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Building off yesterday's release of the Linux 6.13 kernel, GNU Linux-libre 6.13 is out today as this downstream kernel from FSF LA that strips out code pertaining to the ability to load non-free drivers/microcode and other elements not deemed within the standards of the Free Software Foundation, even when it means removing/disabling hardware support and features...

GNU Linux-libre 6.13-gnu Deals With More Questionable Code In The Kernel  Phoronix

Intel & AMD Devs Address Bad Linux Kernel Code From Microsoft Dev  WebProNews

Linux Mint 22.1 Xia arrives fashionably late  The Register

Why You Should Keep All Your Linux Dotfiles on GitHub  How-To Geek

An engineer from AMD by way of their Nod.ai acquisition is seeking feedback from the community around what other Radeon graphics cards you would like to see supported by the ROCm support on Linux. This community wishlist extends to ROCm Windows support as well but at least there the HIP Rutime/SDK on Windows already supports more consumer GPUs than Linux...

AMD Seeking Feedback Around What Radeon GPUs You Would Like Supported By ROCm  Phoronix

After six release candidates going back to early December, it looks like Wine 10.0 stable will be ready to ship this week. This is largely as expected with the annual Wine stable releases tending to come around mid-to-late January. Here's a look at what's ahead for this stable release for enjoying Windows games and applications under Linux and other platforms...

Following the Bcachefs pull requests being rejected during the Linux 6.13 cycle by the kernel's Code of Conduct committee, the Linux 6.14 kernel cycle is kicking off with a big pull request so that the upstream kernel can get back into sync with the latest development code for this cycle. This pull also contains the last anticipated major on-disk format upgrade prior to the removal of the "experimental" flag for this copy-on-write file-system...

Windows vs Linux gaming performance shows why AMD is better than Nvidia... mostly  Neowin

Dangbei N2 review: a Linux powered smart projector that offers quality and affordability  Neowin

Open-source developers are working on allowing the Mesa RADV Vulkan driver to support the "Cyan Skillfish" graphics processor IP found within the Sony PlayStation 5 APU as well as the AMD BC-250 mining cards...

Ubuntu-Based Rhino Linux 2025.1 Is Out with Linux 6.12, Rhino Stampede, and More  info-mods.com

Kodi 21.2 Brings Enhanced Stability and Fixes  info-mods.com

How to Upgrade to Linux Mint 22.1 from Mint 22  info-mods.com

Beyond Ubuntu: Other Linux Distributions You Should Try  The New Stack

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Arrives For Linux Testing  Phoronix

Earlier this month at CES was the announcement of the GeForce RTX 50 "Blackwell" series. Among the first of these consumer Blackwell GPUs is the GeForce RTX 5090 flagship graphics card that is set to retail for $1999 USD. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founder's Edition graphics card arrived at Phoronix a few days ago to begin Linux testing.

The Linux 6.14 kernel will enable the VirtualBox guest drivers to be built for ARM64 Linux virtual machines (VMs)...

Linux 6.14 To Allow VirtualBox Guest Support On ARM64 VMs  Phoronix