Open-source News

Kali Linux Integrates Claude AI via Model Context Protocol to Enhance Offensive Security  Cyber Press

Some Linux kernels just got a nice LTS end-of-life extension, including 6.12  XDA

Kali Linux Integrates Claude AI for Penetration Testing via Model Context Protocol  CybersecurityNews

Want your Linux looking more like Windows? KDE Plasma makes it easy - here's how  ZDNET

Following the Firefox 148 release with the new AI controls, Mozilla promoted Firefox 149 to beta today...

Linux 7.0 Kernel Public Beta brings support for upcoming AMD and Intel processor architectures and system efficiency tools  Technetbook

b4's Review TUI With AI Integration Nearing Pre-Alpha Release  Phoronix

The b4 tool used for managing patch workflows to the Linux kernel has been seeing a lot of work recently on b4 review as the text user interface (TUI) to help expedite the patch review process for the Linux kernel. The b4 review TUI has been integrating AI agent code review helpers powered by the likes of Claude Code too for trying to help enhance the efficiency for Linux kernel patch reviews. That b4 review work is quickly approaching a pre-alpha state...

Linux report shows open source giving fivefold returns  CFOtech Asia

Linux Kernel LTS Support Extended for Multiple Releases  Linuxiac

Linux 6.18 LTS / 6.12 LTS / 6.6 LTS Support Periods Extended  Phoronix

Greg Kroah-Hartman today extended the planned maintenance periods of the latest Linux 6.18, Linux 6.12, and Linux 6.6 Long Term Support (LTS) kernel series...

LLVM Clang 22 Compiler Performance Largely Unchanged Over Clang 21 On AMD Zen 5 Review  Phoronix

With yesterday's stable release of the LLVM Clang 22 compiler it didn't take long for Phoronix readers to begin asking about the performance of this half-year feature update to this prominent open-source C/C++ compiler. What I am seeing so far are no big surprises with the performance largely being similar to Clang 21 across various open-source C/C++ workloads in the testing thus far. This initial round of reference benchmark results between LLVM Clang 22, Clang 21, and Clang 20 were done on an AMD EPYC Turin (Zen 5) Linux server.

Linux 6.18 and Several LTS Kernels Are Getting Extended Long-Term Support  9to5Linux

Linux In Scientific Computing And Research Institutions (Adoption Rate)  commandlinux.com

The Linux Foundation reveals the "ugly" secret of how open source is draining your budget  The New Stack

Upgrades from Zorin OS 17 to 18 Are Now Available  Zorin Blog

NVIDIA's New Job Postings Reveal A Big Push To Boost Gaming Performance On Linux  HotHardware

This KDE add-on brought Home Assistant controls to my Linux desktop  How-To Geek