📰 Here's Everything New Coming to Linux Mint 27 This Christmas

It is a release that has taken a year to develop, with major changes like a Wayland session that is no longer experimental.

🔗 Source: https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17518528/linux-mint-27-features

#linux #wayland

📰 openSUSE Tumbleweed Prepares to Replace YaST Installer with Agama

openSUSE Tumbleweed is preparing to adopt the modern Agama installer, replacing its traditional YaST-based installation system.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/opensuse-tumbleweed-prepares-to-replace-yast-installer-with-agama/

#opensuse

📰 AMDGPU Linux Driver Patches Posted For Enabling GFX13 Graphics IP - RDNA5

Since the beginning of the year there have been AMDGPU LLVM back-end patches for GFX13 as AMD's next-generation graphics IP. This is most likely for RDNA 5 graphics. Now out today are the GFX13 patches finally surfacing for the AMDGPU Linux kernel graphics driver...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMDGPU-Patches-GFX13

#amd #kernel #linux

📰 Mozilla Firefox 160 Introduces Mini Window, Picture-in-Picture Speed Controls

Firefox 160 adds Mini Window, Picture-in-Picture playback speed controls, on-device speech recognition in 40 languages, and improved MKV support.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/firefox-160-introduces-mini-window-picture-in-picture-speed-controls/

#firefox

📰 You can now build your own Linux desktop with HTML and CSS, and it looks better than KDE Plasma

Chromium is everywhere. I'm using it to edit and publish this very article. There's a good chance you're using a Chromium-powered browser to read it. Google exercises considerable control over web publishing technologies through this initiative, which may not sound like such a bad idea on paper, but it's also responsible for a high-revenue ad-publishing business. Ad-blockers beware! Still, Chromium is solid, and you can now design and put...

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/built-my-own-linux-desktop-with-html-and-css/

#chromium #kde #linux #plasma

📰 Valve now provide Steam Deck Framerate data to the public for each game

Now you don't have to entirely rely on Valve's sometimes iffy verification status for games on Steam Deck, as they're providing Framerate data.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/11/valve-now-provide-steam-deck-framerate-data-to-the-public-for-each-game/

#steam

📰 KDE Plasma 6.8.3 Released With Dozens Of Fixes

KDE Plasma 6.8.3 is out today as the newest bug-fix release for last month's major Plasma 6.8 debut...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Plasma-6.8.3

#kde #plasma

📰 Darling Turns to AI to Accelerate macOS Compatibility on Linux

The Darling project welcomes AI-generated contributions as developers work to improve macOS app compatibility, ARM64 support, and Apple frameworks.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/darling-turns-to-ai-to-accelerate-macos-compatibility-on-linux/

#linux

📰 exfatprogs 1.4.4 Brings Speed-Up For Making New exFAT Filesystems

The exfatprogs 1.4.4 release was issued today for these user-space open-source programs for managing exFAT file-systems on Linux...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/exfatprogs-1.4.4

#linux #opensource

📰 x86 Ecosystem Advisory Group Posts ACE v2 & AVX10.3 Specs, GCC Patches Ready

While there aren't any processors released yet with AI Compute Extensions (ACE) or AVX10.2 quite yet, the x86 Ecosystem Advisory Group led by AMD and Intel have now posted their ACE v2 and AVX10.3 specifications...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/ACE-v2-AVX10.3-Posted

#amd #intel

📰 Blender 5.3 Released with Gaussian Splatting, Vulkan by Default

Blender 5.3 adds native Gaussian Splatting support, enables Vulkan by default on Linux, and improves rendering, animation, and video editing.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/blender-5-3-released-with-gaussian-splatting-vulkan-by-default/

#linux