Open-source News

All of the open-source kernel graphics driver feature changes were merged earlier today for the Linux 6.17 kernel. For Linux 6.17 there is an enormous amount of new feature work ready to go with the modern Intel graphics driver code. Plus the always active AMD graphics driver changes and various refinements to the many smaller graphics/display drivers...

Kali Linux can now run in Apple containers on macOS systems  BleepingComputer

Linux 6.17 GPU Drivers Led By Stable Intel Xe3 Panther Lake & SR-IOV For Battlemage  Phoronix

These Linux Distros Will Level Up Your Privacy and Security  How-To Geek

The x86 platform driver updates have been merged for the in-development Linux 6.17 kernel. The x86 platform drivers area traditionally has been around Linux laptop hardware support but in recent years more work on handheld devices too plus Intel/AMD server platform functionality...

Lenovo Legion Gaming Drivers & New Intel Discovery Driver For Telemetry In Linux 6.17  Phoronix

Ubuntu 25.10 Snapshot 3 Debuts with Linux 6.10 Kernel and ARM Upgrades  WebProNews

The 4 Best Android Phone Brands for Linux Lovers  How-To Geek

Google Cloud Upgrades A2A Protocol, Donates to Linux Foundation for AI Boost  WebProNews

Linus Torvalds still uses an AMD RX 580 from 2017 — also ditches Apple Silicon for an Intel laptop  Tom's Hardware

Back in May when AMD launched the EPYC 4005 "Grado" processors for low-power, low-cost server processors we tested the EPYC 4565P and EPYC 4585PX. The EPYC 4565P is their standard 16-core offering while the EPYC 4585PX is the 3D V-Cache variant for these processors catering to web hosting, SOHO servers, edge computing, and other applications where not needing the performance of the flagship EPYC 9005 "Turin" processors. There is also another 16-core variant with the EPYC 4545P and what makes this SKU interesting is the 16-cores / 32-threads but with a 65 Watt TDP. In the Ryzen 9000 series so far AMD hasn't introduced any 16-core, 65-Watt part that makes the EPYC 4545P all the more interesting. Here are some benchmarks of the EPYC 4545P for those shopping for an affordable and very power efficient server platform that still sharply outperforms Intel's Xeon E / Xeon 6300 competition.

For the Ubuntu 25.10 development cycle to complement the daily ISOs, Canonical began releasing monthly snapshots to facilitate more testing from the community and also in working to enhance their build automation / infrastructure. Today marks the third monthly release of Ubuntu 25.10 for testing...

I found a distro that brings the best of Windows, macOS, and Linux into one system  xda-developers.com

Canonical dusts off TPM encryption for Ubuntu 25.10  theregister.com

For Windows 10's 10th anniversary, I'm switching to Linux  xda-developers.com

It’s ‘everywhere’ – Mozilla ramps up access with VPN now available on all Linux distros  TechRadar

Lyon Switches to Linux, Open-Source from Microsoft by 2026  WebProNews

CISCO Giften AGNTCY Project to Linux Foundation to Standardize AI Agent Communication  It's FOSS News

Apple SMC Driver Merged For Linux 6.17 To Be Able To Reboot Macs  Phoronix

The Apple System Management Controller (SMC) driver was successfully merged this week into Linux 6.17 for being able to reboot modern Apple M1 / M2 Macs under Linux (the Apple M3 / M4 Linux support remains in development). It's the latest improvement for Apple Silicon on the upstream Linux kernel compared to the downstream Asahi Linux code that has been carrying the SMC driver and other in-development/tentative patches...