F2FS Sees New Improvements Merged For Linux 6.17 While Bcachefs Languishes
Sent out today for the Linux 6.17 merge window and already merged hours later were the Flash-Friendly File-System (F2FS) feature updates...
Google agrees to pause AI workloads to protect the grid when power demand spikes
On hot summer days, air conditioning is rather more important than search summaries
Google will pause non-essential AI workloads to protect power grids, the advertising giant announced on Monday.…
Git 2.51-rc0 Makes More Preparations For Git 3.0 Where It Will Use SHA-256 By Default
Junio Hamano announced the release of Git 2.51-rc0 to kick off the new week and the first step toward Git 2.51 as the next milestone for this open-source distributed version control system...
Big Changes Ahead for MX Linux 25
MX Linux 25 will offer Wayland by default on KDE, separate init system ISOs, Secure Boot support, and discontinue 32-bit ISO images.
NVIDIA Releases Linux Display Driver v580 Beta
NVIDIA drops 580.65 beta driver for Linux with Vulkan crash fixes, improved Wayland support, and new latency-reducing options for VR and gaming.
NVIDIA CUDA 13.0 Available With Unified Arm Platform Support
Along with today's NVIDIA R580 Linux driver beta, the CUDA 13.0 toolkit is now available to download and depends upon the new R580 Linux driver series...
Understanding Userspace Reboot (Soft Reboot) Operation In Linux
One of the most interesting and useful features in modern Linux distributions is the userspace reboot or soft reboot operation. Learn what userspace reboot is, its benefits, how it works, how to perform a userspace reboot in Linux.
Customizing KDE Plasma 6 | Beautiful Sweet Violet Theme
In this video, I'm trying to customize the KDE Plasma theme, using KDE Plasma 6 on Endeavor OS. To make it easier for you to follow each step, you can see the Time Stamps I created below.
NetBSD 11.0 Preparing For Release With Improved Linux Emulation, Better RISC-V Support
NetBSD 11.0 release preparations have begun. The NetBSD developers are hoping to officially release NetBSD 11.0 in October and for that to happen the release candidate would be out in September and daily beta builds can already be tested...
Project Banana ripens into a pre-alpha for KDE Linux, and you can test it
Desktop project's in-house distro is impressively ambitious, but nowhere near ready
The former "Project Banana" now has a more sober name, albeit one a bit trickier to search for.…
Legendary OpenPrinting architect looking for new role
Canonical lays off one of its old hands – a longstanding FOSS developer – after nearly two decades
Till Kamppeter, the lead developer of the OpenPrinting subsystem for Linux, has been laid off by Canonical after 19 years.…
Fedora for Architects: Open Source Tools for Architectural Design
Why Fedora for Architects Architects depend on digital tools for every stage of design, from sketching to modelling and documentation. But many popular tools are expensive, closed-source, or limited to specific platforms. Fedora offers a fast, stable, and open environment for professional design work. With a growing ecosystem of free and open source software, architects […]
Immich 1.137 Photo and Video Backup Arrives with Breaking Changes
Immich 1.137 lands with breaking changes, major bug fixes, new beta timeline improvements, and custom shared link support.
Intel QuickAssist Hit By Second Demotion In Linux 6.17 Due To Lack Of Kernel Benefit
A few days ago the Intel QuickAssist "QAT" accelerators were demoted by FSCRYPT in the Linux 6.17 development code due to being slow and bug prone with AVX-512 showing to be much faster than leveraging the QAT accelerators in this file encryption framework. With the Linux 6.17 crypto subsystem is a second separate demotion to Intel's QAT support for kernel use...
Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 31 (Jul 28 – Aug 3, 2025)
Catch up on the latest Linux news: Kernel 6.16, HeliumOS 10, NetworkManager 1.54, GNU Binutils 2.45, Arch AUR under fire, Plasma 6.5 automatic light/dark theme, and more.
GNOME Mutter 49 Beta Released With Pointer Warp Protocol, Wayland Fixes
The GNOME 49 Mutter beta release is now available for testing ahead of the stable release of GNOME 49 coming up In September...
IceWM 3.8.2 Window Manager Brings New Icesh Actions
IceWM 3.8.2 window manager for X Window System adds a new “switchmenu” icesh action, improves window switching, and brings various bug fixes.
Apple HFS/HFS+ File-System Drivers See Many Fixes In Linux 6.17
Earlier this year there was talk of Linux potentially dropping its Apple HFS and HFS+ file-system drivers as they had been orphaned for a decade and proving to be a maintenance burden. Following that some developers stepped up to better maintain the code for HFS and HFS+ file-system support. In Linux 6.17 we are seeing some of the fruits of that work...
Fastfetch 2.49 System Information Tool Brings Enhanced GPU Detection
Fastfetch 2.49 improves GPU and ARM SoC detection and starts phasing out legacy config flags ahead of major changes in v2.50.
Intel Layoffs Impact Linux Kernel Driver Development: What You Need to Know
Intel’s recent workforce reductions have sent ripples through the Linux kernel development community, potentially affecting the maintenance of critical hardware drivers and raising questions about long-term compatibility support. As one of the largest contributors to the Linux kernel, Intel’s organizational changes could impact how quickly new hardware receives upstream support and how existing drivers are maintained across multiple kernel versions.
Modos Paper Monitor Brings High-Speed E-Paper to Developers
Modos Tech has announced the Modos Paper Monitor, a 13.3 inch open hardware e-ink display designed for real-time use. Unlike traditional e-paper, it supports refresh rates of 60 to 75 Hz with sub 100 ms latency, enabling smooth interaction and multiple image modes. The Modos Paper Monitor is powered by the Caster e-paper controller, which is built on a Xilinx […]
FEX 2508 Delivers Major Speedups For x86_64 Binaries On ARM: 39% Faster Cyberpunk 2077
FEX 2508 as the open-source emulator that allows running x86_64 Linux binaries on AArch64, including the likes of Wine and Valve's Steam Play, is boasting some "big juicy" optimizations with its new release. Many games are now significantly faster atop FEX...
Linux 6.17 Getting More Rusty With Many Rust Language Additions
As has been the trend with recent Linux kernel releases, a lot of Rust programming language abstractions and other additions are coming for the in-development Linux 6.17 kernel...
How to Change OS Icons for VirtualBox Guests
Learn how to set your own custom OS icons for VirtualBox guests to make your virtual machines more visually organized and easier to identify.
Linux 6.17 Memory Management Optimizations, DAMON_STAT & Other Improvements
All of the memory management "MM" changes were merged this week for the ongoing Linux 6.17 merge window...
KubeSphere Drops Open for Fauxpen — Blames It On AI or Something…
KubeSphere evidently failed to realize going in that open source means open, and is changing to a new proprietary license with “open source” in the name.
LXD 6.5 Container & Virtual Machine Manager Released
LXD 6.5 is out now, bringing PCI hotplug, OIDC secret support, QEMU 9.1 compatibility, dark mode UI, and better VM directory disk hotplugging.
GNOME AI Virtual Assistant "Newelle" Reaches Version 1.0 Milestone
Newelle is a virtual AI assistant developed for the GNOME desktop that supports voice chat and can handle carrying out web searches, terminal command execution, website reading, file management, document editing, and more. Newell v1.0 was released this week for advancing this GNOME AI virtual assistant...
The Bots Never Sleep: In The Weekends, Slopfarms Dominate Google News, Majority of Entries in Google Are Fake Articles About 'Linux'
Google is fast becoming an ocean of plagiarism; the same goes for Google News, which was supposed to have extra quality control
KDE Plasma 6.5 Finally Adds Automatic Day/Night Theme Switching
KDE developer Nate Graham is out with his weekly report on the interesting Plasma desktop changes for the week. This week a long-sought feature for the Plasma desktop was finally merged...
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