Open-source News

Try this new Linux security threat scanner to keep your system safe - you'll thank me  ZDNET

Germany's Sovereign Tech Agency (nee Sovereign Tech Fund) is out with their latest newsletter where they outlined some new investments in various key open-source projects...

This Tool Let Me Use Google Translate in the Linux Terminal  How-To Geek

I ditched Linux for Windows 11 for one week - and found 9 big problems  ZDNET

The ‘death’ of Windows 10 led to record growth for Zorin OS Linux  PCWorld

The Asus Xbox Ally X has just been tested with Bazzite, and it basically turns it into a supercharged Steam Deck  PCGamesN

Windows 10 sunset drives a surge in Zorin OS adoption  findarticles.com

Toyota's new all-hybrid RAV4 has software you might actually want to use  Engadget

Modders install Bazzite Linux on Microsoft’s Xbox Ally for a better experience  Club386

Merged today to the LLVM/Clang compiler codebase are some long overdue adjustments to the AMD Zen 4 "znver4" CPU model for more accurately assessing various latency timings and micro-ops. These values were initially copied over from the Zen 3 (znver3) target but never adjusted properly for Zen 4 until now when an independent contributor took to sorting it out...

ROG Xbox Ally runs better on Linux than the Windows it ships with — new test shows up to 32% higher FPS, with more stable framerates and quicker sleep resume times  Tom's Hardware

Intel Nova Lake To Boast 6th Gen NPU As Per Early Linux Kernel Patch  Wccftech

For those that happen to have the Dell G15 5530 laptop or considering this Intel Core i7 13650HX + NVIDIA GeForce RTX high-end laptop, the upcoming Linux 6.18 kernel is set to have AWCC platform profile support for this model as a nice enhancement. In turn this patch should also be back-ported to future stable Linux kernel point releases...

Linux 6.18 Adding AWCC Profile Support For The Dell G15 5530  Phoronix

The end of Windows 10 has been a boon for one particular Linux distro - and I'm not surprised  ZDNET

Linux Running on ASUS ROG Ally X Is Seen Running Games with Higher Framerates Than Windows in Performance Power Mode  The FPS Review

New Linux kernel patch lets you cancel hibernation mid-process  theregister.com

Earlier this month Intel Linux software engineers began posting patches for enabling Xe3P kernel graphics driver support with initial usage by Nova Lake processors and later the expected Celestial discrete GPUs. That initial Xe3P iGPU support is going into Linux 6.19 but expect more feature additions and optimizations in follow-on kernel cycles in 2026. Similarly the patches have now begun coming out for enabling the display engine capabilities for "Xe3P_LPD" for actually being able to drive displays (monitors) with Xe3P on Nova Lake...

Intel Xe3P_LPD Display Support For Linux Being Built Out Ahead Of Nova Lake  Phoronix

Following last week LLVM/Clang 22 adding Intel Nova Lake with "-march=novalake" support, the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) has now received similar treatment for the promising next-generation desktop processors...