📰 Linux Kernel is Getting Ready to Purge 55,00 Lines of Old 32-bit Arm Platform Code
These thirteen patches would delete the deprecated platform code, and the driver cleanup will follow later.
🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17444682/linux-kernel-old-arm-code-removal
#arm #kernel #linux
These thirteen patches would delete the deprecated platform code, and the driver cleanup will follow later.
🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17444682/linux-kernel-old-arm-code-removal
#arm #kernel #linux
It's FOSS
Linux Kernel is Getting Ready to Purge 55,00 Lines of Old 32-bit Arm Platform Code
These thirteen patches would delete the deprecated platform code, and the driver cleanup will follow later.
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📰 Building Tyr in Rust, part 3: Managing GPU memory
Tyr’s latest Rust GPU kernel driver work puts GPU memory management in place, from VM binding and GPUVM to GEM-backed buffers and firmware boot, moving key pieces upstream before tackling synchronization next.
🔗 Source: https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/blog/2026/08/26/building-tyr-in-rust-part-3-managing-gpu-memory/
#kernel #rust
Tyr’s latest Rust GPU kernel driver work puts GPU memory management in place, from VM binding and GPUVM to GEM-backed buffers and firmware boot, moving key pieces upstream before tackling synchronization next.
🔗 Source: https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/blog/2026/08/26/building-tyr-in-rust-part-3-managing-gpu-memory/
#kernel #rust
Collabora | Open Source Consulting
Building Tyr in Rust, part 3: Managing GPU memory
Tyr’s Rust GPU driver gains core memory-management support, including GPUVM, GEM buffers, and firmware boot, as upstream work continues toward synchronization.
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📰 GIMP 3.2.6 Released with UX Improvements, New Rotation Stylus Dynamics Input
GIMP 3.2.6 open-source image editor is now available for download with new rotation stylus dynamics input, UX improvements, OS and platform specific improvements, and security updates.
🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/gimp-3-2-6-released-with-ux-improvements-new-rotation-stylus-dynamics-input
#opensource
GIMP 3.2.6 open-source image editor is now available for download with new rotation stylus dynamics input, UX improvements, OS and platform specific improvements, and security updates.
🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/gimp-3-2-6-released-with-ux-improvements-new-rotation-stylus-dynamics-input
#opensource
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📰 SteamVR 2.17 arrives - ready to go for the Steam Frame
With a whole lot of new features, improvements and fixes - Valve rolled out SteamVR 2.17 and it's looking ready for the Steam Frame release.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/steamvr-2-17-arrives-ready-to-go-for-the-steam-frame/
#steam
With a whole lot of new features, improvements and fixes - Valve rolled out SteamVR 2.17 and it's looking ready for the Steam Frame release.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/steamvr-2-17-arrives-ready-to-go-for-the-steam-frame/
#steam
GamingOnLinux
SteamVR 2.17 arrives - ready to go for the Steam Frame
With a whole lot of new features, improvements and fixes - Valve rolled out SteamVR 2.17 and it's looking ready for the Steam Frame release.
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📰 Digital Research's GEM opens a new window on Linux
A radical new way to resolve the Gordian knot of X11 versus Wayland.
🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/09/11/digital-researchs-gem-opens-a-new-window-on-linux/5295546
#linux #wayland
A radical new way to resolve the Gordian knot of X11 versus Wayland.
🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/09/11/digital-researchs-gem-opens-a-new-window-on-linux/5295546
#linux #wayland
theregister
Digital Research's GEM opens a new window on Linux
A radical new way to resolve the Gordian knot of X11 versus Wayland
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📰 Lunar colony-building automation sim The Crust 1.0 arrives with Linux and macOS support
The Crust is an automation-driven city builder and colony simulation set on the Moon. It just hit the big 1.0 release and now has Linux and macOS support too.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/lunar-colony-building-automation-sim-the-crust-1-0-arrives-with-linux-and-macos-support/
#linux
The Crust is an automation-driven city builder and colony simulation set on the Moon. It just hit the big 1.0 release and now has Linux and macOS support too.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/lunar-colony-building-automation-sim-the-crust-1-0-arrives-with-linux-and-macos-support/
#linux
GamingOnLinux
Lunar colony-building automation sim The Crust 1.0 arrives with Linux and macOS support
The Crust is an automation-driven city builder and colony simulation set on the Moon. It just hit the big 1.0 release and now has Linux and macOS support too.
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📰 Patches Ready For AMDGPU HDMI 2.1 Enabled By Default With Linux 7.4 With FreeSync, VRR & ALLM
Linux 7.4 is now set to reach the elusive milestone of HDMI 2.1 support for the AMDGPU kernel graphics driver. After the HDMI Forum previously rejected HDMI 2.1 for the AMDGPU open-source driver implementation going back years, earlier this year something changed -- widely speculated to be with Valve's involvement -- that HDMI 2.1 patches began appearing for the AMDGPU driver. With the upcoming Linux 7.
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.4-AMDGPU-HDMI-2.1-Go
#kernel #linux #opensource
Linux 7.4 is now set to reach the elusive milestone of HDMI 2.1 support for the AMDGPU kernel graphics driver. After the HDMI Forum previously rejected HDMI 2.1 for the AMDGPU open-source driver implementation going back years, earlier this year something changed -- widely speculated to be with Valve's involvement -- that HDMI 2.1 patches began appearing for the AMDGPU driver. With the upcoming Linux 7.
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.4-AMDGPU-HDMI-2.1-Go
#kernel #linux #opensource
Phoronix
Patches Ready For AMDGPU HDMI 2.1 Enabled By Default With Linux 7.4 With FreeSync, VRR & ALLM
Linux 7.4 is now set to reach the elusive milestone of HDMI 2.1 support for the AMDGPU kernel graphics driver
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📰 Linux Mint Devs Introduce New EPUB Reader and Calendar Apps
Linux Mint devs introduce new apps for the upcoming Linux Mint 23 release, including Xepub EPUB reader and Clockenstein calendar.
🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/linux-mint-devs-introduce-new-epub-reader-and-calendar-apps
#linux
Linux Mint devs introduce new apps for the upcoming Linux Mint 23 release, including Xepub EPUB reader and Clockenstein calendar.
🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/linux-mint-devs-introduce-new-epub-reader-and-calendar-apps
#linux
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📰 Bottles' Founder Has Managed to Run Microsoft 365 on Linux
As of now, he has the desktop app installing and signing in.
🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17445336/bottles-microsoft-365-early-look
#linux
As of now, he has the desktop app installing and signing in.
🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17445336/bottles-microsoft-365-early-look
#linux
It's FOSS
Bottles' Founder Has Managed to Run Microsoft 365 on Linux
As of now, he has the desktop app installing and signing in.
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📰 openSUSE Releases Agama 24 Installer with Networking and Storage Improvements
openSUSE releases the Agama 24 web-based installer for Tumbleweed, Slowroll, and MicroOS with improvements across networking, theming, storage, language, and other components.
🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/opensuse-releases-agama-24-installer-with-networking-and-storage-improvements
#opensuse
openSUSE releases the Agama 24 web-based installer for Tumbleweed, Slowroll, and MicroOS with improvements across networking, theming, storage, language, and other components.
🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/opensuse-releases-agama-24-installer-with-networking-and-storage-improvements
#opensuse
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📰 Mold High Speed Linker Being Rewritten In Rust, Hopes To Be The Default Linker On Linux
The Mold high performance linker that typically outperforms the likes of LLVM lld, GNU LD, Wild, and others is being rewritten in the Rust programming language and also has an ambitious goal of being adopted as the default linker on Linux systems...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mold-Linker-In-Rust-Coming
#gnu #linux #rust
The Mold high performance linker that typically outperforms the likes of LLVM lld, GNU LD, Wild, and others is being rewritten in the Rust programming language and also has an ambitious goal of being adopted as the default linker on Linux systems...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mold-Linker-In-Rust-Coming
#gnu #linux #rust
Phoronix
Mold High Speed Linker Being Rewritten In Rust, Hopes To Be The Default Linker On Linux
The Mold high performance linker that typically outperforms the likes of LLVM lld, GNU LD, Wild, and others is being rewritten in the Rust programming language and also has an ambitious goal of being adopted as the default linker on Linux systems.
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📰 CachyOS vs. Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS On Intel Wildcat Lake + 8GB RAM
Often times when testing different Linux distributions or comparing Windows vs. Linux it's on leading flagship desktop or server hardware, but today we are looking at the Ubuntu vs. CachyOS vs. Windows performance at the opposite end of the spectrum. With the new CHUWI UniBook $449 laptop powered by Intel Core 3 Wildcat Lake and with 8GB of system memory, here is a look at how those three operating systems compare across a variety of workloads.
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/review/wildcat-lake-windows-linux
#intel #linux #ubuntu
Often times when testing different Linux distributions or comparing Windows vs. Linux it's on leading flagship desktop or server hardware, but today we are looking at the Ubuntu vs. CachyOS vs. Windows performance at the opposite end of the spectrum. With the new CHUWI UniBook $449 laptop powered by Intel Core 3 Wildcat Lake and with 8GB of system memory, here is a look at how those three operating systems compare across a variety of workloads.
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/review/wildcat-lake-windows-linux
#intel #linux #ubuntu
Phoronix
CachyOS vs. Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS On Intel Wildcat Lake + 8GB RAM
Often times when testing different Linux distributions or comparing Windows vs.
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📰 Linux's IO_uring Sees Some "Crazy" Patches That Deliver Very Nice Improvements
Linux block subsystem maintainer and IO_uring lead developer Jens Axboe continues to uncover new opportunities for making the wonderful IO_uring framework even more performant within the Linux kernel. For ending out the week he's posted some "crazy" patches delivering some significant gains...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-IO-uring-Crazy-Friday
#kernel #linux
Linux block subsystem maintainer and IO_uring lead developer Jens Axboe continues to uncover new opportunities for making the wonderful IO_uring framework even more performant within the Linux kernel. For ending out the week he's posted some "crazy" patches delivering some significant gains...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-IO-uring-Crazy-Friday
#kernel #linux
Phoronix
Linux's IO_uring Sees Some "Crazy" Patches That Deliver Very Nice Improvements
Linux block subsystem maintainer and IO_uring lead developer Jens Axboe continues to uncover new opportunities for making the wonderful IO_uring framework even more performant within the Linux kernel
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📰 Proton Experimental updated with fixes for STEINS;GATE RE:BOOT, EA App, Borderlands 4
Valve released a small update for Proton Experimental - the compatibility layer to run Windows games on SteamOS / Linux for September 11th.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/proton-experimental-updated-with-fixes-for-steins-gate-re-boot-ea-app-borderlands-4/
#linux #proton
Valve released a small update for Proton Experimental - the compatibility layer to run Windows games on SteamOS / Linux for September 11th.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/proton-experimental-updated-with-fixes-for-steins-gate-re-boot-ea-app-borderlands-4/
#linux #proton
GamingOnLinux
Proton Experimental updated with fixes for STEINS;GATE RE:BOOT, EA App, Borderlands 4
Valve released a small update for Proton Experimental - the compatibility layer to run Windows games on SteamOS / Linux for September 11th.
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📰 Intel Linux NPU Driver Only Now Officially Supports Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
Releasing on Friday was the Intel Linux NPU Driver 1.38 as the user-space open-source driver components for leveraging the Core Ultra Neural Processing Unit (NPU) under Linux in conjunction with the upstream IVPU kernel accelerator driver...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Linux-NPU-Driver-1.38
#intel #kernel #linux #opensource #ubuntu
Releasing on Friday was the Intel Linux NPU Driver 1.38 as the user-space open-source driver components for leveraging the Core Ultra Neural Processing Unit (NPU) under Linux in conjunction with the upstream IVPU kernel accelerator driver...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Linux-NPU-Driver-1.38
#intel #kernel #linux #opensource #ubuntu
Phoronix
Intel Linux NPU Driver Only Now Officially Supports Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
Releasing on Friday was the Intel Linux NPU Driver 1.38 as the user-space open-source driver components for leveraging the Core Ultra Neural Processing Unit (NPU) under Linux in conjunction with the upstream IVPU kernel accelerator driver.
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📰 This Tiny Fingerprint Key Unlocks Linux, Approves SSH and AI Agents
Immurok is a wireless fingerprint reader that wants to guard your sudo, your SSH logins, your TOTP codes, and even your AI coding agent. Here is how it held up on Linux over a week of daily use.
🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17446441/immurok-review
#linux
Immurok is a wireless fingerprint reader that wants to guard your sudo, your SSH logins, your TOTP codes, and even your AI coding agent. Here is how it held up on Linux over a week of daily use.
🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17446441/immurok-review
#linux
It's FOSS
This Tiny Fingerprint Key Unlocks Linux, Approves SSH and AI Agents
Immurok is a wireless fingerprint reader that wants to guard your sudo, your SSH logins, your TOTP codes, and even your AI coding agent. Here is how it held up on Linux over a week of daily use.
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📰 GTK 4.24 Released With Better Fractional Scaling, More Precise GDK Frame-Clock
GTK 4.24 released on Friday as the newest stable feature release to the GTK4 toolkit. It's quite a nice update to GTK4 for pairing with next week's GNOME 51 desktop release...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/GTK-4.24-Released
#gnome
GTK 4.24 released on Friday as the newest stable feature release to the GTK4 toolkit. It's quite a nice update to GTK4 for pairing with next week's GNOME 51 desktop release...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/GTK-4.24-Released
#gnome
Phoronix
GTK 4.24 Released With Better Fractional Scaling, More Precise GDK Frame-Clock
GTK 4.24 released on Friday as the newest stable feature release to the GTK4 toolkit
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📰 Debian 13.7 Released with 107 Security Updates and 106 Bug Fixes
Debian 13.7 is out with 107 security updates and 106 bug fixes, plus installer, kernel ABI, Cinnamon, glibc, and package updates.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/debian-13-7-released-with-107-security-updates-and-106-bug-fixes/
#debian #kernel
Debian 13.7 is out with 107 security updates and 106 bug fixes, plus installer, kernel ABI, Cinnamon, glibc, and package updates.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/debian-13-7-released-with-107-security-updates-and-106-bug-fixes/
#debian #kernel
Linuxiac
Debian 13.7 Released with 107 Security Updates and 106 Bug Fixes
Debian 13.7 is out with 107 security updates and 106 bug fixes, plus installer, kernel ABI, Cinnamon, glibc, and package updates.
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📰 Void Linux Maintainer Orphans 100+ Packages Over AI Policy Dispute
A Void Linux maintainer has orphaned more than 100 packages he maintained over a dispute of the project's AI policy for LLM-generated text...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Void-Linux-AI-Policy-Orphan
#linux
A Void Linux maintainer has orphaned more than 100 packages he maintained over a dispute of the project's AI policy for LLM-generated text...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Void-Linux-AI-Policy-Orphan
#linux
Phoronix
Void Linux Maintainer Orphans 100+ Packages Over AI Policy Dispute
A Void Linux maintainer has orphaned more than 100 packages he maintained over a dispute of the project's AI policy for LLM-generated text.
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📰 Linux gaming's next leap isn't more FPS, it's a working Wayland overlay
Overlays are responsible for more than just friends lists and screenshots.
🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-gamings-next-leap-isnt-more-fps-its-a-working-wayland-overlay/
#linux #wayland
Overlays are responsible for more than just friends lists and screenshots.
🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-gamings-next-leap-isnt-more-fps-its-a-working-wayland-overlay/
#linux #wayland
XDA
Linux gaming's next leap isn't more FPS, it's a working Wayland overlay
Overlays are responsible for more than just friends lists and screenshots
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📰 KaOS 2026.09 Released with Dinit, Niri, and Noctalia 5.1
KaOS 2026.09 is out with a Dinit-based system, Niri 26.04, Noctalia 5.1, Linux kernel 7.1, and Limine as the default bootloader.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/kaos-2026-09-released-with-dinit-niri-and-noctalia-5-1/
#kernel #linux
KaOS 2026.09 is out with a Dinit-based system, Niri 26.04, Noctalia 5.1, Linux kernel 7.1, and Limine as the default bootloader.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/kaos-2026-09-released-with-dinit-niri-and-noctalia-5-1/
#kernel #linux
Linuxiac
KaOS 2026.09 Released with Dinit, Niri, and Noctalia 5.1
KaOS 2026.09 is out with a Dinit-based system, Niri 26.04, Noctalia 5.1, Linux kernel 7.1, and Limine as the default bootloader.
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