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Back in August with the Vulkan 1.4.327 spec update was the introduction of VK_VALVE_video_encode_rgb_conversion as a Valve vendor extension. The open-source Radeon Vulkan "RADV" driver has now merged support for this extension that is being used now by Steam Link VR...

These 5 simple Linux tools make Windows 11 look outdated  How-To Geek

Open-source developer Tomeu Vizoso who developed the open-source and reverse-engineered "Rocket" accel driver for the Rockchip NPU and also worked on the Etnaviv/Vivante NPU support and other related code like Mesa's Teflon is teasing new NPU drivers coming in the new year...

Webmin continues serving as one of the best open-source, web-based server management control panels for Linux and other Unix-like platforms. Webmin 2.600 is out today with yet more features and a refined theme...

Webmin 2.600 Web-Based System Administration Tool Brings "Biggest UI Update"  Phoronix

The Haiku open-source operating system project inspired by BeOS has published their October 2025 status report...

Nokia inks contract with cloud provider 23M for Linux-powered switches  Telecompaper

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The Self-Hosting Starter Pack: 5 Simple Tools I Recommend To Get Started With Your Homelab  It's FOSS

Paladin privacy framework graduates as Bank of Korea joins LF Decentralized Trust  ledgerinsights.com

ShaniOS: Making Linux Updates As Safe As Flipping A Light Switch  Open Source For You

Linux’s Slickest System Monitor App Gets Updated  OMG! Ubuntu

Wayland’s Never-Ending Opposition To Multi-Window Positioning  Hackaday

A Chromium engineer at Google posted the initial Device Tree (DT) files for being able to boot their latest-generation Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, and Pixel 10 Pro XL devices with the mainline Linux kernel...

Google Posts Device Trees For Booting Pixel 10 Hardware With The Mainline Linux Kernel  Phoronix

Arch Linux November 2025 ISO: Fresh Snapshot, Smarter Installer (Archinstall 3.0.12) & Pacman 7.1  Linux Journal

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