Open-source News

Windows 9x Subsystem for Linux  Adafruit

Linux may be ending support for older network drivers due to influx of false AI-generated bug reports — maintenance has become too burdensome for old largely-unused systems  Tom's Hardware

KMSCON 9.3.4 is out today for this virtual terminal (VT) emulator in user-space that runs atop the Linux DRM/KMS APIs for those wanting to enjoy a CONFIG_VT=n Linux kernel experience...

I set up this Linux 'Watchdog' and now my system auto-reboots when it locks up  ZDNET

Merged recently to Linux Git were the big set of networking changes for the Linux 7.1 kernel...

Many Great Networking Improvements Arrive In Linux 7.1  Phoronix

'I cannot express how excited and proud I am to be supporting this company': new Framework laptop is a 'MacBook Pro for Linux users' and it's been very well-received  TechRadar

AlmaLinux Takes a Wait-and-See Stance on California Age Verification Law  Linuxiac

Canonical is out with a new blog post today outlining toolchain changes to Ubuntu Linux from Ubuntu 24.04 LTS to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS due for release tomorrow. While those changes over the past two years aren't too news worthy if you have been following the interim Ubuntu releases, what's interesting is their road ahead on the Ubuntu toolchain front for developers...

Ubuntu Looks Toward More Snap-Based Devpacks Moving Forward  Phoronix

As part of Intel's LLM-Scaler initiative for AI inferencing on Intel Arc hardware, out today is their vllm-0.14.0-b8.2 update that includes officially supporting the Arc Pro B70 graphics card...

This "meme" distro actually laid the groundwork for modern desktop Linux  How-To Geek

Intel today published their official quarterly feature release to their open-source Media Driver providing Video Acceleration API (VA-API) support on Linux...

Intel Media Driver 2026Q1 Continues Nova Lake S Enablement  Phoronix

Framework Laptop 13 Pro: "MacBook Pro for Linux users"  Digitec

‘The MacBook Pro for Linux users’ both copies and contrasts with Apple  9to5Mac

The Framework Laptop 13 Pro is the ultra-repairable laptop that lets you ditch Windows – and Copilot  IT Pro

Valve VRAM hack may improve gaming on 4GB GPUs — testing showed mixed results in select titles, with FPS almost tripling in certain games  Tom's Hardware

I bought a Linux tablet, and it’s both better and worse than Android  How-To Geek

Since Ubuntu 25.04 Ptyxis has been the default terminal emulator after it initially became available in Ubuntu 24.10. For the upcoming Ubuntu 26.04 LTS release, Ptyxis remains the default but Ghostty is now available too...