📰 Cronos: The New Dawn gets performance improvements and a Linux HDR fix
Cronos: The New Dawn is the latest horror game from Bloober Team, and with the latest update it should work a lot better for everyone..
🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/cronos-the-new-dawn-gets-performance-improvements-and-a-linux-hdr-fix/
Cronos: The New Dawn is the latest horror game from Bloober Team, and with the latest update it should work a lot better for everyone..
🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/cronos-the-new-dawn-gets-performance-improvements-and-a-linux-hdr-fix/
GamingOnLinux
Cronos: The New Dawn gets performance improvements and a Linux HDR fix
Cronos: The New Dawn is the latest horror game from Bloober Team, and with the latest update it should work a lot better for everyone.
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Blender 5.0 Vulkan Render Tests Passing On AMD & NVIDIA But Failing For Intel - Phoronix
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Blender-5.0-Vulkan-Intel-Fail
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Blender-5.0-Vulkan-Intel-Fail
Phoronix
Blender 5.0 Vulkan Render Tests Passing On AMD & NVIDIA But Failing For Intel
Blender 5.0 is working its way toward an official release in mid-November and is soon transitioning from its alpha to beta stage
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📰 GNU Linux-libre 6.17 Deblobs The New Intel IPU7 Driver, Adjusts Existing Drivers
Building off yesterday's release of Linux 6.17, the GNU Linux-libre 6.17-gnu kernel is now available for this downstream kernel variant that strips away support for loading non-free microcode and other elements not aligned with the Free Software Foundation principles. This ultimately ends up limiting the hardware support available with most of today's modern hardware requiring microcode/firmware but alas here is the latest release with a fresh...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Linux-libre-6.17
Building off yesterday's release of Linux 6.17, the GNU Linux-libre 6.17-gnu kernel is now available for this downstream kernel variant that strips away support for loading non-free microcode and other elements not aligned with the Free Software Foundation principles. This ultimately ends up limiting the hardware support available with most of today's modern hardware requiring microcode/firmware but alas here is the latest release with a fresh...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-Linux-libre-6.17
Phoronix
GNU Linux-libre 6.17 Deblobs The New Intel IPU7 Driver, Adjusts Existing Drivers
Building off yesterday's release of Linux 6.17, the GNU Linux-libre 6.17-gnu kernel is now available for this downstream kernel variant that strips away support for loading non-free microcode and other elements not aligned with the Free Software Foundation…
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📰 OpenTofu Introduces Ephemeral Support for Safer Secrets Management
OpenTofu nightly builds add Ephemeral and Write-Only features, arriving soon in 1.11 for better secret and state management.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/opentofu-introduces-ephemeral-support-for-safer-secrets-management/
OpenTofu nightly builds add Ephemeral and Write-Only features, arriving soon in 1.11 for better secret and state management.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/opentofu-introduces-ephemeral-support-for-safer-secrets-management/
Linuxiac
OpenTofu Introduces Ephemeral Support for Safer Secrets Management
OpenTofu nightly builds add Ephemeral and Write-Only features, arriving soon in 1.11 for better secret and state management.
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📰 RISC-V With Linux 6.18 Brings Support For MIPS Vendor Extensions
Back during the Linux 6.17 merge window the RISC-V changes were rejected as "garbage" for being submitted too late in the merge window and with some code choices that upset Linus Torvalds. With lessons learned, the RISC-V changes for Linux 6.18 were submitted today during the first official day of this new kernel cycle...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.18-RISC-V
Back during the Linux 6.17 merge window the RISC-V changes were rejected as "garbage" for being submitted too late in the merge window and with some code choices that upset Linus Torvalds. With lessons learned, the RISC-V changes for Linux 6.18 were submitted today during the first official day of this new kernel cycle...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.18-RISC-V
Phoronix
RISC-V With Linux 6.18 Brings Support For MIPS Vendor Extensions
Back during the Linux 6.17 merge window the RISC-V changes were rejected as 'garbage' for being submitted too late in the merge window and with some code choices that upset Linus Torvalds
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📰 Fork yeah: Valkey 9 sharpens edge against Redis
Open source database adds multi-tenant clustering, safer shutdowns, and eyes life beyond caching Open source key-value database Valkey is set for its ninth iteration next month, promising improved resource optimization and availability.…
🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/09/29/valkey_9/
Open source database adds multi-tenant clustering, safer shutdowns, and eyes life beyond caching Open source key-value database Valkey is set for its ninth iteration next month, promising improved resource optimization and availability.…
🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/09/29/valkey_9/
The Register
Fork yeah: Valkey 9 sharpens edge against Redis
: Open source database adds multi-tenant clustering, safer shutdowns, and eyes life beyond caching
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📰 Brave launches 'Ask Brave' feature to fuse AI with traditional search
Brave Software, the creator of the privacy-focused web browser and search engine, has introduced a new subsystem called Ask Brave that unifies search and AI chat into a single interface.
🔗 Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/brave-launches-ask-brave-feature-to-fuse-ai-with-traditional-search/
Brave Software, the creator of the privacy-focused web browser and search engine, has introduced a new subsystem called Ask Brave that unifies search and AI chat into a single interface.
🔗 Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/brave-launches-ask-brave-feature-to-fuse-ai-with-traditional-search/
BleepingComputer
Brave launches 'Ask Brave' feature to fuse AI with traditional search
Brave Software, the creator of the privacy-focused web browser and search engine, has introduced a new subsystem called Ask Brave that unifies search and AI chat into a single interface.
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📰 Linux 6.18 Updating The Baseline For Marking Intel CPU Microcode As Outdated
Introduced this year with the Linux 6.16 kernel was the new functionality for reporting to users when running on outdated Intel CPU microcode since it can pose security vulnerability issues and/or functionality problems. The Linux kernel support for propagating this "old_microcode" reporting via sysfs relies on a static list of microcode versions corresponding to different Intel CPU generations. For the Linux 6.
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Old-Microcode-Linux-6.18
Introduced this year with the Linux 6.16 kernel was the new functionality for reporting to users when running on outdated Intel CPU microcode since it can pose security vulnerability issues and/or functionality problems. The Linux kernel support for propagating this "old_microcode" reporting via sysfs relies on a static list of microcode versions corresponding to different Intel CPU generations. For the Linux 6.
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Old-Microcode-Linux-6.18
Phoronix
Linux 6.18 Updating The Baseline For Marking Intel CPU Microcode As Outdated
Introduced this year with the Linux 6.16 kernel was the new functionality for reporting to users when running on outdated Intel CPU microcode since it can pose security vulnerability issues and/or functionality problems
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Qualcomm’s 18-core Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme dominates in first benchmarks – 18 cores and 48GB of on-package memory on a 192-bit bus look tough to beat
https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/qualcomms-18-core-snapdragon-x2-elite-extreme-dominates-in-first-benchmarks-18-cores-and-48gb-of-on-package-memory-on-a-192-bit-bus-look-tough-to-beat
https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/qualcomms-18-core-snapdragon-x2-elite-extreme-dominates-in-first-benchmarks-18-cores-and-48gb-of-on-package-memory-on-a-192-bit-bus-look-tough-to-beat
Tom's Hardware
Qualcomm’s 18-core Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme dominates in first benchmarks – 18 cores and 48GB of on-package memory on a 192…
Can competing chip makers strike back before the X2’s arrival in 2026?
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📰 NVIDIA Has Been Supplying NDA'ed Docs To Red Hat For Helping NVK Driver
Following AMD announcing the end of the AMDVLK Vulkan driver development in favor of focusing on the Mesa RADV driver for Linux systems, Red Hat engineer David Airlie who was one of the co-lead developers of the RADV driver shared some interesting insight on NVK as the open-source NVIDIA Vulkan driver being developed within Mesa...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVK-Vulkan-Red-Hat-NDA-Docs
Following AMD announcing the end of the AMDVLK Vulkan driver development in favor of focusing on the Mesa RADV driver for Linux systems, Red Hat engineer David Airlie who was one of the co-lead developers of the RADV driver shared some interesting insight on NVK as the open-source NVIDIA Vulkan driver being developed within Mesa...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVK-Vulkan-Red-Hat-NDA-Docs
Phoronix
NVIDIA Has Been Supplying NDA'ed Docs To Red Hat For Helping NVK Driver
Following AMD announcing the end of the AMDVLK Vulkan driver development in favor of focusing on the Mesa RADV driver for Linux systems, Red Hat engineer David Airlie who was one of the co-lead developers of the RADV driver shared some interesting insight…
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📰 Linus Torvalds Removes The Bcachefs Code From The Linux Kernel
With Linux 6.17 was the decision by Linus Torvalds to mark Bcachefs as "externally maintained" and not accept any new Bcachefs code into the mainline kernel but keeping the existing code within the tree. That was useful for those relying on Bcachefs to still boot a mainline kernel at least. Now for Linux 6.18, the Bcachefs code was removed from the mainline kernel...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Bcachefs-Removed-Linux-6.18
With Linux 6.17 was the decision by Linus Torvalds to mark Bcachefs as "externally maintained" and not accept any new Bcachefs code into the mainline kernel but keeping the existing code within the tree. That was useful for those relying on Bcachefs to still boot a mainline kernel at least. Now for Linux 6.18, the Bcachefs code was removed from the mainline kernel...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Bcachefs-Removed-Linux-6.18
Phoronix
Linus Torvalds Removes The Bcachefs Code From The Linux Kernel
With Linux 6.17 was the decision by Linus Torvalds to mark Bcachefs as 'externally maintained' and not accept any new Bcachefs code into the mainline kernel but keeping the existing code within the tree
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3 Terminal Tricks You'll Wish You Knew Earlier
https://www.howtogeek.com/terminal-tricks-youll-wish-you-knew-earlier/
https://www.howtogeek.com/terminal-tricks-youll-wish-you-knew-earlier/
How-To Geek
3 Terminal Tricks You'll Wish You Knew Earlier
Or slog it out with the keyboard for the rest of your life.
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📰 Intel Linux Setbacks, Linux Kernel Drama & Other Q3 Highlights
So far on this last day of Q3'2025 we are at just over 800 original Linux news articles for the quarter on Linux hardware and open-source software. Here is a look back at what proved to be most popular for the quarter...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Q3-2025-Linux-News
So far on this last day of Q3'2025 we are at just over 800 original Linux news articles for the quarter on Linux hardware and open-source software. Here is a look back at what proved to be most popular for the quarter...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Q3-2025-Linux-News
Phoronix
Intel Linux Setbacks, Linux Kernel Drama & Other Q3 Highlights
So far on this last day of Q3'2025 we are at just over 800 original Linux news articles for the quarter on Linux hardware and open-source software
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📰 5 tasks a Raspberry Pi can be good for as a home server
Turn your Raspberry Pi into a home server for media, files, ad blocking, websites, and smart home monitoring.
🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/tasks-raspberry-pi-good-for-home-server/
Turn your Raspberry Pi into a home server for media, files, ad blocking, websites, and smart home monitoring.
🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/tasks-raspberry-pi-good-for-home-server/
XDA
5 tasks a Raspberry Pi can be good for as a home server
Turn your Raspberry Pi into a home server for media, files, ad blocking, websites, and smart home monitoring.
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Wine 11.0 On Track For January Release With NTSYNC & New WoW64 Mode
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-11.0-January-2026
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-11.0-January-2026
Phoronix
Wine 11.0 On Track For January Release With NTSYNC & New WoW64 Mode
WineConf as the annual Wine developer conference, for this open-source software allowing Windows games and applications to run on Linux, took place this weekend in The Hague
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📰 I tested local LLMs on the Snapdragon X Elite's NPU, and they're surprisingly good and power efficient
NPUs haven't been getting a lot of use so far, but the latest Nexa SDK finally makes it possible to run popular LLMs on the Snapdragon X Elite.
🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/these-llms-run-locally-snapdragon-x-elite-npu-surprisingly-good/
NPUs haven't been getting a lot of use so far, but the latest Nexa SDK finally makes it possible to run popular LLMs on the Snapdragon X Elite.
🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/these-llms-run-locally-snapdragon-x-elite-npu-surprisingly-good/
XDA
I tested local LLMs on the Snapdragon X Elite's NPU, and they're surprisingly good and power efficient
The NPU is finally getting useful
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📰 CISA warns of critical Linux Sudo flaw exploited in attacks
Hackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-32463) in the sudo package that enables the execution of commands with root-level privileges on Linux operating systems.
🔗 Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-warns-of-critical-linux-sudo-flaw-exploited-in-attacks/
Hackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-32463) in the sudo package that enables the execution of commands with root-level privileges on Linux operating systems.
🔗 Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-warns-of-critical-linux-sudo-flaw-exploited-in-attacks/
BleepingComputer
CISA warns of critical Linux Sudo flaw exploited in attacks
Hackers are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-32463) in the sudo package that enables the execution of commands with root-level privileges on Linux operating systems.
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📰 Apple HFS/HFS+ File-System Drivers See More Fixes With Linux 6.18
In addition to the IEEE-1394 Firewire support still being maintained within the Linux kernel, another Apple tech still seeing code churn within the Linux kernel years later are the HFS and HFS+ file-systems. For the Linux 6.18 kernel are more fixes to the HFS/HFS+ support...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Apple-HFS-Linux-6.18
In addition to the IEEE-1394 Firewire support still being maintained within the Linux kernel, another Apple tech still seeing code churn within the Linux kernel years later are the HFS and HFS+ file-systems. For the Linux 6.18 kernel are more fixes to the HFS/HFS+ support...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Apple-HFS-Linux-6.18
Phoronix
Apple HFS/HFS+ File-System Drivers See More Fixes With Linux 6.18
In addition to the IEEE-1394 Firewire support still being maintained within the Linux kernel, another Apple tech still seeing code churn within the Linux kernel years later are the HFS and HFS+ file-systems
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📰 Pop! System76's 24.04 beta is here – complete with a beta of polarizing COSMIC
Twice the betas and twice the crashes means twice the fun, right? It's September 2025 and the beta of the April 2024 release of Pop!_OS is here. It's fast, fluid – and fallible.…
🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/09/30/pop_os_2404_beta_released/
Twice the betas and twice the crashes means twice the fun, right? It's September 2025 and the beta of the April 2024 release of Pop!_OS is here. It's fast, fluid – and fallible.…
🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/09/30/pop_os_2404_beta_released/
The Register
Pop! System76's 24.04 beta is here – complete with a beta of polarizing COSMIC
: Twice the betas and twice the crashes means twice the fun, right?
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📰 Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.0 Released Based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
UBports releases Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.0 with new features, fresh logos, and support for additional mobile devices.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/ubuntu-touch-24-04-1-0-released-based-on-ubuntu-24-04-lts/
UBports releases Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.0 with new features, fresh logos, and support for additional mobile devices.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/ubuntu-touch-24-04-1-0-released-based-on-ubuntu-24-04-lts/
Linuxiac
Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.0 Released Based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
UBports releases Ubuntu Touch 24.04-1.0 with new features, fresh logos, and support for additional mobile devices.
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📰 NVIDIA driver 580.95.05 released as the latest recommended for Linux
NVIDIA have launched their latest recommended driver for Linux users with driver version 580.95.05 now available..Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/nvidia-driver-580-95-05-released-as-the-latest-recommended-for-linux/
NVIDIA have launched their latest recommended driver for Linux users with driver version 580.95.05 now available..Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/nvidia-driver-580-95-05-released-as-the-latest-recommended-for-linux/
GamingOnLinux
NVIDIA driver 580.95.05 released as the latest recommended for Linux
NVIDIA have launched their latest recommended driver for Linux users with driver version 580.95.05 now available.
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