Microsoft's DocumentDB Finds New Home with Linux Foundation

DocumentDB joins the Linux Foundation to ensure open, vendor-neutral development.

—> https://news.itsfoss.com/documentdb-moves-to-linux-foundation/

📰 Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is Steam Deck Verified but requires internet even for single-player

Valve have now rated Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds as Steam Deck Verified ahead of release, but we also now know you need to always be online to play it..Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/sonic-racing-crossworlds-is-steam-deck-verified-but-requires-internet-even-for-single-player/

📰 AMD ISP4 Driver Updated As It Nears The Mainline Linux Kernel

Posted today to the Linux kernel mailing list was the patch series for introducing the AMD ISP4 driver to the mainline kernel. This supports the image signal processor IP that to date is found with HP's Strix Halo powered ZBook Ultra G1a laptop. With time, future AMD Ryzen laptops will also likely be leveraging this ISP technology for offloading more webcamera work from the CPU, but for now the HP ZBook Ultra G1a is the main beneficiary of this...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-ISP4-Linux-Driver-v3

📰 First Look at KDE’s Initial System Setup (KISS) Tool in KDE Plasma 6.5

Meet KDE's Initial System Setup (KISS) tool as part of the KDE Plasma 6.5 desktop environment, designed for OEM installations to provide an out-of-the-box user experience when buying a new computer.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/first-look-at-kdes-initial-system-setup-kiss-tool-in-kde-plasma-6-5

📰 Passwordstate dev urges users to patch auth bypass vulnerability

Click Studios, the company behind the Passwordstate enterprise-grade password manager, has warned customers to patch a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability as soon as possible.

🔗 Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/passwordstate-dev-urges-users-to-patch-auth-bypass-vulnerability-as-soon-as-possible/

📰 RCORE V2 is a 2nd-gen RK3588 module for MNT Reform laptops

The MNT Reform line of laptops are hacker-friendly computers that are designed to be modular, repairable, upgradeable, and customizable. At launch the MNT Reform and MNT Pocket Reform both shipped with NXP i.MX8M series processors, but since the processor is part of a removable module, MNT has also offered other options including modules with Allwinner .

🔗 Source: https://liliputing.com/rcore-v2-is-a-2nd-gen-rk3588-module-for-mnt-reform-laptops/

📰 SuperTuxKart’s Stable Release Pitstop Opens Up potential

Fans of iconic open-source racing game SuperTuxKart will have noticed that the upcoming 1.5 release is taking its sweet time to reach the finish line, having hit beta in late 2024 and release candidate status in spring 2025 – with no progress since. Now, in an update on the official development blog, we know why: inter-team turbulence.

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/supertuxkarts-stable-release-pitstop-opens-up-potential

Vivaldi Pushes Back Against AI Browsing Trend
https://linuxiac.com/vivaldi-pushes-back-against-ai-browsing-trend/

Python is Changing – Here’s What’s Coming
—> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv8IbOnaUPM

📰 TrueNAS 25.10 Beta Brings Installation Improvements, NVIDIA Blackwell Support

The engineers over at iXsystems announced today the beta release of TrueNAS 25.10 "Goldeneye" as the latest iteration of this formerly BSD-based OS that has transitioned to making use of the Linux kernel while unifying both the TrueNAS CORE and SCALE offerings...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/TrueNAS-25.10-Beta

Containers in 2025: Docker vs. Podman for Modern Developers
—> https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/containers-2025-docker-vs-podman-modern-developers

📰 Icepi Zero is an open source FPGA board in a Raspberry Pi Zero-sized form factor (crowdfunding)

Nearly a decade ago, Raspberry Pi showed that it’s possible to cram a fully functional computer into a tiny package that’s about the size of a stick of chewing gum or about the size of a USB flash drive. In time since the first Raspberry Pi Zero launched we’ve seen a bunch of updates as .

🔗 Source: https://liliputing.com/icepi-zero-is-an-open-source-fpga-board-in-a-raspberry-pi-zero-sized-form-factor/

How To Search Inside Files In Linux Using Grep, Find And Ripgrep
—> https://ostechnix.com/search-inside-files-linux-grep-find-ripgrep/

📰 Wireshark 4.4.9 Protocol Analyzer Released with Updated Protocols and Bug Fixes

Wireshark 4.4.9 open-source network protocol analyzer is now available to download with various bug fixes and updated protocols. Here's what's changed!

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/wireshark-4-4-9-protocol-analyzer-released-with-updated-protocols-and-bug-fixes

📰 OBS Studio 32 Beta Introduces A Plugin Manager, Hybrid MOV Support

Released overnight in beta form is OBS Studio 32.0, the next feature release for this widely-used, open-source and cross-platform application for desktop streaming/recording...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/OBS-Studio-32.0-Beta

📰 China’s KylinOS Linux takes a great leap forward to v11 and kernel 6.6

Supports several Chinese chips and GPUs – and of course it has AI inside China’s KylinSoft has delivered a major update to its flagship Linux, which Beijing hailed as a great leap forward for the nation’s ambition to develop operating systems that match and exceed the capabilities of western products.…

🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/08/29/kylinos_11/

📰 Fwupd 2.0.14 Brings New Framework & SteelSeries Hardware Support

Fwupd 2.0.14 is out today as the newest version of this open-source firmware updating utility that is widely-used on Linux systems for BIOS/system firmware updates as well as an ever increasing array of different peripheral devices...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fwupd-2.0.14-Released

📰 Armbian 25.8.1 Brings Expanded Board Support, Linux 6.16 Option For Many Boards

Armbian 25.8.1 is now available as a significant update over the Armbian 25.5 release for this Debian-based Linux distribution focused on offering broad support for ARM64 and RISC-V single board computers as well as other devices...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Armbian-25.8.1-Released

📰 Bitnami Ends Free, Stable Images — Users Forced to Migrate or Pay

Bitnami is ending free, stable images on Docker Hub, moving them to a Legacy repo with no support, pushing developers toward paid Secure Images subnoscriptions.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/bitnami-ends-free-stable-images-users-forced-to-migrate-or-pay/

📰 Qualcomm Packet Processing Engine "PPE" Going Upstream For Linux 6.18

Recently queued into the Linux networking subsystem's net-next branch ahead of the Linux 6.18 merge window is the Qualcomm PPE driver to support their Packet Processing Engine on select SoCs...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Qualcomm-PPE-Driver-Linux-6.18

📰 RefreshOS 2.5: The Debian remix that borrows from every desk in the house

A remarkable mixture of different components, but it works RefreshOS is a Debian and KDE-based distro with a difference: it casts its net a lot wider for tools and components.…

🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/08/29/refreshos_25/