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We haven't heard much about eCryptfs in recent years for that stackable in-tree Linux file-system providing per-directory encryption support. The FSCRYPT framework has shown its strong capabilities in recent years with various file-systems, Canonical hasn't been pursuing its user home directory encryption like it did years ago for the Ubuntu desktop, and full disk encryption is the most secure approach for ensuring data security on your system. But to some surprise with Linux 7.0 there are the most patches to eCryptfs that we have seen in a while...

eCryptfs Sees Renewed Patch Activity With Linux 7.0  Phoronix

The open-source ollama project that makes it easy to get up and running with a variety of LLMs under Windows, macOS, and Linux is out with a new release. The ollama v0.17.0 release is driven by new functionality around enhancing the OpenClaw onboarding process...

Following last week's main set of DRM kernel graphics driver feature updates for Linux 7.0, merged on Friday to Linux 7.0 Git was the first round of fixes to these Direct Rendering Manager drivers. Dominating most of the code changes in this latest pull were AMDGPU fixes, including more enhancements for aging Radeon graphics processors...

Linux 7.0 Lands More AMDGPU Fixes For Old Radeon Hardware  Phoronix

AMD AOMP 23.0-0 was released overnight as the latest build of this LLVM/Clang downstream that continues to carry the very latest AMD patches focused on delivering the best support for GPU offloading to Radeon/Instinct hardware with the likes of the OpenMP and OpenACC APIs. AOMP continues to serve as a great leading-edge compiler for the best AMD GPU offloading experience until the patches ultimately work their way into upstream LLVM...

For those making use of the Ceph open-source, distributed storage platform, with the upcoming Linux 7.0 kernel they are introducing support for the AES256K key type...

Ceph In Linux 7.0 Lands Support For AES256K Keys  Phoronix

Intel works on making gaming on Linux better as it scouts for new talent  XDA

Ghostty terminal is finally adding scrollbar support  OMG! Ubuntu

This week marked the release of KDE's Plasma 6.6 desktop as a very successful release that overall is in very robust shape and performing well. While Plasma 6.6 overall is in great shape, there are various bugs - including crash fixes - that have already been queued for the upcoming Plasma 6.6.1. KDE developers are also quite busy on the trek toward Plasma 6.7...

I replaced my standard Linux coreutils with Rust versions and it’s surprisingly faster  MakeUseOf

You can control your Linux PC from your Android phone - here's how  ZDNET

I tried Mint, Kubuntu, and Debian — here’s what actually matters for Windows refugees  MakeUseOf

As some good news out of Intel today on the Linux/open-source side following last year's layoffs, they're hiring for some new Linux software development roles -- including for enhancing their Linux graphics driver stack that also includes a focus on Linux gaming with the likes of Valve's Proton (Steam Play)...

Intel Hiring More Linux Developers - Including For GPU Drivers / Linux Gaming Stack  Phoronix

I switched to a tiling window manager and I'm never going back  MakeUseOf

Drgn is the programmable debugger developed by Meta engineer Omar Sandoval that has proven quite versatile and popular with Linux kernel developers and others. After nearly two dozen releases already, Drgn v0.1 was released this week as another big step forward for this open-source debugger...

I waited years for Windows updates to get exciting. Linux did it in six months  XDA

Linux VPN server Deployment Statistics 2026  commandlinux.com