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AMD today sent out their latest pull request to DRM-Next of new AMDGPU/AMDKFD kernel driver changes they are looking to get into the next kernel cycle, which will either be known as Linux 6.20 or more than likely be called Linux 7.0. Notable with this week's pull request is enabling a lot of new GPU hardware IP blocks, including GC/GFX 12.1 as a new addition past the current GFX12.0 / RDNA4...

Dozzle 9.0 real?time Docker log viewer adds collapsible homepage sections, container group counters, and multiple UI refinements for better log navigation.

Now past the end-of-year holidays, this round of Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) fixes for the in-development Linux 6.19 are a bit more meaningful following those light holiday weeks. Sent out today were the DRM fixes for Linux 6.19-rc5 that includes a fix for broken support for newer NVIDIA GPUs on the Nouveau open-source driver...

Cinnamon 6.6 has landed in LMDE 7, allowing Linux Mint Debian Edition users to experience the updated desktop before Mint 22.3 arrives.

For situations where Samba (SMB) or NFS usage aren't appropriate or desiring the convenience of accessing files from a web browser on any device, TrueNAS is introducing TrueNAS WebShare as an easy-to-use solution for enterprise-grade file sharing in the web browser...

Developer survey from Sonar finds AI tool adoption has created a verification bottleneck Talk about letting things go! Ninety-six percent of software developers believe AI-generated code isn't functionally correct, yet only 48 percent say they always check code generated with AI assistance before committing it.…

Steam is moving closer to ARM64 availability as Ubuntu opens testing of a Snap package powered by FEX x86 emulation.

The QEMU emulator already deprecated 32-bit host CPU support while for the QEMU 11.0 release this year they could eliminate the 32-bit host support for good...

KDE Frameworks 6.22 is out with broad stability improvements, internal cleanups, and refinements across core KDE libraries used by Plasma and apps.

Trixie plus a carefully configured MATE setup, and absolutely nothing else The Desktop Classic System is a rather unusual hand-built flavor of Debian featuring a meticulously configured spatial desktop layout and a pleasingly 20th-century look and feel.…

The KDE Project released today KDE Frameworks 6.22 as the monthly update to this collection of more than 80 add-on libraries to Qt and a companion to the KDE Plasma desktop environment and KDE Gear software suite.

Brave reduces adblock memory consumption by more than 45 MB after a major Rust-based engine overhaul, now shipping in Brave v1.85.

Canonical is making it easier for ARM64 Ubuntu users like those on the NVIDIA DGX Spark to do a bit of gaming with Steam. Canonical engineers have assembled a Steam Snap for 64-bit ARM that comes complete with the FEX emulator for running Windows/Linux x86-based games on ARM64 Linux...

loss32 is an experimental Linux project that runs an entire Win32 desktop under WINE, aiming to make decades of Windows software feel native on Linux.

The KDE Project released today KDE Gear 25.12.1 as the first maintenance update to the latest KDE Gear 25.12 series of this collection of open-source apps for the KDE Plasma desktop environment and other platforms.

Valve released the SteamOS 3.7.20 beta overnight and with it they are finally building the NTSYNC kernel driver for helping accelerate Windows NT synchronization primitives...

The European Commission has opened a public consultation on a new Open Digital Ecosystems strategy focused on open source, security, and EU tech sovereignty.

Arch-based Omarchy 3.3 introduces local AI dictation with Voxtype, hibernation support, dynamic themes, and more.

The Linux kernel developers for months now have been debating proposed guidelines for tool-generated submissions to the Linux kernel. As part of the "tools", the main motivator for this documentation has been around the era of AI and large language models with coding assistants and more. Torvalds made some remarks on the Linux kernel mailing list around his belief in focusing the documentation on "tools" rather than explicitly focusing on AI, given the likelihood of AI-assisted contributions continuing regardless of documentation...

'Because the AI slop people aren't going to document their patches as such' Today, it is hard to escape LLM bots and the endless slop they emit, but the Linux kernel might be largely safe … for now.…