Open-source News

12-Year-Old Sudo Linux Vulnerability Enables Privilege Escalation to Root User  CyberSecurityNews

Libreboot 25.06 released this week as the newest version of this Coreboot downstream focused on shipping only with free and open-source components. But due to the strict open-source nature of Libreboot, it continues to primarily see support for long outdated platforms...

Libreboot 25.06 Released With Support For Two More Outdated Systems  Phoronix

Mesa 25.1.5 brings more bug fixes for Linux graphics drivers  GamingOnLinux

Steam Hardware & Software Survey for June 2025 is out - here's the latest for Linux and SteamOS  GamingOnLinux

Linux Users Urged to Patch Critical Sudo CVE  Infosecurity Magazine

Linux Foundation CKA Certification 50% Discount 2025  London Daily News

Critical sudo flaw allows unprivileged Linux users to gain root access  Cybernews

Wayback gives X11 desktops a fighting chance in a Wayland world  theregister.com

Steam on Linux dips slightly as AMD takes CPU crown  Fudzilla.com

The Linux Foundation Establish an Open Standard for Interoperability among AI Agents  iblnews.org

Steam Survey issues prevented the survey results from being posted on the evening of the 1st as is traditionally done, but the results were just uploaded now to the Steam website. Steam on Linux usage dipped slightly but overall remains healthy with much excitement still around the Steam Deck and SteamOS efforts...

Steam On Linux Usage Dips Slightly For June, AMD Linux CPU Usage Hits 69%  Phoronix

Following last month's release of Debian Installer Trixie RC1 as the installer for the upcoming Debian 13.0 release, a second release candidate was issued today for testing...

The ZLUDA open-source effort that started off a half-decade ago as a drop-in CUDA implementation for Intel GPUs and then for several years was funded by AMD as a CUDA implementation for Radeon GPUs atop ROCm and then open-sourced but then reverted has been continuing to push along a new path since last year. The current take on ZLUDA is a multi-vendor CUDA implementation for non-NVIDIA GPUs for AI workloads and more. More progress was made during Q2 on this effort...

7 GNOME extensions I could never switch to Windows and live without  XDA

Linux+ Certification  CompTIA

FLOSS Weekly Episode 839: I Want To Get Paid Twice  Hackaday

Hackers Actively Attacking Linux SSH Servers to Deploy TinyProxy or Sing-box Proxy Tools  CyberSecurityNews

ProtonPlus makes managing Proton versions on Linux, SteamOS and Steam Deck simple  GamingOnLinux