Open-source News

The best Linux distributions for gaming in 2026  GamingOnLinux

Nvidia GeForce Now expected to gain official Linux support as early as this week  TechSpot

Linux Kernel 6.19-rc4 Released: Driver Boosts, GPU Enhancements, and Fixes  WebProNews

I turned my TV into a Linux PC for $100, and I won't go back  How-To Geek

The newest open-source Apple Silicon driver being submitted for review in working toward its inclusion in the mainline Linux kernel is the Apple Silicon SMC power driver for being able to expose MacBook battery power metrics as well as AC power adapter status reporting under Linux...

Apple SMC Power Driver Posted For Linux Kernel To Finally Expose Battery Stats  Phoronix

System76’s Cosmic Desktop: Rust Revolutionizes Linux UI Performance  WebProNews

Patches posted to the Linux kernel mailing list are hoping to provide mainline support for the Acer Swift SFA14-11 laptop powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon X1 Elite X1E78100 SoC...

Patches Posted Seeking To Mainline Support For The Acer Swift SFA14-11 Snapdragon Laptop  Phoronix

Valve’s brilliant Steam Deck now accounts for over 21% of all Linux gamers  FRVR

I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too  Notebookcheck

Intel engineer Francois Dugast today sent out the new patch series for enabling Transparent Hugepages (THP) support within the drm_pagemap code with a focus on the Intel Xe kernel driver usage. This enabling of THP support and in turn 2MB pages by the Xe driver is yielding "significant" performance improvements when using Shared Virtual Memory (SVM) such as for GPU compute workloads...

Intel Xe Driver Preps THP Support For "Significant" SVM Performance Gains  Phoronix

Open Source in 2026 Faces a Defining Moment  LinuxInsider

Hytale will launch with native Linux support, though the Steam Deck is "not officially recommended"  Rock Paper Shotgun

NVIDIA GeForce NOW set to introduce native Linux support launch in 2026  livemint.com

GitHub Disables Rockchip’s Linux MPP Repository After DMCA Request  Hackaday

Nvidia is reportedly bringing official Linux support to GeForce Now soon, not just for Steam Deck  PC Guide

A set of 36 patches sent out overnight is making big improvements to the Linux kernel's AES library. The patches allow for making use of the kernel's existing architecture-optimized AES code for better performance, that code is also constant-time, lower memory use, and all-around a nice improvement over the status quo...

Besides Debian's aging bug tracker interface, another challenge as the Debian Linux distribution project begins 2026 is that all volunteers have left their Data Protection Team. The Debian Data Protection Team deals with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) issues and related data protection/privacy related matters...