Open-source News

Kali Linux 2025.4 released with full Wayland support and new ofsec tools  CyberInsider

Cache Aware Scheduling Raises Performance For Intel Xeon 6 Granite Rapids  Phoronix

Over the past year Intel engineers have worked a lot on Cache Aware Scheduling for the Linux kernel. The yet-to-be-merged functionality allows for the Linux kernel to better aggregate tasks sharing data to the same last level cache (LLC) domain to reduce cache misses and cache bouncing. The Cache Aware Scheduling development was led by Intel but helps other CPU vendors too for processors with multiple cache domains. Back in October I showed some nice performance wins for AMD EPYC Turin with Cache Aware Scheduling while today's article are some benchmarks of the newest CAS code and looking at the performance benefit on Xeon 6 "Granite Rapids" processors.

After multiple delays Terminator 2D: NO FATE has launched with Linux support and Steam Deck Verified  GamingOnLinux

AI is already part of Linux's plumbing - whether developers like it or not  ZDNET

The Blender 3D modeling software could enjoy better macOS support with better cross-platform code paths thanks to in-development work for leveraging KosmicKrisp for Vulkan API usage on macOS via Metal...

Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS Review: Is This the Linux Distro of the Year 2025?  It's FOSS

3 cool Linux apps to try this weekend (December 12 - 14)  How-To Geek

Sure enough, yesterday's inaugural TheRock 7.10 release tag ended up being a precursor to ROCm 7.10 as predicted in the earlier article. Overnight ROCm 7.10 was released as a new developer preview and with it comes expanded hardware support -- including for Ryzen AI 300 Strix Point APUs finally being officially mentioned...

Vulkan-based translation layer for Direct3D 7 on Linux, D7VK has a 1.0 release out now  GamingOnLinux

CyberVolk Hackers Group With New VolkLocker Payloads Attacks both Linux and Windows Systems  CybersecurityNews

NVIDIA driver 580.119.02 released for Linux as the latest recommended stable version  GamingOnLinux

Framework Computer had worked to keep their memory prices lower than other laptop vendors amid the ongoing memory shortages throughput the industry worldwide. But today they've finally had to cave in and increase their DDR5 memory modules for the Framework Laptop DIY Editions by 50%...

Linux Patches Fix eMMC Secure Erase Of 1GB Taking ~10 Minutes To Now Just 2 Seconds  Phoronix

A new patch series from an NXP engineer optimizes the secure erase performance for certain Kingston eMMC devices. Currently with the Linux kernel performing a secure erase on 1GB of data can take around ten minutes. With these new patches that 1GB secure erase can be done in around two seconds...

Vulkan 1.4.336 is out today as the first spec update in two weeks for this high performance graphics and compute API...

Ubuntu Studio is the variant of Ubuntu Linux focused on content creation and audio recording needs, video editing, and other creative workloads. Ubuntu Studio's desktop hasn't seen too many changes since Ubuntu 12.04 LTS some 13+ years ago. But Ubuntu Studio developers are now considering desktop layout changes to help modernize its appearance...

All of the PCI subsystem updates were merged last week for the nearly-over Linux 6.19 merge window. Standing out this cycle are Resizable BAR improvements as well as introducing a few new PCIe controller drivers...

CyberVolk Hackers Target Linux and Windows with New VolkLocker Payloads  Cyber Press

Cinnamon 6.6 Release Sets the Tone for the Next Linux Mint Release  It's FOSS