Open-source News

A new patch series that was posted this week allow for users to more easily replace the default kernel boot logo. While many of us are long accustomed to seeing the picture of Tux as the kernel boot logo, for those preferring to better customize your console boot experience these patches allow it to be easily manipulated via the kernel configuration "Kconfig" options...

New Linux Patches Allow More Easily Changing The Tux Kernel Boot Logo  Phoronix

D7VK v1.1 is out with experimental Direct3D 6 support via Vulkan for Windows games on Linux  GamingOnLinux

Voxel RPG Hytale Will Have Native Linux Support And It Works On The Steam Deck  Steam Deck HQ

7 alternatives that can replace default Linux CLI tools  How-To Geek

Merged on New Year's Day was a set of 36 patches authored by well known AMD Mesa developer Marek Olšák for refactoring the NIR compilation code for the RadeonSI Gallium3D driver...

Native Linux support for Hytale will be launched as "experimental"  GamingOnLinux

Bazzite Linux gets a spring cleaning update to end 2025  GamingOnLinux

3 legitimately useful Linux apps to try this weekend (January 2 - 4)  How-To Geek

Steam survey for December 2025 shows Linux holding to 3.19%  GamingOnLinux

Linux Kernel 6.19 Reverts Code to Fix MediaTek MT792x WiFi Issues  WebProNews

Mesa 25.3.3 released with more Linux graphics driver bug fixes  GamingOnLinux

During the month of December on Phoronix there was new and original content each and every day, ending the month with 305 original news articles and 25 featured Linux hardware reviews / multi-page benchmark articles. Here is a look back at the most exciting Linux/open-source hardware content in ending out 2025...

Steam Hardware Survey highlights Windows 11 surge  Windows Central

Devuan 6.1 Excalibur Released: Systemd-Free Debian Fork with Init Freedom  WebProNews

How to show a live clock in your Linux terminal (3 easy methods)  How-To Geek

Debian's maintainer of the Meson build system package is calling attention to the unfortunate state of Debian's bug tracker in 2026. Editing bug data within Debian's bug tracker still relies on writing custom-formatted emails and submitting them via your mail client. There still is no modern web UI for managing the Debian bug tracker as it was largely written in the early 90s...

With the start of the New Year it now marks six years since the unexpected announcement of the Reiser5 file-system being developed as the continuation of the never-upstreamed Reiser4 file-system. But Reiser5 development never saw too much upstream interest and it's now been several years without any updated patches for Reiser5 or Reiser4...

I made GNOME feel like the 2000s again with these 3D extensions  How-To Geek

Tech Enthusiasts Transformed Old Chromebooks into Linux Servers  Technobezz