Open-source News

Linux Kernel 6.19 Arrives! You Get Intel, AMD Improvements, and ASUS Armoury Support  It's FOSS

Linux 6.19 Release – Main changes, Arm, RISC-V, and MIPS architectures  CNX Software

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: February 8th, 2026  9to5Linux

Linus Torvalds confirms next Linux will be version 7.0  theregister.com

Linux 7.0 Kernel Confirmed by Linus Torvalds, Expected in Mid-April 2026  9to5Linux

Linux 6.19: 40% Speed Boost on Old AMD GPUs & Faster Ext4  OMG! Ubuntu

Linux Kernel 6.19 Officially Released, This Is What’s New  9to5Linux

Following Linus Torvalds releasing Linux 6.19 stable, Linus Torvalds is now out with his customary release announcement. Notably he officially confirmed that the next kernel version is Linux 7.0 as the successor to Linux 6.19...

The Linux Credential Crisis: Why Your Desktop Still Can't Match Windows and macOS for Secure Authentication  WebProNews

As anticipated due to the extra week for the cycle given end of year holidays, Linus Torvalds today released the Linux 6.19 stable kernel as the first major release of 2026. There is a lot in store with this early 2026 kernel release...

Linux 6.19 Released With Better Support For Older AMD GPUs, DRM Color Pipeline API  Phoronix

Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 6, 2026 (Feb 2 – 8)  Linuxiac

6 tips for using Linux without touching the command line  How-To Geek

After discovering this morning that Intel archived/discontinued its On Demand "SDSi" GitHub project around that controversial feature, it was a slippery slope in noticing Intel recently archived around two dozen other open-source projects they previously maintained...

Valve hits pause  overkill.wtf

Handmade by human hands using machines  Digg

4 Emacs packages that replaced everyday apps for me  How-To Geek

I keep "tiny" Linux distros on my keychain: Here are 5 reasons you should too  How-To Geek

D7VK is a fork of the DXVK project that is an important part of Valve's Steam Play (Proton) for Direct3D 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 support atop Vulkan. With D7VK the original goal was a Direct3D 7 implementation on Vulkan. D7VK 1.1 brought experimental Direct3D 6 support and now with today's release of D7VK 1.3 is support for Direct3D 5...

D7VK 1.3 Brings Support For Direct3D 5 On Vulkan  Phoronix