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It's been two months since there were any notable Intel Linux engineering departures to note following various layoffs and voluntary departures this year that have unfortunately impacted their Linux/open-source talent. Sadly this US Thanksgiving is a new departure to note: one of Intel's maintainers for the Xe open-source Linux kernel graphics driver is leaving the company. This is for the modern Xe driver used by default since Lunar Lake and playing a pivotal role for Intel Linux graphics moving forward...

One Of Intel's Xe Open-Source Linux Graphics Driver Maintainers Is Departing  Phoronix

Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Gains 9% Performance Boost on Linux After One Year  eTeknix

Windows vs macOS vs Linux: the time to switch is now | by Kostas Farkonas | Turn On | Press Play | Nov, 2025  Medium

Following up on the discussion from earlier this month among GCC developers over switching to C++20 by default for the GCC compiler as the default C++ standard when not otherwise set, that change has indeed happened. Merged now is the change defaulting to C++20 (well, the GNU++20 dialect) rather than C++17/GNU++17 when not otherwise specified when compiling C++ code...

Valve just fixed several broken games on Linux with a Proton Experimental update  How-To Geek

Intel Battlemage Graphics Enjoyed Nice GPU Compute Performance Gains In 2025  Phoronix

In addition to Intel Arrow Lake desktop performance evolving nicely on Linux over the course of 2025, the Intel Arc B-Series graphics that launched last December with the Arc B580 have evolved quite nicely too with their open-source driver stack. With it coming up on one year since the Arc B580 launch, here is a look at how the GPU compute performance has evolved since that point. Similar Intel Arc B580 Linux graphics comparisons are also coming up in a follow-up comparison on Phoronix.

KDE Plasma 6.8 to Drop X11 Support, Goes All-In on Wayland  It's FOSS

Silicon Synchronicity: How Qualcomm’s Day-Zero Linux Support for Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Rewrites the Rules of Hardware Adoption  WebProNews

KDE Plasma Linux DE Drops X11 Support in 6.8 Release  TechPowerUp

Ubuntu is replacing some legacy tools in 26.04 LTS  How-To Geek

Zlib-ng 2.3.1 is out today as the first stable release in the v2.3 series for this Zlib replacement that carries a variety of performance optimizations for speedier compression/decompression...

How to dual-boot macOS and Linux on Apple Silicon  How-To Geek

THIRDREALITY Unveils Linux Box Dev Edition: Open Smart Home Gateway for Developers and Solution Providers  PRWeb

Rest in Peace Windows? Large YouTube channel tests gaming performance on Linux  gHacks Technology News

Gnome Foundry Is a New ‘IDE in a Box’ for Linux  The New Stack

This search tool will make Windows folks feel at home on Linux  How-To Geek

Oracle updates Linux suite for complete Red Hat synergy  SDxCentral

Google Is Building A New OS  Hackaday