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Linux 6.15 Delivering Some Performance Gains On AMD EPYC For AI, HPC & Databases  Phoronix

The Linux 6.15 kernel cycle started off a bit rough with a heavy hitting performance regression spotted and then fixed but to only then discover another Linux 6.15 performance regression affecting modern AMD CPUs. Fortunately those issues were cleared out in time for the recent Linux 6.15 stable release. Linux 6.15 stable is looking good especially on 5th Gen AMD EPYC "Turin" servers with some recent benchmarks showing some modest gains over the Linux 6.14 kernel.

SiFive and Red Hat Collaborate on Enterprise Linux for RISC-V  Embedded Computing Design

Manjaro KDE Plasma plans move to Wayland by default  GamingOnLinux

OpenVPN DCO Added to Linux Kernel for Built-In Speed and Security  01net

Ubuntu 25.10 goes all-in with Wayland, dropping support for GNOME on Xorg  GamingOnLinux

KubeCon China – Open Source a '$9 trillion' asset, says Linux Foundation's Zemlin. But what about AI?  Diginomica

Qtap - An Open-Source Tool to See Through Encrypted Traffic in Linux systems  CybersecurityNews

Want to save your old computer? Try one of these 8 Linux distros for free  ZDNET

Want to save your old computer? Try one of these 8 Linux distros - some are perfect for newbies  ZDNET

On the GNOME Foundation blog today is an interesting post how Amazon Web Services (AWS) has ended up sponsoring and powering all of the GNOME web infrastructure...

5 reasons why I use systemd on Linux to customize and run services  XDA

Along with releasing Linux 6.14.11 today to end-of-life the Linux 6.14 kernel series, Greg Kroah-Hartman released Linux 6.15.2 as the newest stable point release. There is a notable fix here for the CPU idle power regressing on some systems since moving to Linux 6.15...

Linux 6.15.2 Fixes "Quite Dramatically...Potentially Dangerous" Idle Power Regression  Phoronix

ML Summit Europe Reveal 2025 Speaker Lineup Showcasing Global Open Source and AI Innovation  StreetInsider

Open Source Summit Europe and AI_dev Open Source GenAI & ML Summit Europe Reveal 2025 Speaker Lineup Showcasing Global Open Source and AI Innovation  WV News

DXVK 2.6.2 was released this morning as the newest update to this Direct3D 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 over Vulkan API implementation. DXVK continues to be most notably used by Valve's Steam Play (Proton) for running countless Windows games well on Linux...

Dune: Awakening is out now and works well on Linux Desktop but rough on Steam Deck  GamingOnLinux

OpenVPN DCO Added to Linux Kernel for Built-In Speed and Security  Business Wire

OpenVPN DCO Added to Linux Kernel for Built-In Speed and Security  New Castle News