📰 Better Than Original? 14 Rust-based Alternative CLI Tools to Classic Linux Commands

Hyped on the Rust wagon? How about using these Rust-based, modern, easier to use, better-looking alternatives to the classic Linux commands.

🔗 Source: https://itsfoss.com/rust-alternative-cli-tools/

📰 DietPi 9.19 Introduces BirdNET-Go, Expands Debian Trixie Support

DietPi 9.19 adds BirdNET-Go, broad Debian 13 support across major apps, and key fixes for Raspberry Pi and Allwinner boards.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/dietpi-9-19-introduces-birdnet-go-expands-debian-trixie-support/

📰 NVIDIA Linux Engineer Highlights The Need For Unifying DRM Driver-Side API

One of the NVIDIA presentations at the recent XDC2025 developer conference was not around the NVIDIA driver itself but the ongoing fragmentation that's happening within the Linux Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) subsystem and arguing the need for unifying more driver-side APIs for supporting different Linux DRM clinets...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-Less-DRM-API-Fragments

📰 Traefik Proxy 3.6 Introduces Multi-Layer Routing for Complex Traffic Flows

Traefik Proxy 3.6 introduces multi-layer routing, Knative integration, and Gateway API v1.4 support, delivering stronger routing control for cloud-native workloads.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/traefik-proxy-3-6-introduces-multi-layer-routing/

📰 6 reasons Ubuntu Server makes a better NAS than most NAS operating systems

Over the years, I have tried enough NAS operating systems to know that most of them are designed to cater to a particular kind of user. Some are made to be beginner-friendly, while others are better suited for experiments. But all of them want to lock you down to their own ecosystem, which is especially true for pre-built NAS models that you get off the shelves. When you want to try something even mildly unconventional, you will start to notice...

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/ubuntu-server-vs-nas-os/

📰 Linux 6.18-rc6 Released With Fix For ARM64 "Catastrophic Performance Issue"

Linus Torvalds is out today with the eighth weekly test release of the Linux 6.18 kernel in working toward the stable release at the end of the month...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.18-rc6

📰 Logitech leaks data after zero-day attack

PLUS: CISA still sitting on telecoms security report; DoorDash phished again; Lumma stealer returns; and more INFOSEC IN BRIEF The US Senate passed a resolution in July to force the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to publish a 2022 report into poor security in the telecommunications industry but the agency has not delivered the document.…

🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/11/16/infosec_news_in_brief/

📰 Monitor Your Linux Laptop Battery Health with Wattage

Wattage is a modern GTK4/libadwaita app that detailed battery information on Linux, including capacity, health, cycles, and power draw – no terminal required.You're reading Monitor Your Linux Laptop Battery Health with Wattage, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/11/wattage-battery-monitoring-app-linux

📰 GCC Patch Enables Support For The Rust-Based Wild Linker

The Wild linker is a very speedy linker written in the Rust programming language that has become quite competitive with the likes of Mold. A patch sent out this weekend adds Wild support for use with the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC)...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/GCC-Patch-Wild-Linker

📰 HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 3.25.8 Adds Support for New Printers

HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 3.25.8 drivers are now available for download with support for new HP printers.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing-hplip-3-25-8-adds-support-for-new-printers

📰 AirPods on Linux? LibrePods Project Makes It Possible

LibrePods brings full AirPods support to Linux, including battery status, ANC modes, and gesture detection, all without relying on Apple’s ecosystem.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/airpods-on-linux-librepods-project-makes-it-possible/

📰 Check out the demo for top-down 2D action roguelike Shroomwood now on Steam

A fresh demo for you to try this week, as the top-down 2D action roguelike Shroomwood has a Linux build available for you to shoot your way through..Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/check-out-the-demo-for-top-down-2d-action-roguelike-shroomwood-now-on-steam/

📰 Qt Moves Away From Direct RDRAND/RDSEED Usage For Better Performance & Less Bugs

The Qt toolkit is moving away from directly relying on the CPU's RDRAND and RDSEED instructions for random number generation and to instead rely on the OS-supplied entropy...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Qt-Moves-Off-RDRAND-RDSEED

📰 Timing is everything in the fast-paced arcade racer Wild Horse Racing - try the demo now

If you love arcade-styled retro racing games, Wild Horse Racing looks like it could be good fun and there's a demo available with Linux support..Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/timing-is-everything-in-the-fast-paced-arcade-racer-wild-horse-racing-try-the-demo-now/ù

📰 openSUSE Releases Agama 18 Installer with Cleaner and More Intuitive Storage UI

openSUSE releases Agama 18 installer for Tumbleweed and Slowroll with a cleaner and more intuitive Storage configuration page, and other changes. Here's what's new!

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/opensuse-releases-agama-18-installer-with-cleaner-and-more-intuitive-storage-ui

📰 Intel Nova Lake Power Management Bits Prepped Ahead Of Linux 6.19

Intel engineers continue working on the Nova Lake next-gen processor enablement for the Linux kernel. In addition to the Intel Xe3P graphics and other early Nova Lake enablement work already queued in "-next" Git branches ahead of the Linux 6.19 merge window, the initial power management code is also ready for this next kernel cycle...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Nova-Lake-PM-Linux-6.19

Radxa Dragon Q6A: A Surprisingly Capable Qualcomm-Powered SBC for Edge AI

📝 Article —> https://medium.com/@zlodeibaal/inside-the-radxa-dragon-q6a-a-deep-dive-into-qualcomms-new-edge-ai-platform-34b61a4f2918

🎥 Video —> https://youtu.be/ET4atjeCoB8

📰 systemd Lands Experimental Support For musl libc

Systemd today finally merged support for building against and using the musl libc library. This is a win for Linux distributions like postmarketOS, Alpine Linux, and others that use musl by default as their standard C library or offer it as an option...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/systemd-musl-libc

📰 OpenVPN 2.6.15 Re-Adds Support for Explicitly Configuring the Broadcast Address

OpenVPN 2.6.15 open-source VPN daemon is now available for download with support for explicitly configuring the broadcast address on Linux systems.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/openvpn-2-6-15-re-adds-support-for-explicitly-configuring-the-broadcast-address

📰 Git 2.52 Released With More Preparations Toward Git 3.0

Git 2.52 is out today as the newest feature release of this distributed revision control system and in working toward Git 3.0 that will hopefully release by the end of 2026...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Git-2.52-Released

pdsink - An open-source USB PD 3.2 sink stack for embedded devices
https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/11/17/pdsink-an-open-source-usb-pd-3-2-sink-stack-for-embedded-devices/