📰 Intel Compute Runtime Updated With Initial Crescent Island & Nova Lake S Support
The Intel Compute Runtime 26.01.36711.4 was published today as their first release of 2026 for this open-source GPU compute stack providing Level Zero and OpenCL support across their range of graphics hardware going back to Tiger Lake. Notable with this new Compute Runtime release is having now production-ready Panther Lake support while also introducing early support for next-generation hardware...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-CR-26.01.36711.4
The Intel Compute Runtime 26.01.36711.4 was published today as their first release of 2026 for this open-source GPU compute stack providing Level Zero and OpenCL support across their range of graphics hardware going back to Tiger Lake. Notable with this new Compute Runtime release is having now production-ready Panther Lake support while also introducing early support for next-generation hardware...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-CR-26.01.36711.4
Phoronix
Intel Compute Runtime Updated With Initial Crescent Island & Nova Lake S Support
The Intel Compute Runtime 26.01.36711.4 was published today as their first release of 2026 for this open-source GPU compute stack providing Level Zero and OpenCL support across their range of graphics hardware going back to Tiger Lake
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📰 Ubuntu 26.04 Undergoes ‘Mass Rebuild’ of All Archive Packages
A 'mass rebuild' of packages in the Ubuntu 26.04 archive packages is underway to ensure wider available of architecture variants, frame pointers and ELF metadata.You're reading Ubuntu 26.04 Undergoes ‘Mass Rebuild’ of All Archive Packages, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.
🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/ubuntu-2604-resolute-archive-rebuild
A 'mass rebuild' of packages in the Ubuntu 26.04 archive packages is underway to ensure wider available of architecture variants, frame pointers and ELF metadata.You're reading Ubuntu 26.04 Undergoes ‘Mass Rebuild’ of All Archive Packages, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.
🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/ubuntu-2604-resolute-archive-rebuild
OMG! Ubuntu
Ubuntu 26.04 Mass Rebuild Touches All Archive Packages
Ubuntu engineers are rebuilding all archive packages in Ubuntu 26.04 to ensures all hardware compatibility features are enabled – important for an LTS cycle.
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📰 New "Thames" Linux Accelerator Driver Posted Along With Companion Gallium3D Driver
Tomeu Vizoso as the open-source developer behind the "Rocket" driver for reverse-engineered Rockchip NPU support, Teflon as a Mesa framework for TensorFlow Lite and NPU uses, and various Etnaviv driver work, has announced his newest creation: Thames...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Thames-Accelerator-Driver
Tomeu Vizoso as the open-source developer behind the "Rocket" driver for reverse-engineered Rockchip NPU support, Teflon as a Mesa framework for TensorFlow Lite and NPU uses, and various Etnaviv driver work, has announced his newest creation: Thames...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Thames-Accelerator-Driver
Phoronix
New "Thames" Linux Accelerator Driver Posted Along With Companion Gallium3D Driver
Tomeu Vizoso as the open-source developer behind the 'Rocket' driver for reverse-engineered Rockchip NPU support, Teflon as a Mesa framework for TensorFlow Lite and NPU uses, and various Etnaviv driver work, has announced his newest creation: Thames.
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📰 ZLUDA Boasts Full Llama.cpp Support, Better Windows Handling For CUDA On Non-NVIDIA GPUs
The open-source ZLUDA project for bringing CUDA to non-NVIDIA hardware that can run unmodified is out with a new progress report. ZLUDA had a productive fourth quarter with now enjoying better Microsoft Windows support, full support for running Llama.cpp atop ZLUDA, AMD ROCm 7 support, and other enhancements...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/ZLUDA-Q4-2025-Report
The open-source ZLUDA project for bringing CUDA to non-NVIDIA hardware that can run unmodified is out with a new progress report. ZLUDA had a productive fourth quarter with now enjoying better Microsoft Windows support, full support for running Llama.cpp atop ZLUDA, AMD ROCm 7 support, and other enhancements...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/ZLUDA-Q4-2025-Report
Phoronix
ZLUDA Boasts Full Llama.cpp Support, Better Windows Handling For CUDA On Non-NVIDIA GPUs
The open-source ZLUDA project for bringing CUDA to non-NVIDIA hardware that can run unmodified is out with a new progress report
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📰 Hangover 11.0 Released: Wine + FEX/Box64 Pairing For Windows x86 Apps On ARM64 Linux
Building off today's release of Wine 11.0 for enabling countless Windows applications and games to run well under Linux and being the basis of Valve's Proton for Steam Play, Hangover 11.0 is now available. Hangover is the open-source project that pairs Wine with either the FEX-Emu or Box64 emulators for enabling x86 32-bit and 64-bit Windows games/apps to run on native ARM64 Linux systems...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Hangover-11.0-Released
Building off today's release of Wine 11.0 for enabling countless Windows applications and games to run well under Linux and being the basis of Valve's Proton for Steam Play, Hangover 11.0 is now available. Hangover is the open-source project that pairs Wine with either the FEX-Emu or Box64 emulators for enabling x86 32-bit and 64-bit Windows games/apps to run on native ARM64 Linux systems...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Hangover-11.0-Released
Phoronix
Hangover 11.0 Released: Wine + FEX/Box64 Pairing For Windows x86 Apps On ARM64 Linux
Building off today's release of Wine 11.0 for enabling countless Windows applications and games to run well under Linux and being the basis of Valve's Proton for Steam Play, Hangover 11.0 is now available
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📰 New VoidLink malware framework targets Linux cloud servers
A newly discovered advanced cloud-native Linux malware framework named VoidLink focuses on cloud environments, providing attackers with custom loaders, implants, rootkits, and plugins designed for modern infrastructures.
🔗 Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-voidlink-malware-framework-targets-linux-cloud-servers/
A newly discovered advanced cloud-native Linux malware framework named VoidLink focuses on cloud environments, providing attackers with custom loaders, implants, rootkits, and plugins designed for modern infrastructures.
🔗 Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-voidlink-malware-framework-targets-linux-cloud-servers/
BleepingComputer
New VoidLink malware framework targets Linux cloud servers
A newly discovered advanced cloud-native Linux malware framework named VoidLink focuses on cloud environments, providing attackers with custom loaders, implants, rootkits, and plugins designed for modern infrastructures.
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📰 Thunderbird 147 Adds “Show Full Path” Folder Pane Option for Compact View Modes
Mozilla Thunderbird 147 open-source email client is now available for download with new options, improvements, and bug fixes. Here's what's new!
🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/thunderbird-147-adds-show-full-path-folder-pane-option-for-compact-view-modes
Mozilla Thunderbird 147 open-source email client is now available for download with new options, improvements, and bug fixes. Here's what's new!
🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/thunderbird-147-adds-show-full-path-folder-pane-option-for-compact-view-modes
9to5Linux
Thunderbird 147 Adds “Show Full Path” Folder Pane Option for Compact View Modes
Mozilla Thunderbird 147 open-source email client is now available for download with new options, improvements, and bug fixes.
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📰 MINISFORUM BD395i MAX is a mini ITX motherboard with AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395
The MINISFORUM BD395i MAX is a mini ITX motherboard with a PCIe x16 slot, two M.2 slots for solid state storage, and a set of ports that includes 10 Gigabit and 2.5 Gigabit LAN ports and two USB4 ports with support for data transfer speeds up to 40 Gbps. It’s also unusual in that it’s .
🔗 Source: https://liliputing.com/minisforum-bd395i-max-is-a-mini-itx-motherboard-with-amd-ryzen-ai-max-395/
The MINISFORUM BD395i MAX is a mini ITX motherboard with a PCIe x16 slot, two M.2 slots for solid state storage, and a set of ports that includes 10 Gigabit and 2.5 Gigabit LAN ports and two USB4 ports with support for data transfer speeds up to 40 Gbps. It’s also unusual in that it’s .
🔗 Source: https://liliputing.com/minisforum-bd395i-max-is-a-mini-itx-motherboard-with-amd-ryzen-ai-max-395/
Liliputing
MINISFORUM BD395i MAX is a mini ITX motherboard with AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395
MINISFORUM BD395i MAX is a mini ITX motherboard with AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395
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📰 Critical Node.js Vulnerability Can Cause Server Crashes via async_hooks Stack Overflow
Node.js has released updates to fix what it described as a critical security issue impacting "virtually every production Node.js app" that, if successfully exploited, could trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) condition."Node.js/V8 makes a best-effort attempt to recover from stack space exhaustion with a catchable error, which frameworks have come to rely on for service availability," Node.js's.
🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/critical-nodejs-vulnerability-can-cause.html
Node.js has released updates to fix what it described as a critical security issue impacting "virtually every production Node.js app" that, if successfully exploited, could trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) condition."Node.js/V8 makes a best-effort attempt to recover from stack space exhaustion with a catchable error, which frameworks have come to rely on for service availability," Node.js's.
🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/critical-nodejs-vulnerability-can-cause.html
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📰 GOG plan to look a bit closer at Linux through 2026
With Linux gaming clearly showing it's becoming more popular, and with GOG under new ownership, there's hope yet that GOG will improve their Linux support..Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/gog-plan-to-look-a-bit-closer-at-linux-through-2026/
With Linux gaming clearly showing it's becoming more popular, and with GOG under new ownership, there's hope yet that GOG will improve their Linux support..Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/gog-plan-to-look-a-bit-closer-at-linux-through-2026/
GamingOnLinux
GOG plan to look a bit closer at Linux through 2026
With Linux gaming clearly showing it's becoming more popular, and with GOG under new ownership, there's hope yet that GOG will improve their Linux support.
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📰 $99 BeaglePlay Board Achieves "100% Open-Source" Upstream PowerVR Graphics
Going back many years Imagination PowerVR graphics were widely despised by open-source enthusiasts and Linux desktop users for their lack of an open-source GPU driver. But over the past few years the Imagination PowerVR driver focused on their Rogue graphics IP has matured nicely within the Linux kernel and the PowerVR Vulkan driver in Mesa taking shape too.
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/BeaglePlay-PowerVR-Success
Going back many years Imagination PowerVR graphics were widely despised by open-source enthusiasts and Linux desktop users for their lack of an open-source GPU driver. But over the past few years the Imagination PowerVR driver focused on their Rogue graphics IP has matured nicely within the Linux kernel and the PowerVR Vulkan driver in Mesa taking shape too.
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/BeaglePlay-PowerVR-Success
Phoronix
$99 BeaglePlay Board Achieves "100% Open-Source" Upstream PowerVR Graphics
Going back many years Imagination PowerVR graphics were widely despised by open-source enthusiasts and Linux desktop users for their lack of an open-source GPU driver
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📰 GNOME Mutter 50 Alpha Released With X11 Backend Removed
In preparing for the GNOME 50 Alpha release, the "50.alpha" tags just occurred for the Mutter compositor and GNOME Shell. Most notable with GNOME Mutter 50 Alpha is the X11 back-end indeed being removed to focus exclusively on the Wayland session...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Mutter-Shell-50-Alpha
In preparing for the GNOME 50 Alpha release, the "50.alpha" tags just occurred for the Mutter compositor and GNOME Shell. Most notable with GNOME Mutter 50 Alpha is the X11 back-end indeed being removed to focus exclusively on the Wayland session...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Mutter-Shell-50-Alpha
Phoronix
GNOME Mutter 50 Alpha Released With X11 Backend Removed
In preparing for the GNOME 50 Alpha release, the '50.alpha' tags just occurred for the Mutter compositor and GNOME Shell
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DietPi 10.0 Enters Open Beta With Major Platform and Software Changes
https://linuxiac.com/dietpi-10-0-enters-open-beta-with-platform-and-software-changes/
https://linuxiac.com/dietpi-10-0-enters-open-beta-with-platform-and-software-changes/
Linuxiac
DietPi 10.0 Enters Open Beta With Major Platform and Software Changes
DietPi 10.0 enters open beta with breaking changes, new software additions, and platform updates ahead of the stable release.
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📰 An Early Run With Ubuntu 26.04 On AMD EPYC Turin - The Current Performance Gains Over Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
There still are several months to go until the official Ubuntu 26.04 LTS release -- including one month until the feature freeze and the future Linux 6.20~7.0 kernel is expected to land too before the latter kernel freeze in early April. But for those curious how Ubuntu 26.04 is looking so far for servers, here are some very early benchmarks of it on AMD EPYC 9005 "Turin" in its present development state.
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/review/ubuntu-2604-jan-amd-epyc
There still are several months to go until the official Ubuntu 26.04 LTS release -- including one month until the feature freeze and the future Linux 6.20~7.0 kernel is expected to land too before the latter kernel freeze in early April. But for those curious how Ubuntu 26.04 is looking so far for servers, here are some very early benchmarks of it on AMD EPYC 9005 "Turin" in its present development state.
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/review/ubuntu-2604-jan-amd-epyc
Phoronix
An Early Run With Ubuntu 26.04 On AMD EPYC Turin - The Current Performance Gains Over Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
There still are several months to go until the official Ubuntu 26.04 LTS release -- including one month until the feature freeze and the future Linux 6.20~7.0 kernel is expected to land too before the latter kernel freeze in early April.
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📰 Wireshark 4.6.3 Released with Updated Protocol and Capture File Support
Wireshark 4.6.3 open-source network protocol analyzer is now available to download with various bug fixes and updated protocol and capture file support.
🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/wireshark-4-6-3-released-with-updated-protocol-and-capture-file-support
Wireshark 4.6.3 open-source network protocol analyzer is now available to download with various bug fixes and updated protocol and capture file support.
🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/wireshark-4-6-3-released-with-updated-protocol-and-capture-file-support
9to5Linux
Wireshark 4.6.3 Released with Updated Protocol and Capture File Support
Wireshark 4.6.3 open-source network protocol analyzer is now available to download with various bug fixes and updated protocols.
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📰 GRUB 2.14 Bootloader Released With EROFS Support, Shim Loader Protocol
More than two years after the release of GRUB 2.12, GRUB 2.14 shipped today as the newest feature release of this widely-used bootloader on Linux systems and elsewhere...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/GRUB-2.14-Released
More than two years after the release of GRUB 2.12, GRUB 2.14 shipped today as the newest feature release of this widely-used bootloader on Linux systems and elsewhere...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/GRUB-2.14-Released
Phoronix
GRUB 2.14 Bootloader Released With EROFS Support, Shim Loader Protocol
More than two years after the release of GRUB 2.12, GRUB 2.14 shipped today as the newest feature release of this widely-used bootloader on Linux systems and elsewhere.
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📰 Orion Browser Releases Its First Linux Alpha
An alpha release of Orion for Linux, a new Webkit-based web browser from paid search engine Kagi, is out for testing – and early impressions are positive.You're reading Orion Browser Releases Its First Linux Alpha, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.
🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/orion-browser-for-linux-alpha
An alpha release of Orion for Linux, a new Webkit-based web browser from paid search engine Kagi, is out for testing – and early impressions are positive.You're reading Orion Browser Releases Its First Linux Alpha, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without permission.
🔗 Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/01/orion-browser-for-linux-alpha
OMG! Ubuntu
Orion Browser Releases Its First Linux Alpha
An alpha release of Orion for Linux, a new Webkit-based web browser from paid search engine Kagi, is out for testing – and early impressions are positive.
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📰 Another RADV Ray-Tracing Merge Lands Some Additional Gains For Mesa 26.0
Separate from the Mesa merge request talked about earlier today for new RADV code that can deliver 10x faster ray-tracing pipeline compilation for this open-source Radeon Vulkan driver, another merge request landed today in Mesa 26.0 that was also carried out by Valve contractor Natalie Vock. That second merge request now in Mesa 26.0 delivers some additional gains for at least some ray-tracing games on RDNA3 and RDNA4 GPUs...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/RADV-RT-RDNA3-RDNA4-Wave32
Separate from the Mesa merge request talked about earlier today for new RADV code that can deliver 10x faster ray-tracing pipeline compilation for this open-source Radeon Vulkan driver, another merge request landed today in Mesa 26.0 that was also carried out by Valve contractor Natalie Vock. That second merge request now in Mesa 26.0 delivers some additional gains for at least some ray-tracing games on RDNA3 and RDNA4 GPUs...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/RADV-RT-RDNA3-RDNA4-Wave32
Phoronix
Another RADV Ray-Tracing Merge Lands Some Additional Gains For Mesa 26.0
Separate from the Mesa merge request talked about earlier today for new RADV code that can deliver 10x faster ray-tracing pipeline compilation for this open-source Radeon Vulkan driver, another merge request landed today in Mesa 26.0 that was also carried…
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📰 Debian Plans to Remove GTK2 Before Debian 14
Debian maintainers argue that shipping dead upstream software, such as GTK2, is a growing security and stability liability.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/debian-plans-to-remove-gtk2-before-debian-14/
Debian maintainers argue that shipping dead upstream software, such as GTK2, is a growing security and stability liability.
🔗 Source: https://linuxiac.com/debian-plans-to-remove-gtk2-before-debian-14/
Linuxiac
Debian Plans to Remove GTK2 Before Debian 14
Debian maintainers argue that shipping dead upstream software, such as GTK2, is a growing security and stability risk.
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📰 You Can Now Use ONLYOFFICE on Raspberry Pi Like ARM Devices
Native ARM support expands the open source office suite's reach.
🔗 Source: https://itsfoss.com/news/onlyoffice-desktop-editors-arm-support/
Native ARM support expands the open source office suite's reach.
🔗 Source: https://itsfoss.com/news/onlyoffice-desktop-editors-arm-support/
It's FOSS
You Can Now Use ONLYOFFICE on Raspberry Pi-Like ARM Devices
Native ARM support expands the open source office suite's reach.
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📰 oVirt 4.5.7 Released After Two Years With New OS & CPU Support
The oVirt 4.5.7 open-source virtualization management platform released this week after not seeing any new releases in two years. While Red Hat had started the oVirt open-source project for which their Red Hat Virtualization platform is based, since they shifted that to maintenance mode to focus on the Red Hat OpenShift platform and stopped contributing to oVirt, it's been up to the open-source community to keep it going...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/oVirt-4.5.7
The oVirt 4.5.7 open-source virtualization management platform released this week after not seeing any new releases in two years. While Red Hat had started the oVirt open-source project for which their Red Hat Virtualization platform is based, since they shifted that to maintenance mode to focus on the Red Hat OpenShift platform and stopped contributing to oVirt, it's been up to the open-source community to keep it going...
🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/oVirt-4.5.7
Phoronix
oVirt 4.5.7 Released After Two Years With New OS & CPU Support
The oVirt 4.5.7 open-source virtualization management platform released this week after not seeing any new releases in two years
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