📰 KVM Guest VMs Using Intel AMX Can Cause The Linux Host To Kernel Panic

An unfortunate Linux kernel bug coming to light just ahead of Christmas may cause frustration for some server administrators, particularly public cloud providers... It turns out with the Linux kernel releases since 2022, KVM guest virtual machines making use of Intel Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX) is possible to cause the host to experience a kernel panic...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/KVM-Guests-AMX-Host-Panic

📰 Parrot 7.0 Ethical Hacking Distro Released with KDE Plasma, RISC-V Support

Parrot 7.0 ethical hacking and penetration testing distribution is now available for download with KDE Plasma desktop and Debian 13 base. Here’s what's new!

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/parrot-7-0-ethical-hacking-distro-released-with-kde-plasma-risc-v-support

📰 Pinta 3.1 Open-Source Paint App Released with New Cells Effect, Axonometric Grid

Pinta 3.1 open-source paint and drawing software is now available for download with GTK4 port, new effects, and many other changes. Here’s what’s new!

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/pinta-3-1-open-source-paint-app-released-with-new-cells-effect-axonometric-grid

📰 Chromium on MediaTek Genio 700 and 720: from test plans to real‑world performance

Detailed post about the current status of Chromium enablement on MediaTek Genio SoCs.

🔗 Source: https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/chromium-hardware-codecs-on-mediatek-genio-700-and-720-from-test-plans-to-real‑world-performance.html

📰 MiniMax Unveils M2.1 to Bring Multilingual Programming Gains to Open AI Models

Chinese AI startup’s release is a major update to its open-source model series, aimed at multi-language programming and everyday office automation...

🔗 Source: https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-minimax-m2-release/

📰 Page Cache Sharing Looks To Be Very Beneficial For EROFS Containers

One of the features being worked on for a while with the read-only EROFS file-system is page cache sharing. Besides EROFS being popular on some mobile/embedded devices, this open-source read-only file-system has been quite popular for container usage and there this page cache sharing functionality can provide some significant reductions in RAM usage...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/EROFS-Page-Cache-Sharing

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📰 Final Benchmarks Of AMDVLK vs. RADV AMD Radeon Vulkan Drivers

One of the pleasant surprises this year was AMD ending the AMDVLK driver development with AMD dropping their proprietary OpenGL and Vulkan driver components on Linux at long last for their Radeon Software for Linux packages. This was arguably long overdue with enthusiasts and Linux gamers long preferring the RadeonSI+RADV Mesa drivers and those drivers even doing very well in recent years for workstation graphics workloads.

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/review/radeon-radv-amdvlk-final

📰 How to Install COSMIC Desktop on Ubuntu 24.04 (PPA)

Want to run COSMIC desktop on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS? A new (unofficial) PPA makes it easy to. Follow the steps in this guide, learn about the caveats and how to 'undo'.You're reading How to Install COSMIC Desktop on Ubuntu 24.04 (PPA), a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.

🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/install-cosmic-desktop-ubuntu-24-04-ppa

📰 Fix On The Way For One Of The Linux 6.19 Regressions: 52.4% Scheduler Regression

The Linux 6.19 kernel has been a bit bumpy in the scheduler department but at least one fix is on the way for addressing fallout...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-sched-core-52p

📰 QEMU 10.2 Officially Released with Live Update Support and Improvements

QEMU 10.2 open-source virtualization software is now available for download with new features and improvements for supported architectures. Here’s what’s new!

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/qemu-10-2-officially-released-with-live-update-support-and-improvements

📰 Wayback 0.3 Preview Arrives With Fedora and Alpine Availability

Wayback 0.3, a X11 compatibility layer that allows running X11 desktop environments using Wayland, is now available in Fedora 42/43 and Alpine Linux stable repositories.

🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/wayback-0-3-preview-arrives-with-fedora-and-alpine-availability/

📰 Proton Experimental brings improvements for Farlight 84, CHRONO TRIGGER and more

A little holiday update for Proton Experimental from Valve to improve Windows games on Linux, Steam Deck / SteamOS systems..Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/proton-experimental-brings-improvements-for-farlight-84-chrono-trigger-and-more/

📰 NVIDIA CUDA Tile IR Open-Sourced

As a wonderful Christmas gift to open-source fans, NVIDIA dropped their proprietary license on the CUDA Tile intermediate representation and has now made the IR open-source software...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-CUDA-Tile-IR-Open-Source

📰 Arch Linux Powered CachyOS To Develop A Server Edition

The Arch Linux based CachyOS has been quite popular with Linux gamers and enthusiasts for offering leading out-of-the-box performance, especially following the shutdown of Intel's Clear Linux. CachyOS has developed quite a following on the Linux desktop while looking ahead to 2026 they will be working on a server edition...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/CachyOS-Server-Edition-Coming