Open-source News

Linux Foundation Launches React Foundation With Meta's Support  Dataconomy

ZFS 2.4.1 Released with Linux 6.19 Compatibility and FreeBSD Fixes  Linuxiac

One of my old favorite Linux distros is back - and it's still a great Windows escape  ZDNET

NVIDIA is hiring engineers to improve Linux gaming performance for new GeForce RTX devices  TweakTown

It's quite a mouthful but today AMD posted Linux kernel patches for preparing SEV-SNP BTB isolation support for further enhancing the security of virtual machines (VMs) for confidential computing...

AMD Posts Linux Patches For SEV-SNP BTB Isolation  Phoronix

Lutris 0.5.21 Adds Support For Running Games Inside Valve's Latest Steam Runtime  Phoronix

Lutris 0.5.21 is now available as the latest version of this open-source Linux game manager. With Lutris 0.5.21 comes some new runners for executing games in different environments...

Making Linux fly: Siebel School researchers work on aviation certification for the Linux kernel  University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Nvidia targets Linux and Proton optimisation with new Job Listings  OC3D

While System76 has been hard at work on a redesigned Thelio desktop chassis design, this hasn't slowed down their software work. Today they shipped COSMIC Epoch 1.0.8 as the newest work on their open-source, Rust-based desktop environment used by their in-house Pop!_OS Linux distribution as well as found in other Linux distributions too...

COSMIC Epoch 1.0.8 Released With More Desktop Refinements  Phoronix

5 Clever Uses For Your Old Gaming Consoles  bgr.com

Some Thoughts About Alternative (Computing) Lifestyles ⭐  Thurrott.com

Linux Boot Time Statistic (2026)  commandlinux.com

NVIDIA Hiring Engineers to Optimize Proton and Vulkan API Performance on Linux  TechPowerUp

Clonezilla Live 3.3.1 Released with Linux 6.18 LTS, Improved BitLocker Support  9to5Linux

D7VK is the open-source project that began implementing the Direct3D 7 APIs atop Vulkan and with time the scope expanded to include Direct3D 6 support as well as Direct3D 5 support. Out today is D7VK 1.4 for continuing to enhance the support for these older D3D versions on Vulkan under Linux...

D7VK 1.4 Released With More Improvements For Old Direct3D On Vulkan Under Linux  Phoronix

'We have a new major number purely because I'm easily confused and not good with big numbers' says Linus Torvalds about Linux 7.0 rc1  PC Gamer