Open-source News

Everything to grab from Prime Gaming, March 7th edition for Steam Deck / Linux  GamingOnLinux

Well known AMD Mesa driver developer Marek Olšák has been at it again working on some further performance optimizations to the open-source RadeonSI Gallium3D driver code...

The latest bit of increased driver code unification and decreasing code duplication among Mesa's OpenGL and Vulkan drivers is finally introducing a common shader statistic framework...

Competitive FPS 'FragPunk' has launched on Steam and works on Linux / Steam Deck  GamingOnLinux

Sent out today was a batch of platform-drivers-x86 fixes for the ongoing Linux 6.14 kernel cycle. Notable among these fixes is introducing Intel Xeon "Diamond Rapids" support to the Intel VSEC driver...

Intel VSEC Driver Preps For Diamond Rapids In Linux 6.14  Phoronix

Linux, macOS users infected with malware posing as legitimate Go packages  CSO Online

Visual Studio Code or Copilot? Update continues focus on Microsoft AI, some Linux users suffer crashes  DevClass

Proton Hotfix updated to fix The Finals and Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced (offline) on Steam Deck / Linux  GamingOnLinux

Hands on: I tried openSUSE Tumbleweed - see what I thought of this Linux distro  TechRadar

You will soon be able to run Linux Terminal on your Android phone  BetaNews

I tried Nitrux OS - see how I handled this security-focused Linux beast  Yahoo

Android's Linux Terminal app is now widely available on Pixels, and here's how to get it  Android Authority

I tested the latest version of Linux Mint - see what's different in this version  Yahoo

Hands on: I tested the latest version of Linux Mint - see what's different in this version  TechRadar

Unexpected 2025 Flashback: New Linux Patches For AMD's ARM-Based Opteron A1100 "Seattle"  Phoronix

A new set of patches hitting the Linux kernel mailing list today may cause some flashbacks and likely not on your 2025 bingo card... Some DeviceTree updates for AMD's short-lived Opteron A1100 "Seattle" ARM SoC that was cancelled shortly after being announced back in 2016...

Using shred and dd commands in Linux to securely wipe data  TechTarget

The upcoming Linux 6.15 kernel is expected to merge two new Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) display drivers for supporting the Apple Touch Bar displays on older Intel x86 Macs and a newer "ADP" driver for handling the Apple Touch Bar displays on the newer Apple M1/M2-powered MacBooks...

Apple Touch Bar Display Drivers Slated For Introduction In Linux 6.15  Phoronix