Open-source News

Wine 11 finally fixes one of the biggest problems with running old Windows apps  BetaNews

An absolute madman has recreated the Windows 8 UI—for Linux  PC Gamer

Panther Robotics and WICS host Intro to Linux workshop for FIU students  PantherNOW

GYSEME: New Minimalist GNOME Fork Targets Lean, Customizable Linux Desktops  WebProNews

Linux 6.19 Kernel Adds Spectre Mitigations for RISC-V CPUs  WebProNews

To the frustration of many developers and end-users, back in 2022 Google deprecated JPEG-XL support in Chrome/Chromium and proceeded to remove the support. That decision was widely slammed and ultimately Google said they may end up reconsidering it. In November there was renewed activity and interest in restoring JPEG-XL within Google's image web browser and as of yesterday the code was merged...

Linutronix Pivots to Product Focus on Real-Time Linux After Intel Buy  WebProNews

Windows XP home users should upgrade to Linux -- not Windows 8.1  BetaNews

Linux 6.19-rc5: Driver Fixes Boost Stability for AI and Enterprise  WebProNews

ReactOS began 2026 with another "major step" towards Windows NT 6 compatibility with updating its MSVCRT implementation from Wine for the Microsoft C Runtime DLL library. That improved support for a number of Windows applications running on this open-source OS. ReactOS is taking another step-forward now with addressing a very annoying usability issue where up until now you may need to refresh the file manager for seeing folder changes...

Wine 11.0 Brings Fully Supported WoW64 Mode and Linux Kernel NTSync Support  Linuxiac

Linux Mint 22.3 Released, This is What’s New  OMG! Ubuntu

Wine 11 is here with big improvements for Windows apps on Linux  How-To Geek

Using GNOME On Linux  commandlinux.com

GOG's new owner can't stand Windows either: 'It's such poor-quality software… I can't believe it!'  PC Gamer

Over 1 million Windows users have jumped ship — Zorin OS 18 is booming  Windows Central

Linux Mint 22.3 Released with New App Menu, OSK & System Apps  OMG! Ubuntu

The KDE Plasma 6.6 beta release is available today for helping to test this next iteration of the Plasma 6 desktop...

Windows compatibility layer Wine 11 arrives bringing masses of improvements to Linux  GamingOnLinux

Linux Kernel’s Future: TAB Integrates Rust, Navigates AI, Boosts Collaboration  WebProNews