📰 Watch Out Elasticsearch! Tiger Data's PostgreSQL BM25 Search Extension Goes Open Source

Previously proprietary PostgreSQL extension is now freely available on GitHub.

🔗 Source: https://itsfoss.com/news/tiger-data-pg-textsearch/

📰 Mesa 26.0 NVK Driver Lands Improvement For NVIDIA GeForce RTX 20 "Turing" GPUs

In addition to the open-source NVIDIA "NVK" Vulkan driver in Mesa merging compression support for big performance wins, another performance optimization was merged earlier in the week that stand to benefit GeForce RTX 20 "Turing" graphics processors...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-26-NVK-Compute-Warp-Size

📰 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Confirms its Kernel Version

Canonical confirms Ubuntu 26.04 LTS will ship with Linux kernel 6.20 (7.0) in April, bringing latest hardware support and performance improvements to users.You're reading Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Confirms its Kernel Version, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/ubuntu-26-04-lts-kernel-version-confirmed

📰 Arch Linux's Main NVIDIA Driver Packages Now Using The Open Kernel Modules

With the Arch Linux packages for the NVIDIA official graphics driver moving to the now-stable NVIDIA 590 driver series that drops the GeForce GTX 900 and GTX 1000 series GPU support, Arch Linux users with those old Maxwell and Pascal graphics cards will need to transition to using the NVIDIA legacy driver packages from the Arch Linux AUR.

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Arch-LInux-NVIDIA-Open-Default

📰 Immich 2.4 Released With Command Palette and UI Refinements

Immich 2.4, a self-hosted photo and video management platform, introduces a new command palette, refined UI animations, shared album improvements, and more.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/immich-2-4-released-with-command-palette-and-ui-refinements/

📰 Intel Readies Multi-Queue Support For Linux 7.0 As New Feature For Crescent Island

In addition to this week's drm-intel-next pull request to DRM-Next adding Nova Lake display support, a drm-xe-next pull request was also sent out on Friday that prepares a new multi-queue feature for Xe3P_XPC -- initially just the "Crescent Island" AI inference accelerator card. Plus other new features too for this Xe kernel driver in the upcoming Linux 7.0~6.20 kernel version...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Xe-Multi-Queue-Linux-7.0

📰 The Steam Deck LCD has been discontinued, making the Steam Deck 512GB OLED the new entry-level option

When Valve introduced the Steam Deck OLED a little over two years ago, the company lowered the price of the Steam Deck LCD with 256GB of storage to $399 and discontinued the lower-spec Steam Deck LCD with 64GB of eMMC storage. Since Steam Deck OLED prices start at $549, that meant that customers looking for .

🔗 Source: https://liliputing.com/the-steam-deck-lcd-has-been-discontinued-making-the-steam-deck-512gb-oled-the-new-entry-level-option/

📰 MIT and Apache 2.0 Lead Open Source Licensing in 2025

According to the Open Source Initiative, MIT and Apache 2.0 remain the most widely used open source licenses in 2025.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/mit-and-apache-2-0-lead-open-source-licensing-in-2025/

📰 I thought my spare Raspberry Pis were pointless until I started clustering them

There's a lot of horsepower hidden under that adorable appearance.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/i-thought-my-raspberry-pis-were-pointless-until-i-clustered-them/

📰 GotaTun Open-Source Rust WireGuard Implementation Announced By Mullvad

The Swedish VPN service Mullvad announced this week GotaTun, an open-source Rust-based WireGuard implementation that is forked from Cloudflare's BoringTun...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/GotaTun-Rust-WireGuard-OSS

📰 I switched from Docker Desktop to Portainer, but this tool is better than both of them

Ever since its introduction, Docker Desktop has been the de facto standard for container management, but its resource-heavy nature forced many of us to seek alternatives like Portainer. While Portainer is powerful for fleet management, I have finally switched my entire workflow to Podman, and I can confidently say this daemonless, rootless container engine is better than both its predecessor.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/switched-from-docker-desktop-to-portainer-this-tool-is-better/

📰 Chimera Linux Releases New Images With Kernel 6.18

Chimera Linux has published new December 2025 images based on kernel 6.18, delivering updated desktops and refreshed system components.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/chimera-linux-releases-new-images-with-kernel-6-18/

📰 Darktable 5.4 Open-Source RAW Image Editor Improves Camera Support

Darktable 5.4 open-source RAW image editor is now available for download with support for new cameras, new noise profiles, and bug fixes. Here’s what’s new!

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/darktable-5-4-open-source-raw-image-editor-improves-camera-support

📰 Linux 6.19 Lands Fix For Seagate Barracuda HDD Taking Down The SATA Bus

It's not often getting to talk about hard drives on Phoronix these days, but there's an important fix merged to the Linux 6.19 kernel today ahead of Linux 6.19-rc2. If you happen to be using a Seagate ST2000DM008 Barracuda 2TB HDD, an important fix was merged to avoid it taking down the systems' SATA bus and/or potentially other issues...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-Seagate-HDD-Fix

📰 Ventoy 1.1.10 Bootable USB Creator Released with Support for AerynOS

Ventoy 1.1.10 open-source bootable USB solution is now available for download with support for AerynOS and other improvements. Here's what's new!

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/ventoy-1-1-10-bootable-usb-creator-released-with-support-for-aerynos

📰 Fedora Silverblue is the first Linux distro that actually feels like the future

A little while ago, I gave Fedora Silverblue a spin, and it felt futuristic to me. Not futuristic in the way that it felt like I was using a computer straight out of The Jetsons, but it was more like a glimpse into what I believe is the very real future of Linux distros and how they'll work in the future.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/fedora-silverblue-future-of-desktop-linux/

📰 AMD ISP4 Linux Driver Patches Update Again For HP ZBook Ultra G1a, Future Ryzen Laptops

One of the features that sadly didn't make it into the recent Linux 6.19 merge window was the long-awaited AMD ISP4 driver for supporting the web camera found with the high-end HP ZBook Ultra G1a and also expected to be used by future flagship AMD Ryzen laptops...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-ISP4-Driver-Linux-v7

📰 MPV 0.41 Open-Source Video Player Released with Improved Wayland Support

MPV 0.41 open-source media player is now available for download with improved Wayland support and ambient light support on Linux. Here’s what’s new!

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/mpv-0-41-open-source-video-player-released-with-improved-wayland-support

📰 GnuCash 5.14 Open-Source Accounting Software Adds Support for US Bonds

GnuCash 5.14 open-source, free, and cross-platform accounting software is now available for download with various improvements and bug fixes.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/gnucash-5-14-open-source-accounting-software-adds-support-for-us-bonds

📰 The Linux Foundation Spent $8.4 Million on the Linux Kernel Project in 2025

The Linux Foundation reports over $310M in 2025 revenue, with $8.41M allocated to the Linux Kernel Project.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/the-linux-foundation-spent-8-4-million-on-the-linux-kernel-project-in-2025/

📰 Through gritted teeth, Apple and Google allow alternative app stores in Japan

PLUS: Debian supports Chinese chips ; Hong Kong’s Christmas Karaoke crackdown; Asahi admits it should have prevented hack; And more! APAC in Brief Google and Apple last week started to allow developers of mobile applications to distribute their wares through third-party app stores and accept payments from alternative payment providers.…

🔗 Source: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/12/22/asia_tech_news_roundup/