Open-source News

Last week I provided a look at the EXT4 and XFS performance from Linux 6.12 LTS through Linux 7.0 in its current development form. As mentioned in that article and as requested by many Phoronix readers, benchmarks have since wrapped up looking at how the Btrfs copy-on-write file-system performance has evolved since that late 2024 period and all major Linux kernel releases past that Long Term Support version.

Fedora Asahi Remix 43 Released for Apple Silicon Macs with KDE Plasma 6.6  9to5Linux

Last week it was security issues with AppArmor to worry about on Ubuntu Linux while this week a "high" rated vulnerability for Ubuntu's Snap daemon has been revealed...

Mastering the Linux file system: My go-to commands and tips  How-To Geek

Think Arch Linux is too hard? 5 myths that are officially dead in 2026  How-To Geek

Vadzo Imaging Demonstrates Production-Ready 13MP MIPI CSI-2 Camera Integration on Raspberry Pi 5  newswire.com

Linux MGLRU Improvements Net A 30% Increase For MongoDB, More Than 100% On HDDs  Phoronix

It's been a while since having any improvements to talk about for the MGLRU multi-gen LRU functionality for the Linux kernel to optimize page reclamation and help with system performance especially when enduring memory pressure. But this week a Tencent engineer posted some very promising patches for further enhancing this kernel feature...

This classic chat app was way ahead of its time, and it's still alive 25 years later  How-To Geek

Linux Foundation: $12.5 Million Raised For Open Source Security Initiative  Pulse 2.0

Samba continues strong in 2026 for this leading open-source SMB protocol re-implementation for Microsoft Windows file and print services interoperability. Samba 4.24 brings more features, including remote password management support...

Linux gives users too much choice, and that its biggest weakness  How-To Geek

Google Engineers Launch "Sashiko" For Agentic AI Code Review Of The Linux Kernel  Phoronix

Google engineers have been spending the past number of months developing Sashiko as an agentic AI code review system for the Linux kernel. It's now open-source and publicly available and will continue to do upstream Linux kernel code review thanks to funding from Google...

The widely-used GRUB bootloader is now being developed on FreeDesktop.org with a modern GitLab-based workflow...

Manjaro Linux Team Goes on Strike, Threatens to Fork the Project  It's FOSS

A new platform feature being worked on by Arm engineers for the Linux kernel is Live Firmware Activation to allow for updated firmware components to be deployed without requiring a system reboot...

For those that happen to have the Logitech MX Master 4 wireless mouse or are considering this high-end ~$120 USD Bluetooth mouse, better support for it was merged yesterday to Linux 7.0...

Linux 7.0 Better Supporting The Logitech MX Master 4 Bluetooth Mouse  Phoronix

Major tech companies invest $12.5 million in open source security  Help Net Security