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One of the early features for Fedora 45 that was approved this week is enabling IPv6-mostly support within NetworkManager for a more modern out-of-the-box network experience...

Last month NXP posted open-source Linux kernel driver patches for their Neutron NPU accelerator. The NXP Neutron NPU aims to help with edge AI applications and this neural processing unit is found in their different SoCs. Unfortunately, their GitHub repository for the user-space software ends up containing a binary-only blob that will end up delaying plans on getting this driver into the mainline Linux kernel...

An Enticing Optimization For Linux Memory Reclaim On Today's Multi-Core Platforms  Phoronix

A new set of Linux kernel patches for batch TLB flushing for dirty folios within the kernel's vmscan path were recently floated on the Linux kernel mailing list. This batch TLB flushing optimization for dirty folios during memory reclaim can be a significant performance win with today's multi-core hardware...

Steam Client Beta bring fixes for the new Linux SteamRT3 Beta  GamingOnLinux

Kali Linux 2026.1 Released With 8 New Tools and BackTrack Mode  gHacks

AMD Takes On CUDA With Open Source AI Linux Push  Open Source For You

AMD Linux Push With CIQ Adds New Angle To AI Investment Story  Yahoo Finance Singapore

Kali Linux 2026.1: BackTrack Mode & MetasploitMCP Update  The Cyber Express

Troubleshooting "AppImages require FUSE to run" on Linux  It's FOSS

Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 8.2 ships with confidential computing support, XFS live repair  Help Net Security

Pine64 FOSDEM 2026 Update Details PineNote and PineTab2 Progress  LinuxGizmos.com

Merged today was another round of platform-drivers-x86 changes for the ongoing Linux 7.0 cycle. There are bug fixes plus some new hardware support additions that make this merge notable. Due to the new hardware support amounting to just device IDs and not risking existing hardware support, it's fine for merging at this late stage of Linux 7.0 development...

ASUS Armoury & HP WMI Drivers Add More Laptops Ahead Of Linux 7.0-rc6  Phoronix

VitruvianOS 0.3 Debuts as Haiku-Inspired Linux OS Without X11 or Wayland  Linuxiac

With just a few weeks to go until the official Fedora 44 release, there is already feature planning and activity beginning for Fedora 45 that will be released toward the end of 2026. Among the early feature approvals is a new web front-end feature to the DRM Panic "Blue/Black Screen of Death" functionality with a specialized QR code for kernel errors...

Fedora 45 Plan Approved For Web Frontend To Linux's "Blue Screen of Death" DRM Panic  Phoronix

More Reasons To Dump Windows For Gaming  PC Perspective

Firefox 150 Promises Support for the GTK Emoji Picker on Linux, Beta Out Now  9to5Linux

Fedora Project Leader Suggests Linux Distros Could Adopt Apple's Age Verification API  It's FOSS