Open-source News

Linux patch fixes Zen 5 chips being misidentified as Zen 6  GameGPU

Linux 7.3 To Support The Qualcomm Adreno 704 & Adreno 722 GPUs  Phoronix

Sent out on Saturday were the Qualcomm MSM DRM kernel graphics/display driver updates to land for the upcoming Linux 7.3 merge window...

Following last week's release of Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2.0 for this community-maintained, mobile flavor of Ubuntu Linux, more details are now available on their upcoming development efforts and eventual transition to an Ubuntu 26.04 base...

Linux 7.2-rc6 Fixes Some AMD Zen 5 CPUs Being Mistakenly Identified As Zen 6  Phoronix

Today's batch of x86 fixes for the kernel ahead of the Linux 7.2-rc6 release later in the day addresses some AMD Zen 5 processors mistakenly being classified as Zen 6...

Box64 0.4.4 released today as the newest version of this open-source user-space Linux x86_64 emulator for running binaries on 64-bit ARM, RISC-V, and LoongArch systems...

Box64 v0.4.4 Released With New Box64-Configurator App  Phoronix

AMD Begins RDNA 5 Linux Support With New Driver Updates  eTeknix

Linux back over 4% in the July 2026 Steam Survey  GamingOnLinux

Linux multi-GPU fix boosts Cyberpunk 2077 performance by over 80% on an eGPU  VideoCardz.com

Linux's market share in North America has breached 10% for the first time, says StatCounter  XDA

Fedora Linux 45 to Enable Shadow Stack Protection by Default on 64-Bit  9to5Linux

New Debian 13 “Trixie” Kernel Security Update Fixes 68 Vulnerabilities  9to5Linux

Mozilla Firefox 153.0.1 Web Browser Brings Fixes for Multiple Issues and Crashes  9to5Linux

Valve just published the Steam Survey results for July 2026 and point to a small uptick in Linux gaming use...

Steam On Linux Use Back Above 4% In July  phoronix.com

Linux Desktop Market Share Surpasses 10% in North America  Linuxiac

NetBSD 11.0 Brings RISC-V Support, Linux Compatibility Improvements  Linuxiac

Arch Linux-Based Archcraft 26.08 Brings New Sway Wayland Session, Linux 7.1  9to5Linux