Open-source News

Blender 5.1 Lands Raycast Nodes, Blender Adjusting Release Cycle Moving Forward

Phoronix - Mon, 02/09/2026 - 23:01
Two interesting bits of Blender news this week for those fond of this leading open-source 3D modeling software...

Debian's tag2upload Reaches GA For Improving Packaging Workflow

Phoronix - Mon, 02/09/2026 - 22:20
Debian's tag2upload has finally reached general availability "GA" status for helping Debian developers/maintainers with an improved Git-based packaging workflow...

GNU Linux-Libre 6.19 Deals With More Firmware Blobs In Intel Xe, IWLWIFI & NVIDIA Nova

Phoronix - Mon, 02/09/2026 - 21:51
Building off yesterday's Linux 6.19 release is now the GNU Linux-libre 6.19-gnu downstream release that strips out support for open-source drivers dependent upon binary-only microcode/firmware and other elements deemed against free software standards, removing the ability to load non-open-source kernel modules, and similar restrictions in the name of software freedom...

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