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Wine 10.0 Release Brings New Drivers, Features & Changes  OMG! Ubuntu!

How to Install the Latest Version of Wine on Ubuntu  OMG! Ubuntu!

3 reasons FydeOS is a top-tier operating system for the Raspberry Pi  XDA Developers

In addition to the Wine 10.0 stable release today, making the day very exciting as well for Linux gamers is the first official SDL 3.0 release!..

SDL 3 Officially Released With New APIs, Better HiDPI & Improved Audio Handling  Phoronix

In addition to the Bcachefs changes for the Linux 6.14 kernel, the Btrfs file-system feature updates have also been submitted and merged for this next version of the Linux kernel...

VirtualBox 7.1.6 Released with Initial Support for Linux Kernel 6.13  9to5Linux

Deepin 25 Linux preview looks and feels more like Windows - but is it safe?  ZDNet

Linux Kernel 6.13 Stands Ready With Security, Performance, Driver Updates  The New Stack

On the first day of the Linux 6.14 merge window there were a number of new AMD CPU features submitted. That's continued today with so far having the new "amd_node" driver to talk about for splitting up the modern Zen-era code and more of the legacy AMD Northbridge code from the pre-Zen days...

New "AMD Node" Driver Introduced In Linux 6.14 For Splitting Up Legacy Northbridge Code  Phoronix

Wine 10.0 uncorks smoother support for running Windows apps on Linux  BetaNews

As was expected this week, Wine 10.0 stable is now available as the newest annual feature release to this open-source software that allows running Windows games and applications on Linux and other platforms. Wine also serves as the basis for Valve's Steam Play (Proton) and CodeWeavers' CrossOver software...

Along with recently announcing the Raspberry Pi 500 keyboard computer and the Raspberry Pi 5 16GB (review still forthcoming; the 16GB model only arrived last week), the Raspberry Pi Monitor debuted last month as their first foray into displays. For $100 USD you get a 15.6-inch 1080p display that is simple but pairs well with the Raspberry Pi 400/500 or just the single board computer or any other HDMI-connected device for that matter.

Serpent OS as the modern, from-scratch Linux distribution being led by well known open-source developer Ikey Doherty has started on a new project: disks-rs. The disks-rs project is intended to deal with file-systems, installation / partitioning, and block device management in a safe and effective manner from the Rust programming language...

Adding to the plethora of new hardware support coming with the Linux 6.14 kernel is enabling upstream support for the FPGAs found on the Intel-powered AAEON UP single board computers that are targeted for makers, hobbyists, and various industrial uses...

Linux 6.14 Landing Support For FPGA Support On AAEON UP Maker Boards  Phoronix

The big networking subsystem feature pull was sent out this morning for the Linux 6.14 merge window...

Linux 6.14 Networking Brings Many Wired & Wireless Driver Improvements  Phoronix

Over the past week there has been an uptick in patches pertaining to RDNA4's GFX12 graphics engine within the open-source Radeon Vulkan driver "RADV" for Mesa 25.0 to benefit Linux systems...