benchmarking over the past two months for the new Core Ultra Series 3 hardware has been done with Ubuntu Linux given the pervasiveness of it, especialβ¦
Following an April Fools' Day tease of Gentoo claiming they were going to switch to GNU Hurd as their primary kernel moving forward, they have now acknowledged the joke but in factβ¦
With Linux 6.19 AMD GCN 1.1 and GCN 1.1 dGPUs now default to the AMDGPU driver rather than the legacy Radeon Linux driver. For these Southern Islands and Sea Islands graphics cardsβ¦
Meta's great Linux engineering team have been working through some fresh performance optimizations recently from optimizing /proc/interrupts outputs to renewing their investment inβ¦
Developers working on the FreeBSD laptop initiative to make the FreeBSD operating system more suitable for running on modern laptop hardware have drafted their road-map of further β¦
Rob Clark on Thursday sent out the batch of MSM DRM driver feature changes targeting the upcoming Linux 7.1 merge window. This new work for DRM-Next includes enhancements to the Adβ¦
Vulkan 1.4.348 released this morning as the latest routine update to this high performance graphics and compute API. With Vulkan 1.4.348 comes four new extensions...
March 2026 meted out a sizeable set of Linux software releases, including updates to FOSS stalwarts GIMP, digiKam, Krita and Blender. The preceding month also gave us several majorβ¦
A few Linux kernel releases have passed since there have been any new features to talk about for the AMD P-State driver for CPU frequency scaling / power management with modern AMDβ¦
Sent out today were the networking subsystem fixes for the ongoing Linux 7.0 kernel. These networking fixes in time for Sunday's Linux 7.0-rc7 release include addressing performancβ¦
Microsoft today announced their newest open-source (MIT-licensed) software project.. the Agent Governance Toolkit. Microsoft is trying their hand at coming up with runtime securityβ¦
The Rust-based version of sudo shows password feedback by default in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, upending nearly 40 years of learned (and confusing) behaviour. Broadly, that decision has beeβ¦
