Apple SMC Driver Merged For Linux 6.17 To Be Able To Reboot Macs
The Apple System Management Controller (SMC) driver was successfully merged this week into Linux 6.17 for being able to reboot modern Apple M1 / M2 Macs under Linux (the Apple M3 / M4 Linux support remains in development). It's the latest improvement f...
Linux Begins Preparing For The Lenovo Legion Go 2 Handheld
In recent days there have been an increasing flow of leaks surrounding the Legion Go 2 as the next-generation handheld from Lenovo. The Lenovo Legion Go 2 is reported to be launching later this year with an AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme SoC, 144Hz OLED display,...
Ubuntu 25.10 Offers Improved Disk Encryption Using TPM
Ubuntu 25.10 improves experimental TPM-backed full-disk encryption, which ties security to hardware integrity. New options and checks will be in place. You're reading Ubuntu 25.10 Offers Improved Disk Encryption Using TPM, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu....
New Debian Developers and Maintainers (May and June 2025)
The following contributors got their Debian Developer accounts in the last two months: Cordell Bloor (cgmb) Enkelena Haxhija (enkelenah) The following contributors were added as Debian Maintainers in the last two months: Karsten Schöke Lorenzo Puliti ...
How to enable Real-time Ubuntu on your machine
If you’re here, you likely already know about preemption, determinism, and real-time capable operating systems. If that’s the case, and you want to learn how to get up and running with Real-time Ubuntu, skip ahead now to find out how to enable the ...
GNOME Shell Gets a Proper Desktop Photo Widget (Finally)
A customisable photo widget for your GNOME desktop that shows images from any folder you like. Resizable and moveable, it adds a cute touch for sure. You're reading GNOME Shell Gets a Proper Desktop Photo Widget (Finally), a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu....
AMD Zen 5 CPUs See First Microcode Updates In Linux-Firmware.Git
AMD yesterday upstreamed a batch of new CPU microcode files to linux-firmware.git as the de facto repository where component firmware/microcode is easily distributed to Linux distributions. This also marks the first time that Family 1Ah (Family 26) CPU...
Linux 6.17 Now Makes Multi-Core/SMP Support Unconditional
Earlier this year Linux kernel patches were posted for making SMP support unconditional so the kernel is always built for multi-core capabilities. With uniprocessor core environments being extremely rare especially for those that would be using an up-t...
