Open-source News

While Linux 6.13-rc1 was only released this past Sunday and there is around two months to go until the start of the Linux 6.14 kernel cycle, AMD P-State driver improvements are already beginning to collect for this next kernel cycle...

It's been a while since there have been any new advancements or performance optimizations to talk about for Multi-Gen LRU (MGLRU) that was upstreamed to the Linux kernel two years ago as a very exciting kernel innovation. But that's changing now with some fresh performance optimizations being worked on for the MGLRU code...

Free to play Marvel Rivals is out now on Steam and works on Steam Deck / Linux (Steam Deck has issues though)  GamingOnLinux

Alpine Linux 3.21.0 brings loongarch64 support and several package updates  Notebookcheck.net

Valve may be working on a new kind of Steam Machine  GamingOnLinux

How to Connect to Linux Samba Shares from Windows  TechRepublic

Linux Containers Explained  Open Source For You

Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android: Top Cyberattacks Targeting Operating Systems  BlackBerry Blog

Powered by SteamOS: Valve's Linux gaming OS prepares to expand beyond the Steam Deck  TechSpot

Canonical's Matthieu Clemenceau as the Engineering Director for the Ubuntu Foundations Team has provided a public roadmap around some of the plans for Ubuntu 25.04. This next Ubuntu Linux (non-LTS) release that is due out in April is set to enjoy more performance optimizations and other exciting bits...

Linux stable maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman officially designated Linux 6.12 as this year's long-term support (LTS) kernel version...

Linux 6.12 Officially Promoted To Being An LTS Kernel  Phoronix

Redox OS Makes Progress On Emulator Support, Better Documentation & Hardware Fixes  Phoronix

The Rust-based Redox OS original open-source operating system project is out with a new status report to detail the enhancements they have made over the past several weeks...

Free to play monster-hunting game Dauntless now on Steam and works on Steam Deck, desktop Linux needs a quick fix  GamingOnLinux

Linux Kernel 6.11 Reaches End of Life, It’s Time to Upgrade to Linux Kernel 6.12 LTS  9to5Linux

Alpine Linux 3.21 Released with Linux Kernel 6.12 LTS, Initial LoongArch64 Support  9to5Linux

Linux 4.19, the Last Supported Kernel of the Linux 4.x Series, Reaches End of Life  9to5Linux

It’s Official: Linux Kernel 6.12 Will Be LTS, Supported for “Multiple Years”  9to5Linux

Valve publishes Powered by SteamOS brand guidelines — logo readied for third-party hardware bundled with this Linux-based OS  Tom's Hardware