📰 AMD Zen 6 Compiler Support Merged For GCC 16

Ahead of AMD releasing their Zen 6 EPYC and Ryzen processors in 2026, AMD today saw their Zen 6 "znver6" support land into the GCC 16 open-source compiler...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-Zen-6-znver6-GCC-16

📰 Debusine Repositories Enter Beta: Ubuntu PPA-Like User Archives For Debian Linux

Colin Watson announced that Debusine repositories are now available in beta form, which can be used to maintain APT-compatible add-on package repositories for Debian Linux. This comes down to being similar in nature to Personal Package Archives (PPAs) that are popular with Ubuntu Linux...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debusine-Repositories-Beta

📰 This open-source app is the perfect companion to NotebookLM for long-form research

While Google’s NotebookLM has proven to be an excellent AI partner that excels at summarizing large documents and generating creative insights based on your uploaded sources, you can’t really use it as a note-taking app.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/open-source-app-perfect-companion-notebooklm-long-form-research/

📰 Asahi Linux Gets Microphone Working For M2 Pro/Max, Eyes Installer Improvements

The Asahi Linux project is out with their latest status report to highlight upstream improvements made for the newly-minted Linux 6.18 kernel as well as some of their efforts going on downstream within Asahi Linux itself...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Asahi-Linux-December-2025

📰 Nitrux proves that using a fancy new Linux distro isn't always a good idea

It's fun to play around with different Linux distros, but you might not want to use every new one that pops up. Here's why.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/nitrux-proves-using-new-fancy-linux-distro-not-always-good-idea/

📰 Intel XPU Manager Updated With BMG-G31 GPU Support

Intel XPU Manager 1.3.5 released today as the newest version of this open-source software for monitoring and managing Intel GPU hardware with a focus on their data center products. Notable with this revision is adding BMG-G31 GPU support...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-XPU-Manager-BMG-G31

📰 Kimwolf Botnet Hijacks 1.8 Million Android TVs, Launches Large-Scale DDoS Attacks

A new distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet known as Kimwolf has enlisted a massive army of no less than 1.8 million infected devices comprising Android-based TVs, set-top boxes, and tablets, and may be associated with another botnet known as AISURU, according to findings from QiAnXin XLab."Kimwolf is a botnet compiled using the NDK ," the company said in a report.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2025/12/kimwolf-botnet-hijacks-18-million.html

📰 Linux Patches Begin Adapting RAID Code To Use Folios

A new set of patches posted today to the Linux kernel mailing list begin adapting the Linux software RAID code paths to begin making use of the folio data structure...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-RAID-MD-Folios

📰 Flatpak 1.16.2 Linux App Sandboxing Framework Enables VA-API for Intel Xe GPUs

Flatpak 1.16.2 Linux app sandboxing and distribution framework is now available for download with various enhancements and bug fixes. Here’s what’s new!

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/flatpak-1-16-2-linux-app-sandboxing-framework-enables-va-api-for-intel-xe-gpus

📰 Asahi Linux Delivers Apple Silicon Gains With Kernel 6.18

Asahi Linux reports major upstream progress in Linux kernel 6.18, improving Apple Silicon support across audio, USB-C, sensors, and more.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/asahi-linux-delivers-apple-silicon-gains-with-kernel-6-18/

📰 Systemd 259 Released With Experimental Musl libc Support, More Features

Systemd 259 is out as the newest feature release for this widely-used Linux init system and service manager. Yes, there are more features in tow for this systemd release to top off 2025...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/systemd-259

📰 Driving a seamless Chromium experience on MediaTek SoCs

As Chromium becomes the default UI runtime on embedded Linux devices, we’re closing long-standing V4L2 gaps and enabling efficient hardware video encoding and decoding on MediaTek platforms for both downstream and upstream.

🔗 Source: https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/driving-a-seamless-chromium-experience-on-mediatek-socs.html

📰 Kimsuky Spreads DocSwap Android Malware via QR Phishing Posing as Delivery App

The North Korean threat actor known as Kimsuky has been linked to a new campaign that distributes a new variant of Android malware called DocSwap via QR codes hosted on phishing sites mimicking Seoul-based logistics firm CJ Logistics (formerly CJ Korea Express)."The threat actor leveraged QR codes and notification pop-ups to lure victims into installing and executing the malware on their mobile.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2025/12/kimsuky-spreads-docswap-android-malware.html

📰 How to Install Zabbix Server on Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble Numbat)

Zabbix is an open-source enterprise-class monitoring software that tracks the performance and availability of servers, network devices, and applications in real-time. It uses a server-client model, where the central system needs the Zabbix server installed and the systems being monitored require the Zabbix agent. The.

🔗 Source: https://linuxtldr.com/install-zabbix-server-on-ubuntu/

📰 How to Install RQuickShare (NearbyShare/QuickShare) on Linux

RQuickShare is a Rust implementation of the smartphone NearbyShare/QuickShare feature for Linux and macOS. It’s a free, open-source, lightweight tool designed to seamlessly transfer files between desktops and smartphones. There are very few options available in the settings; you can only adjust the default bootup.

🔗 Source: https://linuxtldr.com/install-rquickshare-on-linux/

📰 AMD Awarding Ryzen AI Max+ "Strix Halo" Laptops To Those Fixing ROCm Bugs

AMD Ryzen AI Max+ "Strix Halo" is beautifully awesome. Probably my favorite hardware of 2025 whether it's in desktop form with the likes of the Framework Desktop or for very powerful laptops between the Zen 5 CPU cores and very capable Radeon 8060S Graphics within devices like the HP ZBook Ultra G1a. If you are interested by Strix Halo too and looking for a way to obtain one without the high price, AMD is running a holiday special of those...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Strix-Halo-ROCm-Bug-Fixes

📰 The Upcoming Armbian Imager Tool is a Godsend for Non-Raspberry Pi SBC Owners

Official Armbian utility supports over 300 boards with smart image filtering and verified writes.

🔗 Source: https://itsfoss.com/news/armbian-imager-quietly-debuts/

📰 Intel ISPC 1.29 Drops Gen9 GPU Targets, Add New Optimizations & Experimental RISC-V

Intel ISPC 1.29 released on Wednesday as the newest feature update to this Implicit SPMD Program Compiler as a C variant able to target Intel hardware from their CPUs to GPUs for SIMD programming...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-ISPC-1.29

📰 NVIDIA Releases Linux Driver 590.48 With Wayland and Vulkan Fixes

NVIDIA’s Linux driver 590.48 debuts as a New Feature Branch release with Wayland fixes, Vulkan performance improvements, and updated platform requirements.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/nvidia-releases-linux-driver-590-48-with-wayland-and-vulkan-fixes/

📰 Linux Mint 22.3 “Zena” Beta Is Available for Download with Cinnamon 6.6

Linux Mint 22.3 beta is now available for download with the Cinnamon 6.6, Xfce 4.20, and MATE 1.26 desktops, based on Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/linux-mint-22-3-zena-beta-is-available-for-download-with-cinnamon-6-6

📰 The First Rust CVE in Linux Kernel Only Makes Your System Crash

Greg Kroah-Hartman announced this alongside 150+ C code vulnerabilities that were addressed.

🔗 Source: https://itsfoss.com/news/first-linux-kernel-rust-cve/