Open-source News

Linux Mint 22.2 launches with a few old bugs  Notebookcheck

FreeBSD Advances Desktop with KDE Plasma Wayland Integration  WebProNews

Linux Kernel 6.18 Adds Native eUSB2V2 Support for 4K Video Boost  WebProNews

Linux 6.18 Sets XFS Online Scrub as Default for Downtime-Free Repairs  WebProNews

Linux Kernel 6.18: AMD Optimizations, Graphics Boost, and Security Enhancements  WebProNews

Linux 6.17-rc5 Released: NVIDIA Fixes, x86 Enhancements, Stable Soon  WebProNews

Kodi 22 “Piers” Promises HDR Passthrough on OpenGL and HDR on Wayland  9to5Linux

Ubuntu users left waiting as servers take weekend off  theregister.com

KDE's Very Own Linux Distro Just Hit Alpha  It's FOSS News

Microsoft is preparing to ship Windows 11 25H2 as their newest incremental update to their operating system. Windows 11 25H2 is currently available via their preview channel in advance of the formal public release in October. With Canonical also putting the finishing touches on their Ubuntu 25.10 release also due for a stable release in October, here are some benchmarks looking at how those competing operating systems are fairing in various CPU benchmarks on the same hardware.

First Benchmarks Of Windows 11 25H2 vs. Ubuntu 25.10 On AMD Ryzen 9 9950X  Phoronix

First Benchmarks Of Windows 11 25H2 vs. Ubuntu 25.10 On AMD Ryzen 9 9950X  Phoronix

First Benchmarks Of Windows 11 25H2 vs. Ubuntu 25.10 On AMD Ryzen 9 9950X  Phoronix

Windows-like Kamuriki Linux 4.00 now available  Notebookcheck

Engineer Uses Claude AI to Revive 25-Year-Old Linux Tape Driver  WebProNews

While the BSDs don't see nearly as much activity around Wayland as the desktop Linux distributions and they continue to predominantly rely on the X.Org Server by default, the modern KDE Plasma 6 desktop can in fact work fine on Wayland under FreeBSD 14 and the upcoming FreeBSD 15.0 release...

How to Install Fedora Linux: A Step-by-Step Beginner’s Guide for 2025  Geeky Gadgets

Supermicro 800G switches to run Nokia's SR Linux and event automation suite  Telecompaper

Chrome 140 update breaks font rendering and stability on Linux  PiunikaWeb

Linus Torvalds Slams Link Tags in Linux Kernel Commit Messages  WebProNews