Open-source News

Linux updates made “Meteor Lake” slower  Fudzilla.com

A patch is on the way to the Linux kernel and looks like it could be ready for the 6.20~7.0 kernel for addressing out-of-memory "OOM" killer inaccuracy behavior when dealing with large core count systems...

Linux Addressing Out-Of-Memory Killer Inaccuracy On Large Core Count Systems  Phoronix

Kiwix's Windows and Linux app for browsing Wikipedia offline just got a big update  How-To Geek

The Linux laptop I keep coming back to nails performance and portability  ZDNET

Microsoft LLMs Are Speaking, Spreading Misinformation by Slop About Ken Thompson and Unix  LXer: Linux News

A new patch series that was posted this week allow for users to more easily replace the default kernel boot logo. While many of us are long accustomed to seeing the picture of Tux as the kernel boot logo, for those preferring to better customize your console boot experience these patches allow it to be easily manipulated via the kernel configuration "Kconfig" options...

New Linux Patches Allow More Easily Changing The Tux Kernel Boot Logo  Phoronix

D7VK v1.1 is out with experimental Direct3D 6 support via Vulkan for Windows games on Linux  GamingOnLinux

Voxel RPG Hytale Will Have Native Linux Support And It Works On The Steam Deck  Steam Deck HQ

7 alternatives that can replace default Linux CLI tools  How-To Geek

Merged on New Year's Day was a set of 36 patches authored by well known AMD Mesa developer Marek Olšák for refactoring the NIR compilation code for the RadeonSI Gallium3D driver...

Native Linux support for Hytale will be launched as "experimental"  GamingOnLinux

Bazzite Linux gets a spring cleaning update to end 2025  GamingOnLinux

3 legitimately useful Linux apps to try this weekend (January 2 - 4)  How-To Geek

Steam survey for December 2025 shows Linux holding to 3.19%  GamingOnLinux

Linux Kernel 6.19 Reverts Code to Fix MediaTek MT792x WiFi Issues  WebProNews

Mesa 25.3.3 released with more Linux graphics driver bug fixes  GamingOnLinux

During the month of December on Phoronix there was new and original content each and every day, ending the month with 305 original news articles and 25 featured Linux hardware reviews / multi-page benchmark articles. Here is a look back at the most exciting Linux/open-source hardware content in ending out 2025...

Steam Hardware Survey highlights Windows 11 surge  Windows Central