Fedora is evolving its community leadership structure to better support its ongoing growth. The Red Hat Open Source & AI Program Office is splitting the current Fedora Community Architect role into two focused positions. Shaun McCance will step into the role of Fedora Community Architect, taking over key responsibilities like Fedora Council representation and financial stewardship, while Justin Wheeler transitions to a new focus on AI Alignment.

In an interesting twist, patches this week posted to the Linux kernel mailing list are enabling AMD Zen 6 client desktop and laptop SoCs for the HSMP driver. Up to now the AMD HSMP Linux driver was just used for modern EPYC server processors while now we are seeing this HSMP driver supporting the upcoming Medusa and Olympic Ridge client platforms... Including mentions of overclocking and even noting "Ryzen Master" as the Windows-only software for overclocking and system management...

With the Razer Blade 18 as the first laptop Razer's certifying for (Ubuntu) Linux use while testing it out I was predominantly using the NVIDIA R610 official driver stack. Some users were interested though in how well this laptop is working with the open-source, upstream Nouveau+NVK driver stack given Razer is marketing this high-end laptop for Linux use too. Before sending the review unit back I had run some graphics benchmarks to see how Nouveau+NVK was performing for this Razer Blade RZ09-0582 with the flagship GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop GPU.

Like how gravity works or the ending of the movie “2001: A Space Odyssey,” one of life’s mysteries is why the Turkish Linux distro Pardus isn’t near the top of the list of all-time greats.This week's Distro of the Week is Pardus 25.2 Xfce, which shows all of its strengths.

The GCC Steering Committee announced today that they have accepted the recommended policy of the GCC AI Policy Working Group, which means no "legally significant" code contributions made via AI/LLM agents will be accepted into this open-source compiler...

FreeBSD thought it had scrubbed all GPL code, but a few kernel leftovers remained.

Valve wasn’t trying to save Linux gaming. It was running from Windows 8. Here’s how that panic move built SteamOS, Proton, and the Steam Machine.

Today's Steam client beta update brings some new game streaming enhancements for Linux gamers...

Krita 5.3.3 and the experimental Qt 6-based Krita 6.0.3 arrive with crash fixes, animation improvements, and better font handling.

Sent out today was another week's worth of features and other code changes to the AMDGPU kernel graphics driver and AMDKFD kernel compute driver. We are nearing the cut-off of new feature material for next month's Linux 7.3 kernel but there is some nice feature work in store for this week...

Radxa has published specifications for two upcoming compute modules based on Qualcomm Dragonwing processors. The compact CM-Q64 combines 12 TOPS of AI performance with multi-camera support, while the larger VMARC-Q9075 uses the SMARC form factor and scales to 200 sparse TOPS for industrial AI, robotics, and machine-vision systems. The Radxa CM-Q64 measures 55 × 40mm […]

ASUS laptops support a feature called "Whisper Mode" that intentionally slows down the fan speed and lowers the CPU clock speed in order to keep the device running cool and quiet. The open-source ASUS Armoury Linux kernel driver is now seeing patches to properly support this Whisper Mode on Linux...

The GNU Compiler Collection will reject copyright-significant contributions derived from LLM output, with limited exceptions for trivial changes and test cases.

A new software creation that debuted this summer was YSERVER as a modern X11 server written in Rust largely by AI via Claude Code. This YSERVER implementation has continued implementing more X11 protocol and other functionality to get more desktop environments and apps working surprisingly okay on this vibe coded X11 server. YSERVER 1.4 is now available as the latest in this quest...

Linux hardware vendor System76 released COSMIC 1.5 today as the latest stable version of this open-source, free, and Rust-based graphical desktop environment for Linux-based operating systems.

Espressif has moved the ESP32-S31 into mass production, expanding its wireless microcontroller lineup with a dual-core RISC-V processor, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.4, Bluetooth Classic, and IEEE 802.15.4 connectivity. The new SoC targets smart-home hubs, audio devices, industrial automation, edge AI systems, and other connected applications requiring higher processing and wireless performance. The ESP32-S31 combines two […]

A recent mini PC being benchmarked at Phoronix is the BOSGAME VTA-439 that employs the new AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 Gorgon Point SoC. With the BOSGAME mini PC having shipped with Microsoft Windows 11, here are some comparison benchmarks of the out-of-the-box Windows 11 performance up against Ubuntu 26.04 LTS and Fedora Workstation 44 while also tossing the rolling-release, highly-optimized Arch Linux based CachyOS into the benchmarking mix.

The Linux power management tool expands its graphical interface with monitoring mode, Bluetooth controls, and improved Lenovo laptop support.

There's yet another new open-source desktop option for Linux users in the era of new open-source projects largely written via AI/LLMs. Starling is this new project largely written via Claude and using the Swift programming language for the desktop while having its own Wayland compositor implemented in C. It also includes a built-in X11 server for handling X11 clients...

EDATEC has expanded its family of Raspberry Pi Compute Module 0-based DIN-rail industrial computers with the ED-IPC1200 and ED-IPC1220. Both models provide Ethernet, USB, RS232, dual RS485, optional wireless connectivity, and isolated control interfaces, while the ED-IPC1220 includes additional digital I/O and analog inputs. The Raspberry Pi Compute Module 0 integrates a 1GHz quad-core 64-bit […]

In over 22 years of Linux hardware reviews and testing at Phoronix, I have never been more excited for a fan controller... ARCTIC today launched their new Fan Controller and in making the product very unique for Linux users, it already has mainline Linux kernel support via a open-source driver contributed directly by ARCTIC...

Shelly 3.0 has been released today as a major update for this open-source and free pacman alternative for Arch Linux distributions that introduces a completely revamped experience, new features, and many improvements.

The ThingPulse Icon256 is a Wi-Fi-connected word clock that displays the time as illuminated phrases across a 16 × 16 RGB LED matrix. The finished unit includes an enclosure, an English-language front panel, preinstalled firmware, and USB-C power input. The display consists of 256 individually addressable RGB light points positioned behind a letter grid. Instead […]

Hyprland 0.56.1 is as a maintenance update addressing monitor regressions, window-rule leaks, input capture, rendering, and more.

Wayfire 0.11 has been released as a major milestone for this open-source modular and extensible Wayland compositor, and, hopefully, the last update before the massive Wayfire 1.0 release.

A Fedora community intern shares a firsthand look at Flock 2026 in Prague. The annual Fedora contributor conference broke sponsorship records and strengthened community bonds. Attendees praised the invaluable hallway conversations that unite the globally distributed project. Discover the behind-the-scenes planning, post-event survey results, and what makes this gathering feel like a family reunion for Fedora contributors.

The PineVoice is a compact RISC-V smart speaker designed to operate as a local voice-assistant satellite for Home Assistant and other platforms supporting the Wyoming protocol. The device combines a dual-microphone array, built-in speaker, local wake-word detection, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, and open-source firmware. Previously known as the PineVox, the PineVoice is built around Bouffalo […]

Fwupd developer Richard Hughes released fwupd 2.1.7 today as a new stable update in the fwupd 2.1 series of this open-source project for updating and managing the firmware of various hardware on your Linux distribution.

Last October on Phoronix we were first to point out there being some mysterious intrigue around a new x86 implementation from a "corporate entity other than Intel/AMD" with the developer involved not elaborating on the matter. Now that same developer has posted another semi-cryptic message to the Linux kernel mailing list to talk about 16-tile and 32-tile Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX) implementations. To date Intel only has 8-tile AMX...

Mozilla updated the Firefox Nightly builds today to the new design it teased earlier a couple of months ago, so we’re taking a closer look at Firefox’s brand-new look out of curiosity.