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Flowblade 2.24 released today as the newest version of this open-source, non-linear video editing application. Flowblade 2.24 brings a number of refinements while also interesting is their commentary concerning the future with Wayland and GTK4 porting...

For anyone still relying on Solaris in production or just nostalgic Solaris users from the grand Sun Microsystems days, Solaris 11.4 SRU 87 was released by Oracle this week as one of the heavier stable release updates in recent memory...

Beyond the main set of Rust changes to land in Linux 6.19 earlier this week, as we near the end of the first week of two for the Linux 6.19 merge window... More Rust changes. This time around the driver core updates for the kernel bring a number of Rust changes...

Linux 6.19 Brings Many Driver Core Changes For Rust, Housekeeping CPUs Exposed  Phoronix

It was a busy start of December for KDE Plasma developers in working out several hardware fixes for the current Plasma 6.5 series while also working on new Plasma 6.6 features like the per-DRM-plane color pipelines...

There have been many Intel Linux/open-source software engineers to leave the company over the past year among other setbacks for their Linux/open-source initiatives. Announced this Friday night is one of their highest profile departures of the year as it pertains to their Linux efforts...

An Intel Fellow & Prominent Linux Performance Engineer Resigns From Intel  Phoronix

Linux File Managers Outshine Windows Explorer in Speed and Customization  WebProNews

As anticipated the first release candidate of Wine 11.0 is now available in working toward the annual stable release in January...

For Linux 6.19 as what will be the first stable kernel release of 2026, the IEEE-1394 Firewire stack continues dealing with device quirks and improving support for different Firewire-connected devices. In 2026 is also when the Linux Firewire maintainer plans to begin recommending users migrate away from the IEEE-1394 bus followed by closing the Linux Firewire efforts in 2029...

Linux Still Dealing With Quirky Firewire Devices As We Enter 2026  Phoronix

New Jolla Phone Now Available for Pre-Order as an Independent Linux Phone  9to5Linux

This Linux file manager is so good it ruined File Explorer for me  MakeUseOf

Tuxedo unveils Gemini 17 Gen4 Linux laptop for high performance workloads  BetaNews

RIP Windows: Linux GPU Gaming Benchmarks on Bazzite  GamersNexus

The IO_uring and block subsystem changes have been merged for the Linux 6.19 merge window with a few improvements worth highlighting this cycle...

NVIDIA Improves Block Layer Peer-To-Peer DMA In Linux 6.19  Phoronix

Linux developers can now use Intel AI chip without device meltdowns  SDxCentral

Best Linux for older desktop to get familiar with it.  TechPowerUp

Finnish company Jolla started out 14 years ago where Nokia left off with MeeGo and developed Sailfish OS as a new Linux smartphone platform. Jolla released their first smartphone in 2013 after crowdfunding but ultimately the Sailfish OS focus the past number of years now has been offering their software stack for use on other smartphone devices. But now it seems they are trying again with a new crowd-funded smartphone...