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An Intel Fellow & Prominent Linux Performance Engineer Resigns From Intel

Phoronix - Sat, 12/06/2025 - 09:25
There have been many Intel Linux/open-source software engineers to leave the company over the past year among other setbacks for their Linux/open-source initiatives. Announced this Friday night is one of their highest profile departures of the year as it pertains to their Linux efforts...

Wine 11.0-rc1 Released With TWAINDSM 64-bit Module For Scanners

Phoronix - Sat, 12/06/2025 - 05:18
As anticipated the first release candidate of Wine 11.0 is now available in working toward the annual stable release in January...

Linux Still Dealing With Quirky Firewire Devices As We Enter 2026

Phoronix - Sat, 12/06/2025 - 05:09
For Linux 6.19 as what will be the first stable kernel release of 2026, the IEEE-1394 Firewire stack continues dealing with device quirks and improving support for different Firewire-connected devices. In 2026 is also when the Linux Firewire maintainer plans to begin recommending users migrate away from the IEEE-1394 bus followed by closing the Linux Firewire efforts in 2029...

NVIDIA Improves Block Layer Peer-To-Peer DMA In Linux 6.19

Phoronix - Sat, 12/06/2025 - 02:26
The IO_uring and block subsystem changes have been merged for the Linux 6.19 merge window with a few improvements worth highlighting this cycle...

Jolla Trying Again To Develop A New Sailfish OS Linux Smartphone

Phoronix - Sat, 12/06/2025 - 00:51
Finnish company Jolla started out 14 years ago where Nokia left off with MeeGo and developed Sailfish OS as a new Linux smartphone platform. Jolla released their first smartphone in 2013 after crowdfunding but ultimately the Sailfish OS focus the past number of years now has been offering their software stack for use on other smartphone devices. But now it seems they are trying again with a new crowd-funded smartphone...

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