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pearOS is a Linux that falls rather close to the Apple tree  theregister.com

For X.Org Server users there is a new release of xorgproto for the holidays. Xorgproto as the set of headers and specifications for the X11 core protocols and extensions is out with its first new release since March 2024...

Xorgproto 2025.1 Released To Recognize Newer Keyboard Keys  Phoronix

How to Set Up Ubuntu on Chromebook  commandlinux.com

Linux creator Linus Torvalds previously referred to file-systems in user-space as for toys and misguided people. But FUSE has shown a lot of interesting use-cases over the years and has grown more capable in the decade since Torvalds' prior comments. Out today is FUSE 3.18 as the latest release for the FUSE library...

3 cool and useful Linux apps to try this weekend (December 19 - 21)  How-To Geek

Since late 2024 Intel has been working on 5th Gen NPU support for their Linux IVPU driver. That 5th Gen NPU support for Intel Core Ultra "Panther Lake" SoCs was upstreamed back in Linux 6.13. Now today the Intel Linux NPU user-space driver has seen its official support added for Panther Lake...

Intel's Linux NPU User-Space Driver Adds Panther Lake Support  Phoronix

Dedicated IP arrives on Surfshark's Linux apps – but how does it compare to its rivals?  Tom's Guide

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS to arrive in April with Linux 6.20 kernel  Neowin

Linux Kernel Rust Component Hit by Vulnerability Causing System Crashes  Cyber Press

Fwupd 2.0.19 Linux Firmware Updater Supports Lenovo Sapphire Folio Keyboard  9to5Linux

As we have been covering over the past year, major investments have been made to better the outlook for running FreeBSD on laptop hardware. From WiFi driver improvements to enhancing suspend/resume, power management, graphics drivers, and other features, it's been a big undertaking to make FreeBSD work better on laptops. The FreeBSD Foundation calls 2025 as having brought "transformative changes" for the FreeBSD laptop experience...

Canonical confirmed their Linux kernel plans today for the Ubuntu 26.04 Long Term Support (LTS) release due out in April...

Cloud Hypervisor 50.0 is out today for this cloud-minded, security-focused and Rust-based hypervisor. Cloud Hypervsior began as an open-source Intel project while in more recent times has shifted to being largely maintained by Microsoft, Crusoe, Cyberus Tech, Rivos, and others...

Cloud Hypervisor 50 Released With QCOW2 Compression, Performance Improvements  Phoronix

The Mageia development team recently met to solidify their plans for releasing Mageia 10 as the next major release of this LInux distribution with its roots that trace back to the days of Mandrake Linux...

Mageia 10 Planning For April Release While Still Maintaining 32-bit Support  Phoronix

New Linux Kernel Rust Vulnerability Triggers System Crashes  gbhackers.com

Vulkan 1.4.337 released a short time ago as what could be the last Vulkan API spec update of 2025 depending upon how much time the working group takes off or not around the holidays. In any case, it's a nice holiday treat with the new VK_EXT_texture_compression_astc_3d and VK_EXT_shader_long_vector extensions...