Gnoppix KDE 25.10 Launches with Debian Trixie Base
https://linuxiac.com/gnoppix-kde-25-10-launches-with-debian-trixie-base/

📰 Linux 6.18 exFAT Driver Lands An Enticing Optimization

In addition to the NTFS3 driver changes to land last week for the Linux 6.18 kernel, the exFAT file-system driver for that other Microsoft file-system has also seen some notable updates this cycle...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.18-exFAT-File-System

📰 UpCloud Becomes Linuxiac’s New Home: Here’s Why I Made the Move

Linuxiac now runs on UpCloud! Here’s why I decided to make the move to this high-performance cloud hosting provider and what makes their VPS service so impressive.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/upcloud-becomes-linuxiac-new-home/

Proton Experimental brings fixes for The Quarry, For Honor, God of War: Ragnarok and more | GamingOnLinux
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/proton-experimental-brings-fixes-for-the-quarry-for-honor-god-of-war-ragnarok-and-more/

📰 Blender 5.0 Beta Builds Available Ahead Of Next Month's Official Release

Beta builds of the Blender 5.0 3D modeling software are now available ahead of the planned stable release in mid-November...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Blender-5.0-Beta

📰 Linux 6.18 RISC-V Default Kernel Builds To Support Front Panel Shutdown/Reboot Buttons

Following last week's RISC-V pull request that brought support for the MIPS Vendor Extensions and other changes plus separately the SoC pull that added mainline ESWIN EIC7700 SoC support and the HiFive Premier P550, a secondary round of RISC-V architecture updates was submitted for the Linux 6.18 merge window...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.18-More-RISC-V

📰 Why I moved Pi-hole from my NAS to a dedicated Raspberry Pi, and why you should too

From fragile dependency to rock-solid reliability: The story of moving a critical service to a dedicated device.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/moved-pihole-nas-to-dedicated-raspberry-pi/

📰 System76 Unveils Oryx Pro Linux Laptop with COSMIC Desktop Beta

The Oryx Pro is System76’s latest flagship Linux laptop, powered by Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS Beta and the new COSMIC Desktop Beta.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/system76-unveils-oryx-pro-linux-laptop-with-cosmic-desktop-beta/

📰 Hackers claim Discord breach exposed data of 5.5 million users

Discord says they will not be negotiating with threat actors who claim to have stolen the data of 5.5 million unique users from the company's Zendesk support system instance, including government IDs and partial payment information for some people.

🔗 Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-claim-discord-breach-exposed-data-of-55-million-users/

📰 Wireshark 4.6 Open-Source Network Protocol Analyzer Released as a Major Update

Wireshark 4.6 open-source network protocol analyzer is now available to download with manjor new features and improvements. Here's what's new!

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/wireshark-4-6-open-source-network-protocol-analyzer-released-as-a-major-update

📰 5 Raspberry Pi projects that don’t require soldering

Discover 5 innovative Raspberry Pi projects that skip the soldering, from converting Hi-Fi speakers to streaming devices to creating an AI-art generator display.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/raspberry-pi-projects-that-dont-require-soldering/

📰 PipeWire 1.4.9 Fixes Audio Regression and Improves ALSA Recovery

PipeWire 1.4.9 multimedia framework fixes an audio regression, improves ALSA recovery, and refines SOF card handling for smoother playback.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/pipewire-1-4-9-fixes-audio-regression-and-improves-alsa-recovery/

📰 Meta will move React to Linux Foundation to address vendor dominance fears

Independent technical governance will hope to unite fractured ecosystem Meta will contribute React, React Native, and JSX (JavaScript XML) to a new React Foundation, part of the Linux Foundation, and said that "it is important that no single company or organization is overrepresented."…

🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/10/09/meta_react_foundation/

📰 Linux Driver Support Ready For Intel Panther Lake's NPU 5

In addition to Intel talking up their Panther Lake SoC and its Xe3 integrated graphics at their Tech Tour in Arizona last week, they also hosted sessions on additional aspects of Panther Lake like the IPU 7.5 for web cams and the new NPU 5 IP for AI acceleration. For those wondering, the Intel NPU 5 support under Linux is already largely squared away...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-NPU-5-Panther-Lake-Linux

Firefox's New Profile Manager Goes Live For Everyone Next Week - OMG! Ubuntu
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/10/firefoxs-new-profile-manager-goes-live-for-everyone-next-week

📰 Intel's Lunar Lake isn't as efficient as Arm, but it's getting surprisingly close

Apple's M-series chips have dominated the efficiency conversation for years, and have legitimized Arm as a computing platform in a way no other manufacturer has. Ever since the first M1 showed just how far Arm-based silicon could go in a laptop, Intel's CPUs have been playing catch-up. With Lunar Lake, Intel finally seems to be closing that gap... though not entirely.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/intel-lunar-lake-isnt-efficient-arm-close/

Meta Unveils OpenZL: A New Open Source Data Compression Framework
https://linuxiac.com/meta-unveils-openzl-a-new-open-source-data-compression-framework/

📰 Proton 10.0-3 release candidate live for testing better Windows game compatibility on Linux / Steam Deck

Valve have released a new release candidate build for the Windows compatibility layer Proton, with Proton 10.0-3 available for users to test..Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/proton-10-0-3-release-candidate-live-for-testing-better-windows-game-compatibility-on-linux-steam-deck/

📰 Microsoft Hyper-V Support Further Improved With Linux 6.18

Microsoft's Hyper-V virtualization support within the Linux kernel continues to be steadily enhanced and it's inched along further for Linux 6.18...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.18-Hyper-V

📰 NVIDIA Posts Latest Linux Driver Patches For Open-Source vGPU Support

Just over one year ago NVIDIA posted open-source Linux GPU driver code for GPU virtualization "vGPU" support. That NVIDIA vGPU driver work was recently revised while still posted under a request for comments (RFC) flag...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-vGPU-RFC-v2

📰 Pacsea Is a New TUI That Makes Arch Package Browsing Easier

Pacsea is a new Rust-written terminal TUI for Arch Linux that unifies official and AUR package searches into a single interface.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/pacsea-is-a-new-tui-that-makes-arch-package-browsing-easier/