Open-source News

Systemd 259 is out as the newest feature release for this widely-used Linux init system and service manager. Yes, there are more features in tow for this systemd release to top off 2025...

Systemd 259 Released With Experimental Musl libc Support, More Features  Phoronix

Flatpak 1.16.2 Linux App Sandboxing Framework Enables VA-API for Intel Xe GPUs  9to5Linux

A new set of patches posted today to the Linux kernel mailing list begin adapting the Linux software RAID code paths to begin making use of the folio data structure...

Linux Patches Begin Adapting RAID Code To Use Folios  Phoronix

Intel XPU Manager 1.3.5 released today as the newest version of this open-source software for monitoring and managing Intel GPU hardware with a focus on their data center products. Notable with this revision is adding BMG-G31 GPU support...

Intel XPU Manager Updated With BMG-G31 GPU Support  Phoronix

5 features that make Linux more productive than Windows or Mac  How-To Geek

Gnome Linux desktop bans vibe-coded extensions over AI slop code  Notebookcheck

Official Proton VPN app lands on even more Linux devices  TechRadar

Safely shutting down Linux on your single board computer  Adafruit

A closer look at ExpressVPN’s new Qt desktop experience  ExpressVPN

Intel Xeon 6980P vs. AMD EPYC 9755 128-Core Showdown With The Latest Linux Software For EOY2025 Review  Phoronix

Since receiving the Gigabyte R284-A92-AAL1 a while back as a Xeon 6900 series 2U server platform to replace the failed Intel AvenueCity reference server, I have been getting caught-up in fresh Xeon 6980P Granite Rapids benchmarks with the latest software updates over the past year. I've provided fresh looks at the DDR5-6400 vs. MRDIMM-8800 performance, the AMX benefits for AI, SNC3 vs. HEX mode, Latency Optimized Mode, Cache Aware Scheduling, and more with the fresh Linux software stack and this production Gigabyte server platform. One of the areas I have been meaning to re-visit is a fresh head-to-head benchmark battle between 5th Gen AMD EPYC "Turin" and Intel Xeon 6 "Granite Rapids". In this article is a 128-core showdown between the Xeon 6980P and EPYC 9755 128-core processors with the latest open-source Linux software as of the end of 2025.

The Asahi Linux project is out with their latest status report to highlight upstream improvements made for the newly-minted Linux 6.18 kernel as well as some of their efforts going on downstream within Asahi Linux itself...

Engineer turns E-ink tablet into computer monitor in Linux — perfect secondary reading screen to reduce eye strain over the network  Tom's Hardware

Ubuntu Studio is Linux's best-kept secret for creators  How-To Geek

Colin Watson announced that Debusine repositories are now available in beta form, which can be used to maintain APT-compatible add-on package repositories for Debian Linux. This comes down to being similar in nature to Personal Package Archives (PPAs) that are popular with Ubuntu Linux...

Debusine Repositories Enter Beta: Ubuntu PPA-Like User Archives For Debian Linux  Phoronix

Developer OS Preference Statistics  commandlinux.com