Open-source News

Released this evening is the first beta of the Shotcut 25.10 open-source video editor. This prominent video editing application for Linux systems is introducing yet more AI-powered functionality...

Fair DRM Scheduler Boosts Equitable GPU Allocation in Linux Kernel  WebProNews

Pop!_OS 24.04 Beta: Rust COSMIC Desktop Boosts Performance on AMD  WebProNews

Linux Kernel 6.18 Debuts USB, Thunderbolt Upgrades and Rust Bindings  WebProNews

This morning while finishing up work on the concerning Intel open-source comments from Intel Tech Tour in Arizona and summing up the declining open-source contributions and departures of numerous Intel open-source/Linux developers from the company, yet another Linux engineering departure crossed my wire...

Intel's Lead Engineer For Linux Performance Monitoring Is Leaving The Company  Phoronix

4 things Microsoft needs to prioritize on Windows if they want to stop bleeding users to Linux  XDA

In addition to Intel talking up their Panther Lake SoC and its Xe3 integrated graphics at their Tech Tour in Arizona last week, they also hosted sessions on additional aspects of Panther Lake like the IPU 7.5 for web cams and the new NPU 5 IP for AI acceleration. For those wondering, the Intel NPU 5 support under Linux is already largely squared away...

Linux Driver Support Ready For Intel Panther Lake's NPU 5  Phoronix

8 free Linux apps that make tricky tasks surprisingly easy - no command line required  ZDNET

Ubuntu 25.10 'Questing Quokka' brings an array of advances - plus some trouble  ZDNET

The expanse of Rust-written kernel drivers for Linux continues. Posted to the Linux kernel mailing list is the first LED kernel driver written in the Rust programming language...

Linux Seeing First LED Driver Written In Rust  Phoronix

Meta will move React to Linux Foundation to address vendor dominance fears  theregister.com

Ubuntu Linux 25.10 Has Arrived  How-To Geek

Ubuntu 25.10 "Questing Quokka" arrives with GNOME 49 and Linux 6.17 in tow  Notebookcheck

PipeWire 1.4.9 Improves ALSA Recovery and Adapts to Newer libcamera Changes  9to5Linux

For the past 21+ years of running Phoronix and even longer than that being a Linux user, I have loved and consistently promoted Intel's open-source efforts and leading Linux support. Even through Intel's difficult periods of delayed and stagnate hardware launches, what had remained consistent at the company and rather legendary had been their open-source contributions. From the Linux kernel to compiler toolchains and hundreds -- if not thousands -- of different open-source projects over the past two decades have been advanced thanks to Intel's open-source leadership. It is with much sadness that my faith and confidence in Intel's open-source leadership position is being questioned and questioning the direction they are now apparently steering their open-source focus/philosophy moving forward.

Details during the Clearwater Forest briefing at Intel Tech Tour Arizona were rather light... Especially as for what's known about the cores already from prior events like Hot Chips and other Intel disclosures around the Darkmont E-core. But we do now know the branding: Xeon 6+ for Clearwater Forest.

In addition to announcing Clearwater Forest as Xeon 6+, Intel also used their Tech Tour 2025 Arizona event for predominantly focusing on upcoming Panther Lake SoCs for laptops shipping in 2026.