Open-source News

This free Linux distro replaced 5 of my most-used networking tools  XDA

The Linux kernel's Human Interface Devices (HID) subsystem has an existing architectural limitation that there is just up to one battery per HID device. But with modern devices -- especially among various gaming peripherals -- there can be more than one battery when considering earbuds with a battery for each earbud, multi-device wireless receivers, etc. A proposal was raised today to address this limitation...

Linux Proposal Aims To Overcome Kernel Limitation Affecting Various Gaming Peripherals  Phoronix

You Can Play Classic D3D7 Games on Linux With This New Project, But Don’t Expect Perfection  It's FOSS

This Linux distro will help you finally say goodbye to Windows - here's how  ZDNET

I automated my Proxmox VM deployment with Cloud-Init  XDA

qBittorrent 5.1.3 Adds Native Wayland Support to the AppImage, Fixes More Bugs  9to5Linux

KDE Plasma 6.6 to get a great new feature - limit virtual desktops to the primary screen  GamingOnLinux

MangoHud performance overlay for Linux gets a first v0.8.2 release candidate  GamingOnLinux

New VanHelsing Ransomware RaaS Model Attacking Windows, Linux, BSD, ARM, and ESXi Systems  CyberSecurityNews

Intel Core Ultra 7 255H Linux CPU Performance Review  Phoronix

Lenovo recently sent over their new ThinkPad P1 Gen 8 laptop for review under Linux. My Linux review on that ThinkPad P1 Gen 8 laptop will be coming up in the near future along with some other benchmarks from that premium mobile workstation. But with this being the first time I've had an Intel Core Ultra 7 255H "Arrow Lake H" device at Phoronix, here are some standalone benchmarks looking at the CPU performance of that 16-core mobile processor compared to various other Intel and AMD SoCs in different laptops while running Ubuntu Linux.

Moving From Windows To FreeBSD As The Linux Chaos Alternative  Hackaday

Stop using these outdated Linux commands before they cause problems  PCWorld

While there is the AMD openSIL project for open-source CPU silicon initialization for platforms moving forward with plans to ultimately replace AGESA and be more friendly toward the likes of Coreboot, for those on aging AMD Bulldozer and Piledriver era platforms there is some updated open-source firmware available thanks to an independent free software project...

Intel on Monday released version 0.1 of their Low Power Mode Daemon, the open-source daemon in development for several years now for optimizing active idle power on modern Intel Core (Ultra) CPUs under Linux...

Intel LPMD 0.1 Released With Support For Panther Lake  Phoronix

GNU Coreutils 9.9 brings fixes and updates across essential tools  Help Net Security

MX Linux 25 'Infinity' arrives with a cleaner look and easier installation  BetaNews

System76 engineer Victoria Brekenfeld and Red Hat engineer Sebastian Wick presented at the recent XDC2025 developer conference with their hopes of finally fixing the multi-GPU experience on Linux. As part of this is getting the necessary Wayland protocols in order as well as a new gpu-daemon service for proper multi-GPU handling for the Linux desktop...