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Linux 6.18 stable is now available! Linux 6.18 ushers in many new features and changes while also is expected to become this year's Long Term Support "LTS" kernel version...

Armbian 25.11 Is Out with Support for Radxa ROCK 4D, NanoPi M5, and Debian Forky  9to5Linux

It's been an exciting weekend for Linux distribution released with new versions of Endeavour OS, CachyOS, Solus and now a new NixOS release...

NixOS 25.11 Released with GNOME 49, COSMIC Beta, and FirewallD Support  9to5Linux

Why everyone suddenly cares about Linux gaming—and it's not just the Steam Deck  How-To Geek

With the Linux 6.18 kernel likely being released later today, here is a look at some of the features on the table for the next kernel cycle, Linux 6.19. The list is based on changes queued in various "-next" branches ahead of the Linux 6.19 merge window. There's always the possibility of last minute change of plans or objections raised by Linus Torvalds, but this should provide an early look at some of the features more than likely to be merged for Linux 6.19...

Gaming on Linux? Bazzite Is a Great Place To Start  The New Stack

The real reason I don’t waste time distro hopping on Linux  How-To Geek

Ahead of the FreeBSD 15.0 stable release expected to be announced next week, the FreeBSD project today published their Q3-2025 status report to outline their various development accomplishments from July through September...

Linux 6.19 Will Allow You To Write I2C Drivers In Rust  Phoronix

With the upcoming Linux 6.19 kernel cycle there are yet more Rust kernel bindings being introduced and other additions to make it possible to write more Linux kernel drivers within the Rust programming language. Among the new Rust additions expected for Linux 6.19 are making it possible to write Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C) bus drivers in Rust...

Gaming-first Linux distro delivers a petabyte of ISOs in one month as users avoid forced updates to Windows 11 — Bazzite distro is another safe haven for Win 10 refugees  Tom's Hardware

Queued up via the Linux kernel's RDMA development Git tree is "BNG_RE" as the next-generation RoCE driver from Broadcom...

Broadcom "BNG_RE" Next-Generation RoCE Driver Slated For Linux 6.19  Phoronix

A new SoC vendor and in turn new SoC/platform support is set to premiere in the Linux 6.19 kernel with the initial Black Sesame Technologies C1200 support...

Black Sesame SoC Support To Be Merged For Linux 6.19  Phoronix

The Genode OS Framework 25.11 release was issued this weekend as the newest update to this original open-source operating system effort built around a micro-kernel design and various novel design approaches...

Genode OS Framework 25.11 Adds Intel Alder Lake Graphics Support  Phoronix

EndeavourOS’s latest update makes Nvidia gaming on Linux much easier to set up  XDA

Making for an exciting holiday weekend night is the Algol 68 programming language front-end "ga68" being merged into the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) codebase. After COBOL language support landed in GCC 15 earlier this year, next year's GCC 16 release is adding support for the half-century old Algol 68 programming language...