Open-source News

LF AI & Data Foundation Launches DocLang Specification Working Group to Advance an Open Standard for AI-Native Documents  PR Newswire

In addition to Redox OS continuing to evolve quite nicely for that from-scratch, Rust-based open-source OS, Asterinas OS is also continuing to move forward for that Rust-based operating system striving for Linux compatibility...

Asterinas 0.18 Released For Rust-Written, Memory Safe Linux Alternative OS  Phoronix

Following the recent Hygon C86-4G CPU support added to the GCC 17 compiler, the open-source LLVM Clang compiler has similarly seen Hygon c86-4g-m4 / c86-4g-m6 / c86-4g-m7 CPU support merged...

AlmaLinux OS Foundation Chair To Speak at Southeast Linux Fest 2026  EIN News

Going back to the launch of 1st Gen Xeon Scalable processors in 2017 was Intel Key Protection Technology (KPT) promoted and there have been Key Protection Technology references in QuickAssist (QAT) documentation since 2016. Surprisingly we are only now seeing Key Protection Technology references for the upstream Linux QAT driver as Intel engineers prepare for their next-gen "Gen6" QuickAssist hardware support...

Linux 7.2 Preparing Intel Key Protection Technology "KPT" For Next-Gen QAT  Phoronix

Pragtical, the lightweight open-source code editor that prides itself on using just ~50MB of RAM and ~10MB of disk space while being a full-featured code editor, is tacking on more features. Most notable with the new Pragtical release is adding an SDL-based GPU back-end for this MIT-licensed editor...

The open-source developers at Georgia Tech working on Vortex as an OpenCL-compatible RISC-V GPGPU implementation are out with their next major release for this open-source GPU design...

Linux Developers Use Copilot to Revive R600 Driver  Let's Data Science

Linux developers are using AI vibe coding to keep vintage AMD GPUs alive — R600 driver cleaned up with GitHub Copilot gives HD 2000 to HD 6000 series a new lease of life  Tom's Hardware

Linux Kernel Flaw Allows Local Attackers to Gain Root Privileges  gbhackers.com

CVE-2026-23111: Linux nf_tables Flaw Enables Root Exploits  Security Affairs

Twisted mystery point and click adventure Creepy Tale: Snow Child released for Linux  GamingOnLinux

digiKam 9.1 Photo Manager Released with Support for Pixel Motion Photos  9to5Linux

ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 Extreme: Linux gets access to more sensors  igor´sLAB

ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 Extreme: Linux gets access to more sensors  igor´sLAB

Back in March, Martin Wimpress stepped down as the longtime Ubuntu MATE leader and was looking for contributors to keep this Ubuntu derivative going with its GNOME2-derived desktop. That change in leadership paired with no Ubuntu MATE 26.04 release having occurred led to some concerns among users, but the plan is still for Ubuntu MATE to continue moving forward...

Fedora 44 RISC-V Images Released, Including New "Omni" Kernel For Broader RISC-V Hardware Support  Phoronix

Following the official Fedora 44 images released one month ago, Fedora 44 RISC-V images were published today for those wanting to run this newest Fedora Linux on RISC-V hardware...