Open-source News

AMD prepares Linux support for new Low Power CPU core type  VideoCardz.com

WSL containers now build and run Linux workloads on Windows  Help Net Security

AMD Zen 6 Gains a New Low-Power Core Beyond Zen 6 and Zen 6C, Surfacing in Linux Kernel Patches  Wccftech

Mageia 10 Linux Releases After Three Years: Wayland Default on Plasma and GNOME  Tech Times

WSL Containers - Linux containers without Docker Desktop  Korben

Wine 11.12 fell off the bi-weekly release rhythm with not making it out last Friday, but it managed to ship today. Wine 11.12 brings fractional scaling support to its Wayland driver and various other enhancements...

Kali Linux 2026.2 Release (GNOME 50, KDE 6.6, Helper Scripts, APT Formats & VM Boot Tweaking)  LinkedIn

Next Bcachefs Release Aims To Include Rust Code In The Kernel Module  Phoronix

The Bcachefs file-system already makes use of the Rust programming language in the user-space tools for this CoW file-system and they have been planning to make use of Rust within the kernel module too. Beginning in the next Bcachefs release, v1.38.7, they are looking at beginning to include Rust code now in their kernel driver...

Git 2.55 Lands with Big Speedups for Large Linux Repositories  Linuxiac

Linux isn't immune to malware — the AUR just proved it  MakeUseOf

I blamed npm for slow WSL builds — the real fix took five minutes  MakeUseOf

Git 2.55 is out today as the latest stable update to this distributed version control system...

Mageia 10 keeps the 32-bit Linux flame alive  The Register

Kali Linux 2026.2 Released with GNOME 50, KDE Plasma 6.6, and New Tools  9to5Linux

I have begun testing out Linux 7.2 on more hardware following the winding down of the merge window and culminating with yesterday's Linux 7.2-rc1 release. Today's tests are looking at how Linux 7.2 in its early development state is comparing to Linux 7.1 stable on AMD Ryzen Threadripper.

Linux 7.2 On Threadripper Shows Some Nice I/O Improvements & Faster Poll, Some Regressions  Phoronix

Kali Linux 2026.2 Released with GNOME 50, KDE Plasma 6.6, Kernel 6.19  Linuxiac

Microsoft today shipped the first public preview of WSL Containers "WSLC" as their latest extension of the Windows Subsystem for Linux on Windows 11...

Microsoft Announces Public Preview For Linux Containers On WSL  Phoronix