Open-source News

AMD ROCm 7.2.1 Released With Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS Support, Bug Fixes  Phoronix

Fivetran donates SQLMesh to the Linux Foundation  Techzine Global

Firefox 149 brings a free VPN and native dialog boxes  theregister.com

Android Canary blesses the Linux Terminal with a modern UI, new features  Android Authority

In testing thus far on Ubuntu 26.04, the KDE Plasma 6.6 desktop with the Wayland session is working pretty darn well and delivering a performance edge across many games/graphics workloads compared to the default GNOME 50 desktop. At least as far as AMD Radeon graphics are concerned, Plasma 6.6 is in quite impressive shape for the upcoming Ubuntu 26.04 LTS release.

KDE Plasma 6.6 Delivers An Impressive Edge For Radeon Graphics Over GNOME 50 On Ubuntu 26.04  Phoronix

7 Linux apps I install on every new PC  How-To Geek

Fivetran donates its SQLMesh data transformation framework to the Linux Foundation  The New Stack

Kali Linux 2026.1 introduces 8 new tools  Techzine Global

Alongside announcing the new Intel Core Ultra Series 3 Panther Lake parts with vPro for commercial PCs and the Xeon 600 workstation processors, Intel finally announced their professional "big Battlemage" BMG-G31 graphics card with the Arc Pro B70 as well as the Arc Pro B65...

CIQ and AMD collaborate on Rocky Linux for AI, HPC  Engineering.com

Oracle Releases Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel 8.2 Based on Linux 6.12 LTS  Linuxiac

These 5 Linux desktop environments solve problems GNOME won't  Yahoo Tech

I used every major Linux desktop—these 5 are better than GNOME  How-To Geek

I forced myself to use Linux without the terminal for a week  MakeUseOf

The Most Secure, Modern Computer Might Be A Mac  Hackaday

FreeCAD 1.1 Brings Many Improvements For Open-Source CAD  Phoronix

FreeCAD 1.1 is out today as the newest feature release for this leading open-source CAD application...

Garuda Linux Draws a Line on Age Verification as Arch Stays Keeps Mum  It's FOSS

Designing Industrial IoT Systems Under the Cyber Resilience Act  embedded.com