New story! Linux 6.16-rc5 Released With A Performance Fix, Bcachefs Fixes & New Device Support

  • Phoronix (Posted by bob on Jul 7, 2025 3:09 AM CST)
  • Groups: Linux; Story Type: News Story
Linus Torvalds just tagged Linux 6.16-rc5 as the newest test release of Linux 6.16...

New story! Rhino Linux 2025.3 Rolls Out with RPK2, KDE Option

Rhino Linux 2025.3 is now available with the RPK2 package management tool by default, UBports sponsorship, and the KDE Plasma 6 UBXI desktop.

New story! Linux 6.16 Performance Regression Tracked Down In New Futex Code

Sent out this morning as part of this week's "locking/urgent" pull request is a performance regression fix ahead of today's Linux 6.16-rc5 release. This latest performance regression in the Linux kernel is around the new Futex code merged this cycle with a big performance hit being observed in scheduler benchmarks...

New story! How to Run a Python Script Using Docker

  • Make Tech Easier; By Anees Asghar (Posted by damien on Jul 6, 2025 10:35 PM CST)
  • Story Type: Tutorial; Groups: Linux, Python
Learn how to run a Python script using Docker with a real example. Package your code and dependencies for any system, step by step.

New story! 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: July 6th, 2025

  • 9to5linux.com; By Marius Nestor (Posted by hanuca on Jul 6, 2025 9:03 PM CST)
  • Story Type: Roundups; Groups: Linux
The 247th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on July 6th, 2025, keeping you updated with the most important things happening in the Linux world.

New story! Search Engine or AI Chat? More People Are Going Hybrid

AI is changing how we find information, but is the web keeping up?

New story! Geany 2.1 Lightweight IDE Brings Smoother UI, New Filetypes, and Theming Support

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on Jul 6, 2025 6:00 PM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
Geany 2.1, a lightweight and user-friendly IDE, introduces new themes, enhanced session handling, modern file dialogs, and more.

New story! The July 2025 Issue of the PCLinuxOS Magazine

The PCLinuxOS Magazine staff is pleased to announce the release of the July 2025 issue.

New story! Let’s Encrypt Begins Supporting IP Address Certificates

Let’s Encrypt begins issuing IP address certificates, expanding support beyond domain names to cater to specialized use cases, such as DoH and home devices.

New story! Wayland 1.24 Released With Few Improvements

  • Phoronix (Posted by bob on Jul 6, 2025 1:26 PM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
Minutes ago Simon Ser announced the official release of Wayland 1.24...

New story! Bash Shell 5.3 Released with New Command Substitution

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on Jul 6, 2025 11:54 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
Bash Shell 5.3 is out now, adding new scripting features, bug fixes, and enhancements to completion, substitution, and Readline.

New story! Leadership in Free Software

  • Techrights; By Roy Schestowitz (Posted by schestowitz on Jul 6, 2025 6:59 AM CST)
  • Groups: IBM
IBM not only ignores the needs of blind people. It also attacks people like Richard Stallman, the founder of GNU/Linux

New story! Debian Looks To Attract More Contributors, Eyes Budget For AI/LLM Usage By Debian Developers

The Debian project is hoping to address challenges of mentoring newcomers to contribute to the Debian Linux distribution as well as making it more known that open-source contributors can do more than just work on Debian packaging but that help is needed for documentation writing, web page creation, sorting out licensing issues, finding project sponsors, and more. Debian is also looking to attain OpenAI sponsorship or open-source funds from other large language model (LLM) / AI providers to help Debian developers for those wanting to use AI to help accelerate their Debian workflows...

New story! KDE Gear 25.04.3 Apps Collection Rolls Out, Here’s What’s New

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on Jul 6, 2025 3:56 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: KDE
KDE Gear 25.04.3 apps collection introduces critical fixes across the suite, including enhancements to Kdenlive, Kate, Itinerary, Gwenview, and other desktop apps.

New story! SUSE's Agama Installer Switches From X.Org To Wayland For Installation GUI

  • Phoronix (Posted by bob on Jul 6, 2025 2:25 AM CST)
  • Groups: SUSE; Story Type: News Story
SUSE developers working on their new operating system installer "Agama" have been making steady progress and on Friday debuted Agama 16. With Agama 16 they have moved from X.Org to Wayland for powering their installer UI along with a number of other changes...

New story! Bash 5.3 Released With Many Improvements

Three years since the Bash 5.2 release and one year since the first alpha release, GNU Bash 5.3 was released overnight as the newest step forward for this popular shell used on Linux and other operating systems...

New story! DXVK 2.7 Improves Support for God of War, Watch Dogs 2, and Final Fantasy XIV

  • 9to5linux.com; By Marius Nestor (Posted by hanuca on Jul 5, 2025 11:22 PM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Linux
DXVK 2.7, a Vulkan-based implementation of D3D9, D3D10, and D3D11 for Linux / Wine, is now available for download with new features and other improvements for various games.

New story! 7-Zip v25 File Archiver Released with Performance Gains

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on Jul 5, 2025 9:51 PM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
The latest 7-Zip release speeds up bzip2 by up to 40%, improves ZIP and FAT archive support, and fixes multiple bugs and security vulnerabilities.

New story! Intel Lunar Lake Showing Some Performance Improvements With Linux 6.16

For those on an Intel Core Ultra Series 2 "Lunar Lake" system, the upcoming Linux 6.16 kernel is looking to be in better shape for those newest Intel SoCs. In testing carried out using a Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 Aura edition laptop, there are performance gains in some areas with the Linux 6.16 development kernel.

New story! How to Install Google Chrome on AlmaLinux 10

Learn how to install Google Chrome on AlmaLinux 10 with this step-by-step guide tailored for Enterprise Linux users seeking a modern web browsing experience.

New story! Fedora 43 GNU & LLVM 21 Toolchain Updates Planned

It shouldn't be particularly surprising as Fedora Linux has always been known for shipping with a leading-edge compiler toolchain, but the formalities have now been submitted for Fedora 43 to ship with the latest GNU and LLVM toolchain components...

New story! Bryan Lunduke is Actually Sending His Audience to Attack People

If this is his 'style' of resisting Wayland, then he does everyone a disservice, even to people who don't wish to use Wayland. He was also siccing mobs onto me, so I know this modus operandi of his. It was very direct and explicit. He did the same on his show.

New story! Debian 13 (Trixie) Installer RC2 Now Available

Debian Installer Trixie RC 2 is out with Linux kernel 6.12, Secure Boot support, and new hardware support for Apple M1/M2 laptops.

New story! (Updated) Bela Upgrades Embedded DSP Platforms with PocketBeagle 2 Support and New Web IDE

Bela.io has unveiled the Gem Stereo and Gem Multi, two new open-source boards that expand PocketBeagle 2 into a real-time digital signal processing platform. Designed for audio and sensor applications, the boards target creative, educational, and research projects requiring low-latency performance and flexible I/O. Built around the PocketBeagle 2’s quad-core 64-bit ARM processor, the Bela […]

New story! Docker Desktop 4.43 Debuts Powerful Compose Bridge

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on Jul 5, 2025 6:43 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
Docker Desktop 4.43 expands AI support with better model controls, OAuth-secured MCP tools, and instant Compose-to-Kubernetes conversion.

New story! Rust-Written Redox OS Continues Making Progress With Wayland

  • Phoronix (Posted by bob on Jul 5, 2025 5:11 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
The Rust-written Redox OS open-source operating system project just published their June 2025 status report to outline recent progress on this innovative platform...

New story! Copyleft-Next License Relaunches With New Backing and Renewed Mission

  • Linuxiac.com; By Bobby Borisov (Posted by bobolin on Jul 5, 2025 3:40 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
Copyleft-next is officially relaunched as an effort to modernize strong copyleft, led by GPLv3 veterans Richard Fontana and Bradley Kuhn.

New story! Libreboot 25.06 Released With Support For Two More Outdated Systems

  • Phoronix (Posted by bob on Jul 5, 2025 2:08 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story
Libreboot 25.06 released this week as the newest version of this Coreboot downstream focused on shipping only with free and open-source components. But due to the strict open-source nature of Libreboot, it continues to primarily see support for long outdated platforms...

New story! Libreboot 25.06 Open-Source BIOS/UEFI Firmware Adds More Hardware Support

  • 9to5linux.com; By Marius Nestor (Posted by hanuca on Jul 5, 2025 12:37 AM CST)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Linux
Leah Rowe announced today a new version of the Libreboot open-source and free BIOS/UEFI firmware alternative, Libreboot 25.06, which adds support for new devices, as well as other improvements.

New story! Bluestar Linux: Arch Power, User-Friendly Polish

Think Arch is only for the hardcore? Bluestar Linux rewrites the rules—delivering power, polish, and zero intimidation.

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