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One of the biggest surprises of last year was finding out that VMware has been working on shifting VMware Workstation from proprietary code to building atop the upstream KVM code within the Linux kernel. Following the initial patches from last October, an updated patch series was sent out on the Linux kernel mailing list yesterday for working on this transition...

The Google Pixel 4a smartphones launched in mid-2020 and now in mid-2025 it looks like we might finally be close to seeing mainline kernel support for the Pixel 4a devices and other hardware making use of Qualcomm Snapdragon 730/730G/732G SoCs...

Patches Hoping For The Upstream Kernel Finally Provide Google Pixel 4a Support  Phoronix

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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) has been a reliable and solid operating system for many users. However, as we move

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QEMU 10.0 was released today as the newest version of this emulator code that plays an important role in the open-source Linux virtualization stack...

QEMU 10.0 Open-Source Virtualization Software Released, Here’s What’s New  9to5Linux

OpenMandriva Lx 6.0 Released with Linux 6.14, KDE Plasma 6.3, and Server Edition  9to5Linux

Intel’s new Linux graphics driver finally allows full memory use (performance jumps 43%)  Journée Mondiale

With the Linux 6.15 kernel settling down nicely, I've been testing out the current Linux Git state on more systems in looking for any performance changes. Unfortunately this week I ran into a large performance regression affecting the Nginx HTTP(S) web server. Here's a look at that problem currently affecting Linux Git.

Linux 6.15 Git Tanked Nginx HTTPS Web Server Performance - Here's The Bisect Review  Phoronix

Malicious npm Packages Attacking Linux Developers to Install SSH Backdoors  CybersecurityNews

Intel Core Ultra 9 285K performance sees 6% improvement on Linux — Arrow Lake boosts even without new '200S Boost' BIOS  Tom's Hardware

The April 2025 ISO update is out today for CachyOS, the Arch based Linux distribution known for its aggressive out-of-the-box performance on modern hardware...

CachyOS Linux Distribution Makes More Improvements To Its Handheld Edition  Phoronix

New to Linux? Don't try these 7 distros (yet)  ZDNET

Mesa's NVK Vulkan driver had been Vulkan 1.4 conformant for Turing and newer GPUs, but now with Mesa 25.2-devel it's Vulkan 1.4 conformant going back to Maxwell GPUs. This change is exported to be back-ported to the upcoming Mesa 25.1 release as well for those interested in using this open-source NVIDIA Vulkan driver...

With Android 16, the Linux terminal gets all the space it needs  ZDNET

For those that have been wondering about the Linux support and more details around the Ryzen AI Max 300 "Strix Halo" APUs on Linux, here's a brief update...

AMD Ryzen AI Max 300 "Strix Halo" Graphics IP Versions Confirmed  Phoronix

18 essential commands for new Linux users  Network World