Open-source News

OpenMamba: Eat your greens, they're good for you  theregister.com

Posted for the AMDGPU Linux kernel driver in early 2024 was the initial Video Core Next 5.0 IP enablement that was part of their bring-up for the Radeon RX 9000 "RDNA4" graphics processors. It's taken until now though for enabling the VCN5 video encode/decode support within the user-space code for the RADV driver with Mesa 25.2...

While Intel Trust Domain Extensions (TDX) has been around since Sapphire Rapids with select SKUs and with widespread availability since Emerald Rapids in late 2023, only now with the Linux 6.16 kernel debuting in H2'2025 is there going to be mainline kernel support for TDX on the host-side with the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM)...

Intel TDX Host Support Merged For KVM With Linux 6.16  Phoronix

Backdoors in Python and NPM Packages Target Windows and Linux  Hackread

GE-Proton 10-4 brings updates for winewayland, AMD FSR4 and more game fixes  GamingOnLinux

A new version of the Genode open-source operating system framework was released last week that powers its Sculpt OS general purpose OS and over the years has proven to be an interesting technical grounds for those interested in OS concepts...

Linux user share hits a multi-year high on Steam for May 2025  GamingOnLinux

Linux security flaw gives hackers access to sensitive data  techzine.eu

New Linux Security Bugs Could Expose Password Hashes Across Millions of Devices  GBHackers News

Critical Linux Vulnerabilities Expose Password Hashes on Millions of Linux Systems Worldwide  CybersecurityNews

Linux App Release Roundup: May 2025  OMG! Ubuntu

Ubuntu 25.10 Switches to Rust-based Sudo  OMG! Ubuntu

Valve just published the Steam Survey results for May 2025 with a nice increase for the Linux gaming marketshare...

Steam On Linux Use Hit A Recent High Of 2.69% During May  Phoronix

Wine 10.9 fell slightly off its bi-weekly Friday release rhythm with only debuting today, but in any event it's now available for testing with the latest features for enjoying Windows games/applications on Linux and other platforms...

The reasons people hate Linux are why I love it  XDA

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: June 1st, 2025  9to5Linux

Merged today for the Linux 6.16 kernel were all of the Watchdog subsystem updates for monitoring system health and taking action such as rebooting if the system state goes bad. With the Linux 6.16 is the introduction of the Intel Overclocking Watchdog "OC WDT" driver...

Intel Overclocking Watchdog Driver Merged For Linux 6.16  Phoronix