Open-source News

Intel Quietly Discontinues Its Open-Source User-Space Gaudi Driver Code  Phoronix

Besides Valve funding FEX-Emu for x86_64 binaries to run on AArch64 Linux as part of their Steam Play (Proton) efforts in being able to get Windows x86/x64 games running on AArch64 SteamOS for the Snapdragon-powered Steam Frame, there is also work happening in kernel-space to help this emulated gaming experience on AArch64...

Igalia's Work Improving The Linux Kernel For Helping Steam Play Gaming On ARM64  Phoronix

Rust boosted by permanent adoption for Linux kernel code  devclass

Cyble Uncovers Sophisticated Linux Malware Campaign Combining Mirai-Derived DDoS Botnet with Fileless Cryptominer  CXOToday.com

7 Projects Killed by Ubuntu (But I Still Miss Them)  It's FOSS

You don’t need grep and sed for most Bash scripts, here’s what to use instead  How-To Geek

Even before the Linux 6.19 merge window wrapped up this weekend with the Linux 6.19-rc1 release, there was already the first pull request to DRM-Next of the first batch of new material to be queued for Linux 6.19's successor...

Free 3-16 player party shooter of teamwork and betrayal, Klaus Veen's Treason added Linux support  GamingOnLinux

The GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) developers now have a need to set a policy whether AI / Large Language Model (LLM) generated patches will be accepted for this open-source compiler stack...

Cyble uncovers sophisticated Linux Malware combining Mirai-Based DDoS with Fileless Cryptominer  varindia.com

If you need a new retro boomer shooter check out Ctesiphon  GamingOnLinux

RDVFL Launches Screen Upgrades for Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz  CEoutlook.com

SparkyLinux 2025.12 “Tiamat” Released with Debian Forky Base, Linux Kernel 6.17  9to5Linux

Kali Linux 2025.4: New tools and "quality-of-life" improvements  Help Net Security

New VolkLocker Ransomware Variant Targets Both Linux and Windows Systems  gbhackers.com

Anthropic Set to Donate MCP to New Linux Foundation Agentic AI Foundation  ERP Today

VolkLocker Emerges as a Cross-Platform Ransomware Threat Targeting Linux and Windows  Cyber Press

VolkLocker Ransomware Exposed by Hard-Coded Master Key Allowing Free Decryption  The Hacker News

Valve's Steam Deck with SteamOS features built-in crash data collection as well as for logging other system events worth having knowledge about like the split-lock detection and other events. This is all opt-in by users for data collection by Steam, but for those curious about a bit more insight into this Steam Deck data collection, a presentation at this past week's Linux Plumbers Conference dove into the matter...