📰 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/

📰 Add a Roaming Pixel Santa to Your Ubuntu Desktop for Christmas

Add an animated Santa desktop pet to Ubuntu with Gnomelets GNOME extension. See Santa walk on windows, jump and roam your screen. Works with GNOME 45+.You're reading Add a Roaming Pixel Santa to Your Ubuntu Desktop for Christmas, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/santa-desktop-pet-ubuntu-gnomelets

📰 13 Awesome Games Linux Users Can Grab in Steam Winter Sale 🎮 (Ends 5 January)

End 2025 on a winning note by grabbing some fun games for your Linux gaming rig!

🔗 Source: https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-games-steam-winter-sale-2025/

📰 Android Malware Operations Merge Droppers, SMS Theft, and RAT Capabilities at Scale

Threat actors have been observed leveraging malicious dropper apps masquerading as legitimate applications to deliver an Android SMS stealer dubbed Wonderland in mobile attacks targeting users in Uzbekistan."Previously, users received 'pure' Trojan APKs that acted as malware immediately upon installation," Group-IB said in an analysis published last week. "Now, adversaries increasingly deploy.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2025/12/android-malware-operations-merge.html

📰 Someone turned a 1955 radio into this cool ESP32-powered internet streamer

Whenever you want to combine a retro device with modern-day luxuries, you can always install some hardware that's small enough to fit within the original shell, yet powerful enough to get the job done. Previously, we've seen people use SBCs to bring new life into old tech, such as that one time someone put a Raspberry Pi into a jukebox.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/1955-radio-esp32-powered-internet-streamer/

📰 Docker Hardened Images now open source and available for free

More than a 1,000 Docker Hardened Images (DHI) are now freely available and open source for software builders, under the Apache 2.0 license.

🔗 Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/docker-hardened-images-now-open-source-and-available-for-free/

📰 Qubes OS 4.3 Brings Fedora 42, Debian 13, and Whonix 18 Templates

The Qubes OS 4.3 release updates default templates to Fedora 42, Debian 13, and Whonix 18, dropping support for older template versions.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/qubes-os-4-3-brings-fedora-42-debian-13-and-whonix-18-templates/

📰 Intel Releases VA-API libva 2.23 Adds AV1 Profile 2 Support

Intel today released libva 2.23 as the newest feature release for this Video Acceleration API "VA-API" reference library implementation. Most significant with libva 2.23 is adding AV1 Profile 2 support...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-libva-2.23-Released

📰 Evolution sim Thrive hits the 1.0 release completing the microbe stage

Thrive is an open source evolution sim that plans to add many different stages of life with the microbe stage now considered actually ready..Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/evolution-sim-thrive-hits-the-1-0-release-completing-the-microbe-stage/

📰 Away from Cloud: This Local, Offline Tool is Perfect for Personal Project Management on Linux Desktop

We have all been there. You start the week with a massive to-do list, only to feel overwhelmed by Tuesday afternoon. While heavy-duty project management tools exist, sometimes you just need a digital version of "sticky notes on a wall".

🔗 Source: https://itsfoss.com/schedule-kanban-board/

📰 What the Linux desktop really needs to challenge Windows

Wasn't 2025 the year it happened? Yes. No. Answers on a Christmas card Opinion I've run Linux desktops since the big interface question was whether to use Korn or Bash for your shell. Before that, I'd used Unix desktops such as Visix Looking Glass, Sun OpenWindows, and SCO's infamous Open Deathtrap Desktop.…

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

📰 elementary OS 8.1 Released with Wayland Session by Default, ARM64 Support

elementary OS 8.1 distribution is now available for download based on Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS and powered by Linux kernel 6.8. Here’s what’s new!

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/elementary-os-8-1-released-with-wayland-session-by-default-arm64-support

📰 Christams Comes Early With elementary OS 8.1 Release

Based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS with Secure Session as default and many other improvements.

🔗 Source: https://itsfoss.com/news/elementary-os-8-1-release/

📰 Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.3 Improves Drive Filtering and AppImage Bundle on Linux

Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.3 microSD card flashing utility is now available for download with performance improvements and bug fixes. Here’s what’s new!

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/raspberry-pi-imager-2-0-3-improves-drive-filtering-and-appimage-bundle-on-linux

📰 RADV Adds Support For New Performance Counters To Help Game Developers

Samuel Pitoiset of Valve's open-source Linux graphics team has landed improvements for the Mesa 260 RADV driver to support new performance counters in conjunction with AMD's Radeon GPU Profiler 2.6 release...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-RADV-RGP-2.6-Counters

📰 Google Taps More Performance Out Of AMD Zen CPUs With BPF-CCX Scheduling

For helping with thread placement on modern AMD Zen systems with multiple CPU core complexes, Google has been developing "BPF CCX" that leverages the Linux kernel's eBPF capabilities paired with a user-space agent for fine-grained thread control. Google has found very positive performance results out of their use of this alternative means of high performance scheduling for achieving even greater performance on AMD processors under Linux...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Google-AMD-BPF-CCX

📰 Intel Linux Driver Preps For Up To 13 Different Panther Lake H SoCs

It looks like the upcoming Intel Panther Lake H SoCs for the next-gen premium/high-end performance laptop market there could be quite a few different SKUs. A new patch for an Intel open-source driver expands the Panther Lake H line-up from three to 13 different IDs...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Panther-Lake-H-EDAC-13

📰 Stop Manually Checking GitHub Releases — These Tools Automatically Install & Update Apps on Linux

These handy utilities tools simplify installing and managing binaries from GitHub releases on Linux.

🔗 Source: https://itsfoss.com/github-binaries-tools/