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Linux 6.17 Merges Important Stability Fixes For Open-Source NVIDIA Driver

Phoronix - Sat, 09/06/2025 - 18:14
As a follow-up to the article last week around the open-source NVIDIA Linux driver "Nouveau" about to become much more reliable following fixes, that code was merged on Friday for Linux 6.17...

KDE Plasma 6.5 KWin Adding Support For GPU Underlays

Phoronix - Sat, 09/06/2025 - 18:07
Ahead of Akademy kicking off in Berlin, the annual KDE developer conference, there is another weekly Plasma development update. KDE developer Nate Graham shared the latest exciting progress on Plasma 6.5 while more good news will be coming out later today...

systemd 258 Closing In On Its Stable Release

Phoronix - Sat, 09/06/2025 - 17:51
As what might be its last test release before declaring the stable release, systemd 258-rc4 was released this week as the latest stepping stone for this dominant Linux init system and service manager...

Asciinema – Record and Share Your Terminal Sessions in Linux

Tecmint - Sat, 09/06/2025 - 12:45
The post Asciinema – Record and Share Your Terminal Sessions in Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides .

Asciinema is an open-source terminal recording tool that makes it super easy to share your command-line work with others. Unlike

The post Asciinema – Record and Share Your Terminal Sessions in Linux first appeared on Tecmint: Linux Howtos, Tutorials & Guides.

Pop!_OS 24.04 Beta Along With COSMIC Desktop Beta In Late September

Phoronix - Sat, 09/06/2025 - 08:30
The long-awaited beta release of the Pop!_OS 24.04 Linux distribution and the closely-aligned COSMIC desktop environment will be happening in late September...

New x86 Hardware Support & Device Quirks Merged Ahead Of Linux 6.17-rc5

Phoronix - Sat, 09/06/2025 - 06:18
Merged today to Linux Git ahead of the Linux 6.17-rc5 release on Sunday were a few notable x86 platform driver changes. This includes some new hardware support and device quirks...

A First Look At Ubuntu 25.10 Performance On AMD Strix Halo / Framework Desktop

Phoronix - Fri, 09/05/2025 - 23:00
It has been a lot of fun over the past month looking at the performance of AMD's Ryzen AI Max+ Strix Halo powering the Framework Desktop. The newest area being explored is how the upcoming Ubuntu 25.10 is looking compared to the current Ubuntu 25.04 release.

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