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OpenZFS 2.4 Released with Linux 6.18 LTS Support, Quotas, Uncached IO, and More  9to5Linux

NVIDIA 590 Linux Graphics Driver Released with More Wayland Improvements  9to5Linux

Merged today to the Mesa 26.0-devel code for the open-source NVIDIA "NVK" Vulkan driver is compression support for helping to deliver better performance...

Mesa NVK Driver Merges Compression Support For Better Performance  Phoronix

Looking Ahead: What 2026 Holds for the Linux Ecosystem  Linux Journal

Linux Foundation unveils ORCA to contain cyber attacks  IT Brief Asia

NVIDIA has promoted their R590 driver series to stable with the release today of the NVIDIA 590.48.01 Linux driver as their latest new feature branch version...

NVIDIA 590.48.01 Linux Driver Brings R590 Series To Stable  Phoronix

Adopting AI could be Firefox's final blunder - here's what Mozilla should do  ZDNET

Armbian's Raspberry Pi Imager alternative is here  How-To Geek

NVIDIA release Linux driver version 590.48.01  GamingOnLinux

Mesa 25.3.2 brings more bug fixes for open source Linux graphics drivers  GamingOnLinux

The First Rust CVE in Linux Kernel Only Makes Your System Crash  It's FOSS

Linux Kernel’s First Rust CVE: Race Condition in Binder Driver  WebProNews

In the past few weeks on Phoronix we have explored a fresh look at the open-source Nouveau/NVK performance compared to the NVIDIA 580 packaged Linux driver as well as a multi-generation Nouveau vs. NVIDIA comparison from the GeForce GTX 980 to RTX 5080 since the forthcoming NVIDIA R590 driver series is ending the GTX 900/1000 series support. Today's article provides another round of fresh open-source NVIDIA Linuc graphics performance data using the upstream open-source Nouveau and Mesa NVK/Zink drivers compared not only to the current NVIDIA packaged driver but also competitively for how the GeForce RTX 50 line-up compares to the current AMD Radeon RX 9000 series graphics cards.

AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series vs. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 Open-Source Linux Performance For 2025  Phoronix

I ran the one command in Linux you should never run. Here's what happened  How-To Geek

Linux Mint 22.3 “Zena” Beta Is Available for Download with Cinnamon 6.6  9to5Linux

Beyond the Firefox browser to see more changes under its new CEO, the Thunderbird mail client is also expected to see some big changes in the new year...

Qt 6.11 Beta 1 is out on-schedule with the code having entered its feature freeze and code branching earlier this month. This toolkit is working toward the stable Qt 6.11 stable debut in March...