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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

Mesa 25.3.3 shipped on Thursday as the newest stable point release for Q4's Mesa 25.3 feature series. Now being into the new quarter, we have Mesa 26.0 to look forward to as stable likely by late February, but for now Mesa 25.3.3 is the latest and greatest stable version...

AMD and Steam Deck continue to drive Linux gaming adoption on Steam  Neowin

Quickemu: Simplify VM Creation on Windows, macOS, Linux  WebProNews

Back in November Steam on Linux use hit an all-time high at 3.2%. With the still increasing popularity around the Steam Deck powered by the Arch Linux based SteamOS, Linux gaming continuing to grow thanks to Steam Play (Proton), and excitement around the upcoming Steam Frame and Steam Machine hardware, the Linux gaming outlook continues to be positive. The Steam Survey results for December 2025 are out tonight and with just a tiny dip to Linux use...

Steam On Linux Ends 2025 With 3.19% Marketshare, AMD Linux CPU Use Approaches 72%  Phoronix