Open-source News

I don't miss any Windows features, but here's the one thing I want to see on Linux  XDA

Following the recent patch proposal for moving AMD GCN 1.1 generation GPUs over to the AMDGPU Linux driver by default in place of the legacy Radeon driver, a similar patch has now been proposed for the GCN 1.0 graphics processors. AMD GCN 1.0/1.1 GPUs are at parity with the AMDGPU driver to the Radeon driver while needing this newer kernel driver for enjoying RADV Vulkan support, better performance, and overall a better experience...

Anti-cheat will still be one of the biggest problems for the new Steam Machine  GamingOnLinux

RCE flaw in ImunifyAV puts millions of Linux-hosted sites at risk  BleepingComputer

For those making use of the out-of-tree Bcachefs file-system driver, rolling out to the snapshot/nightly testing channel is the long-in-development "rebalance_v2" functionality now known as the "bcachefs_metadata_version_reconcile" feature...

Bcachefs Rolls Out Metadata Version Reconcile "rebalance_v2" Feature  Phoronix

Canonical’s Ubuntu LTS Leap: 15-Year Support Redefines Enterprise Linux Longevity  WebProNews

The excellent CloverPit has sold over 1 million and gets a Hard Mode update  GamingOnLinux

Running Modern Linux on a Pentium 133  Hackster.io

5 Linux distributions that look as gorgeous as macOS  XDA

Back in early September we reported on a Linux hardware enablement leader planning to leave Red Hat. Hans de Goede has been a longtime contributor to improving Intel/AMD Linux desktop/laptop hardware support and in fact an x86 platform drivers subsystem maintainer. We now found out where this lead Linux x86 driver developer ended up: Qualcomm...

Alpha’s Linux Lifeline: New Maintainer Breathes Life into 30-Year-Old Chip Legacy  WebProNews

Linux Kernel’s SHA-1 Purge: Bolstering Security in a Collision-Prone World  WebProNews

Overview of NVMe Architecture  Oracle Blogs

Linux open source graphics drivers Mesa 25.2.7 released  GamingOnLinux

Tor released Tails Linux 7.2: Here's what's new  How-To Geek

Ubuntu 25.10's Rusty sudo holes quickly welded shut  theregister.com

Last week the Microsoft Azure HBv5 instances reached general availability as powered by the custom EPYC 9V64H CPUs with HBM3 memory. These very interesting EPYC processors for memory bandwidth intensive workloads were announced last year while have finally reached GA with jaw-dropping results for software able to take advantage of the 6.7 TB/s memory bandwidth thanks to the HBM memory. The Azure HBv5 benchmarks last week showed how they compare to prior generation HBv4 instances while this article is taking things further and putting the performance into perspective against the older HBv2 and HBv3 instances.

Rostelecom acquires minority stake in Linux developer Bazalt SPO  Telecompaper

.NET MAUI will get Linux and browser support via Avalonia  theregister.com