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On top of the Intel Xe driver changes already queued in DRM-Next for the upcoming Linux 6.16 merge window, an additional set of Intel Xe kernel graphics driver changes were mailed out yesterday...

Another round of x86 platform driver updates was sent out today for the ongoing Linux 6.15 merge window. Besides some fixes, there is also new hardware support making it into this week's platform-drivers-x86 updates...

Intel HID Preps For Panther Lake, Other Laptop Enhancements Squeeze Into Linux 6.15  Phoronix

Apple @ Work Podcast: Adaptiva expands to Mac and Linux  9to5Mac

VeeamON shows Veeam on Linux, RAG from backup, and cloud features  Computer Weekly

Delta Force devs say Desktop Linux support is 'not part of our agenda in the future'  GamingOnLinux

Infinity Nikki on Steam works on Steam Deck but the situation is odd and anti-cheat blocks Desktop Linux  GamingOnLinux

Critical Linux Kernel Vulnerability Exposes Systems to Privilege Escalation Attacks  CybersecurityNews

Amazon ditches Android for its Linux-based Vega OS  Fudzilla.com

Amazon ditches Android for its Linux-based Vega OS  Fudzilla.com

Kali Linux users warned that updates are likely to fail for a few days  BetaNews

Critical Linux Kernel Flaw (CVE-2025-21756) Allows Privilege Escalation  GBHackers News

You Can Now Officially Run Arch Linux Inside Windows  It's FOSS News

Kali Linux Warns that Update Process is Going to Fail for All Users  CybersecurityNews

MoltenVK 1.3-rc1 was released today as the first test release of this updated Apple iOS / macOS / tvOS / visionOS layer that implements the Vulkan API atop the Apple Metal drivers. With MoltenVK 1.3 there is Vulkan API 1.3 support finally in tow...

4MLinux 48.0 Is Now Available for Download, Powered by Linux Kernel 6.12 LTS  9to5Linux

Meson 1.8 was released this afternoon as the newest update to this popular, cross-platform and open-source build system / build automation tool...

Separate from last week in uncovering a big performance regression on Linux 6.15 affecting workloads like Nginx and that regression getting fixed, I unfortunately discovered another heavy-hitting regression on Linux 6.15. This latest performance regression has been bisected and a possible fix is being thought through by the relevant party, but for the moment has yet to be fixed upstream and affects modern AMD processors.

A Linux 6.15 Performance Regression Hits Modern AMD CPUs Review  Phoronix

Turntable is a Universal Scrobbling App for Linux  OMG! Ubuntu