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Valve Sponsors Work Bringing Open-Source RADV Driver To Windows  Phoronix

A new software creation that debuted this summer was YSERVER as a modern X11 server written in Rust largely by AI via Claude Code. This YSERVER implementation has continued implementing more X11 protocol and other functionality to get more desktop environments and apps working surprisingly okay on this vibe coded X11 server. YSERVER 1.4 is now available as the latest in this quest...

A few weeks ago there was excitement in the FreeBSD camp with FreeBSD 16 set to retire the last of its GPL code from the base system. While the retiring of the dialog code proclaimed that it was the last remaining piece of GPL software in the base system for FreeBSD, it turns out now that there is some GPL code within the FreeBSD kernel...

FreeBSD's Kernel Still Has A Bit Of GPL Code While Its Base User-Space Is GPL-Free  Phoronix

The GCC Steering Committee announced today that they have accepted the recommended policy of the GCC AI Policy Working Group, which means no "legally significant" code contributions made via AI/LLM agents will be accepted into this open-source compiler...

GOG announces that the Galaxy launcher is coming soon to Linux  Instant Gaming News

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This app that makes Arch Linux easier to use just got its 'biggest release yet'  XDA

ARCTIC Launches Its New Fan Controller That Already Has Mainline Linux Support  Phoronix

In over 22 years of Linux hardware reviews and testing at Phoronix, I have never been more excited for a fan controller... ARCTIC today launched their new Fan Controller and in making the product very unique for Linux users, it already has mainline Linux kernel support via a open-source driver contributed directly by ARCTIC...

Shelly 3.0 GUI Package Manager for Arch Linux Released as a Major Update  9to5Linux

GOG Galaxy launcher is finally headed to Linux  Neowin

Run a Local LLM on Raspberry Pi’s Bare Metal — Linux Not Necessary  Hackster.io

Framework Laptop 13 Pro Review: The Best Linux Laptop Ever  Gizmodo

They hired a “specialist” – GOG Galaxy is coming to Linux  OC3D

Why Open Source is Professionalizing, and How to Stay Ahead  CIOReview

Wayfire 0.11 Wayland Compositor Adds Better Fractional Scaling, HDR Rendering  9to5Linux

New Linux Patches Boost 1% Low Framerates On Steam Deck By 31%  Steam Deck HQ

Why Linux Firewalls Are Moving From iptables to nftables  HackerNoon