Open-source News

Direct3D 12 to Vulkan project VKD3D-Proton v2.14 out now with various performance improvements  GamingOnLinux

KDE Frameworks 6.9 Released with New Symbolic Icon for Wine, Various Fixes  9to5Linux

Hans-Kristian Arntzen with Valve just released VKD3D-Proton 2.14 as the newest version of this Direct3D 12 implementation built atop the Vulkan API for Valve's Steam Play (Proton)...

Windows 10's End Is Nigh. Now's the Time to Get Used to Linux  How-To Geek

Linux Mint 22.1 Beta breaks codename conventions, goes with Xia  Neowin

systemd begrudgingly drops a safety net while a challenger appears, GNU Shepherd 1.0  The Register

PUMA creeps through Linux with a stealthy rootkit attack  CSO Online

This shouldn't be too surprising especially after Canonical's commitment last year to always ship the latest upstream kernel version for Ubuntu releases moving forward, but the plan was confirmed today that Ubuntu 25.04 intends to ship with the Linux 6.14 kernel...

Ubuntu 25.04 Planning To Ship With The Linux 6.14 Kernel  Phoronix

Iran-Linked IOCONTROL Malware Targets SCADA and Linux-Based IoT Platforms  The Hacker News

The SPIR-V target within the LLVM compiler for outputting to this common IR used across different accelerator/device types, different APIs from Vulkan and SYCL to GLSL / OpenCL / HLSL, and adapted for a variety of innovative use-cases could soon become an official target within LLVM...

GE-Proton 9-21 released for Linux / Steam Deck bringing more game fixes  GamingOnLinux

Merged this week to GNOME's Mutter compositor for the GNOME 48 release is support for the wp_viewport protocol for cursor surfaces in order to provide a nicer experience on cursor scaling...

Intel engineer and Linux power management subsystem maintainer Rafael Wysocki queued up several power management related patches this week for Intel's upcoming Core Ultra "Panther Lake" processors as well as the next-gen Xeon Clearwater Forest processors...

New Linux malware Pumakit manages to hide itself  Techzine Europe

Ready to ditch Windows? 5 factors to help you decide between Linux or MacOS  ZDNet

New Stealthy Linux Malware PUMAKIT With Unique Privilege Escalation Methods  CybersecurityNews

New Linux Rootkit PUMAKIT Uses Advanced Stealth Techniques to Evade Detection  The Hacker News

PUMA creeps through Linux with a stealthy rootkit attack  CSO Online

Bazzite: A Linux Distro Worth Gushing Over  Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet