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SUSE engineer David Sterba submitted the Btrfs pull request for Linux 6.19 on Friday, ahead of the Linux 6.18 stable kernel release that took place on Sunday. This copy-on-write file-system continues seeing some enticing feature work and other improvements for this next version of the Linux kernel...

Fedora stakeholders have been eyeing a nicer experience for NTSYNC usage with Wine and Steam Play by being able to have the NTSYNC kernel module load when it's likely to be used. That approval has now been granted by the Fedora Engineering and Steering Committee (FESCo) for the Fedora 44 release...

SUSE Announces New Cloud Native Features Compatible with Amazon Linux  HPCwire

Linus Torvalds's 'perfect Linux PC' has Intel B580, not AMD GPU - but neither were first choice  TweakTown

When it comes to AMD Radeon/Instinct GPU compiler support much of the emphasis is on the LLVM/Clang compiler stack with their official AMDGPU LLVM shader compiler back-end as well as having the AOMP downstream compiler fork and the like. But the GNU Compiler Collection "GCC" does continue allow targeting AMD GPU targeting with its "AMDGCN" back-end and using the likes of the OpenMP API. It's not too often seeing new AMD GPU activity there for GCC but merged today is now support for managed memory...

Hytale devs confirm they are working to bring it to Linux and macOS  GamingOnLinux

I've used every immutable Linux distro, and this is the one I'd install today - here's why  ZDNET

While some Linux distributions have begun establishing AI policies, we haven't seen any communicated from the Ubuntu camp yet but will apparently be permitted at least for project infrastructure. AI is being used currently in an effort to help modernize the Ubuntu Error Tracker...

AI Is Being Used To Help Modernize The Ubuntu Error Tracker  Phoronix

Linux kernel 6.18 has arrived: Here's what's new  How-To Geek

KubeCon 2025 Report: SUSE Is Diving Deeper Into the Channel  ChannelE2E

The Handheld Linux Platform Kit Is "Capable of Practically Anything," Its Creators Promise  Hackster.io

The top 2 Linux distros Windows 10 users are fleeing to right now - and why  ZDNET

Linux Desktop Adoption Surges to 11% in 2025 Amid Windows Shift  WebProNews

Rust Updates For Linux 6.19, Rust Minimum Baseline To Likely Follow Debian Stable  Phoronix

Miguel Ojeda has already submitted the core Rust programming language infrastructure updates intended for the Linux 6.19 merge window. In the pull request he also notes that moving forward the minimum supported Rust version for compiling the Linux kernel will likely follow whatever the minimum Rust version currently in use by the latest Debian stable release...

Arch-based distro EndeavourOS gets a new Ganymede release  GamingOnLinux

Zorin OS 18 Might Be The Way Out Of Microsoft's AI Nightmare  Techaeris

Last night Intel finally posted their Gaudi 3 accelerator open-source driver support for the mainline Linux kernel with hopes of getting that long-delayed AI accelerator support into the in-development Linux 6.19 kernel. But as I pointed out, the pull request was coming unusually late for being such a large set of patches and would face an uphill battle to make it for the Linux 6.19 merge window. Sure enough, the pull request was already rejected and withdrawn from being v6.19 material...

Intel Gaudi 3 Driver Support Already Rejected For Linux 6.19  Phoronix