📰 Linux's Perf Script Command Much Faster With Overhaul As Python Module

A big patch series sent out this weekend for the Linux kernel's perf subsystem removes the embedded Python and Perl scripting in favor of standalone Python scripts with a new Python perf module. This perf module for Python written in C is much faster than the status quo...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Perf-Python-Module

#kernel #linux #python

📰 AMD BC-250 Continues Being Improved Under Linux With Patches Now Enabling The PSP

The AMD BC-250 as the product designed at the time for cryptocurrency mining and based on a cut-down Sony PlayStation 5 APU continues having an interesting second-life being re-tasked for Linux use from general purpose workloads to AI. Sent out this weekend were the latest Linux kernel patches for continuing to enable more of the BC-250...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-BC-250-Linux-PSP-Support

#amd #kernel #linux

📰 Ubuntu Would Rather Kill Your Apps Before It Takes Down The Session

Ubuntu 26.10 is shipping a change that should keep the desktop standing when your memory runs out.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17468373/ubuntu-26-10-oom-policy

#ubuntu

📰 GNU Wget 2.3 Released With --progress=dot, OS/2 Improvements

GNU Wget2 is up to version 2.3 today with the first new release of 2026 for this popular command-line tool for non-interactive file downloading and being able to easily fetch website contents...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Wget-2.3-Released

#gnu

📰 openSUSE Tumbleweed ARM Updates Improve Raspberry Pi Support, Add Linux 7.2

openSUSE Project released new updates for the openSUSE Tumbleweed ARM port with Linux kernel 7.2 and improvements for Raspberry Pi, Rockchip, i.MX, NXP, and other SBCs.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/opensuse-tumbleweed-arm-updates-improve-raspberry-pi-support-add-linux-7-2

#arm #kernel #linux #opensuse #raspberry

📰 Garuda Linux Begins Nixification By Promoting Its Sybsystem

The Nix subsystem now installs as a standalone distro and is available in the Dr460nized and Mokka flavors.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17468553/garuda-linux-nixification

#distro #linux

📰 Orphaned VMs: Running VMs Uninterrupted While Host Kernel Is Offline For Reboots/Updates

Here's some very intriguing work taking place by a Google engineer... With the hyperscalers and other cloud providers pushing for zero-downtime, a set of experimental patches for "Orphaned VMs" allow for the virtual machines to continue to run while the host kernel is offline for security updates or rebooting with the Live Update Orchestrator.

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Orphaned-VMs-Linux-Patches

#kernel

📰 Googlebooks are (almost) here: Liliputing News Roundup

Google positions Android as an open source operating system, but the company has ultimate control over what gets released to AOSP, and now Google is making some of its newest APIs exclusive to Google Pixel devices, at least until Android 17 QPR2 is released. grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/ • The first Googlebooks go up for pre-order today for $899 and up • Winamp is making a comeback... again.

🔗 Source: https://liliputing.com/googlebooks-are-almost-here-liliputing-news-roundup/

#android #opensource

📰 AMD EPYC Server Performance Up ~8% Geo Mean For 2026 With Linux Kernel Improvements

With the in-development Linux 7.3 kernel showing some nice performance improvements over Linux 7.2 in different areas, Linux 7.2 also having brought some nice gains especially for I/O, and the preceding kernels also having seen some nice performance optimizations this year, I wanted to measure how far the Linux kernel performance has evolved so far in 2026.

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux-618-73-amd-epyc

#amd #kernel #linux

📰 The most highly rated Native Linux Steam games for August 2026

Here's some of the highest-rated Native Linux games released on Steam during August 2026. Helping you find something interesting to go and play.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/the-most-highly-rated-native-linux-steam-games-for-august-2026/

#linux #steam

📰 Nebula Matrix Network Driver Queued Ahead Of Linux 7.4

NBL is a new Ethernet networking driver destined to premiere in the upcoming Linux 6.4 kernel for supporting Nebula Matrix NICs...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Nebula-Matrix-NIC-Linux-7.4

#kernel #linux

📰 I spent hours debugging Docker permissions until one number in my compose file fixed everything

Homelabbing looks straightforward, and it is, until you run into something. Since each setup is different, the solutions aren’t always the same, or documented. A similar thing happened to me a few months ago. While setting up Nextcloud on my homelab Debian server, I faced a permission denied error.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/hours-debugging-docker-permissions-until-number-compose-file-fixed/

#debian

📰 Patches Posted For Enabling Apple Silicon Mac Speaker & Headset Jack Support On Linux

While the downstream Asahi Linux kernel has offered working speaker support and headset jack capabilities on Apple Silicon Macs, the mainline Linux kernel hasn't supported this functionality. But a set of 28 patches sent out today on the Linux kernel mailing list are working toward mainlining this important functionality for using Apple Macs on the upstream Linux desktop...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Apple-Mac-Speaker-Headset-Linux

#kernel #linux

📰 Gravity Linux Aims To Provide A Nice Experience For Apple M4 & Newer

There's a new Linux distribution focused on supporting Linux on Apple Silicon Macs. Gravity Linux is this new distribution that is a spin of Fedora Remix and is catering to the still-experimentally-supported Apple M4 Macs and newer. In addition to leveraging Asahi Linux code and reverse engineering, Gravity Linux also leverages OpenAI Codex and Claude Code...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Gravity-Linux-M4-Mac-Mini-Alpha

#fedora #linux

📰 AMD Begins Preparing Open-Source Linux Driver For Graphics Cards With GDDR7

AMD sent out their latest Linux kernel graphics driver patches today for enabling some new hardware IP blocks. And as part of that, preparing for GDDR7 video memory with the AMDGPU driver...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMDGPU-Linux-Prep-GDDR7

#amd #kernel #linux #opensource

📰 Qualcomm Posts Open-Source GPU Driver Patches For Adreno 850 One Day After Announcement

Yesterday Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 as quite an interesting mobile SoC. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 features Adreno 850 graphics and already one-day later their engineers are out with initial Linux kernel patches for bringing up the A850 with the MSM kernel driver...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Qualcomm-Adreno-850-Open-Source

#kernel #linux #opensource

📰 Valve Introduces Pyrowave Video Codec In Beta For Low Latency Streaming

Valve's Steam client beta today introduced Pyrowave as an experimental video codec for high bandwidth, low-latency video streaming...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Valve-Steam-Beta-Pyrowave

#steam

📰 Here's some of the best VR games released on Steam in 2026 so far

Here's some of the highest-rated VR games released on Steam in 2026. Helping you get ready for the SteamOS Linux powered Steam Frame.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/heres-some-of-the-best-vr-games-released-on-steam-in-2026-so-far/

#linux #steam

📰 Longtime SUSE staff asked if they'd opt for 'voluntary separation'

Other changes also afoot as employees unionize and the distro itself sees modifications.

🔗 Source: https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/09/22/longtime-suse-staff-asked-if-theyd-opt-for-voluntary-separation/5297457

#distro