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Linux 6.17 Looks To Drop The pktcdvd Packet Writing CD/DVD Driver
Linux block maintainer Jens Axboe queued up a patch this week to drop the pktcdvd driver from the mainline kernel, which is expected to be submitted for the upcoming Linux 6.17 cycle. The pktcdvd driver has been in the kernel for over two decades since...
2025-07-10 06:50
openSUSE Is Deciding Whether To End 32-bit ARM Support
The openSUSE project is currently contemplating if it's time to end support for 32-bit ARM devices...
2025-07-10 06:20
libinput 1.29 Improving Scroll Wheel Responsiveness For Most Devices
Peter Hutterer of Red Hat announced today the first release candidate of libinput 1.29, the newest version of this input handling library used across both X.Org and Wayland environments with the modern Linux desktop...
2025-07-10 06:06
Miracle-WM 0.6 Released with More Refinements
Miracle-wm, a Mir-based Wayland compositor and tiling window manager, has picked up new features in its latest release. Details and how to install inside. You're reading Miracle-WM 0.6 Released with More Refinements, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do no...
2025-07-09 22:59
Miracle-WM 0.6 Release Brings More Refinements
Miracle-wm, a Mir-based Wayland compositor and tiling window manager, has picked up new features in its latest release. Details and how to install inside. You're reading Miracle-WM 0.6 Release Brings More Refinements, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do n...
2025-07-09 22:59
Miracle-WM 0.6 Released with Further Refinements
Fans of tiling window managers which aren’t Sway, Hyprland or i3 may be keen to kick the proverbial tyres on the latest version of miracle-wm, which is now available. Miracle-WM 0.6 is a bumper update to the Mir-based Wayland compositor developed by ...
2025-07-09 22:59
The Way Ubuntu Boots on Raspberry Pi is Changing in 25.10
Do you run Ubuntu on a Raspberry Pi? If you do, there are changes coming in Ubuntu 25.10 you may want to be aware of (don’t worry, they’re for the better). Canonical software engineer Dave Jones has laid out plans for ‘substantial’ rejig in the...
2025-07-09 20:56
The Way Ubuntu Boots on Raspberry Pi is Changing
Do you run Ubuntu on a Raspberry Pi? If you do, there are changes coming in Ubuntu 25.10 you may want to be aware of (don’t worry, they’re for the better). Canonical software engineer Dave Jones has laid out plans for ‘substantial’ rejig in the...
2025-07-09 20:56
Ubuntu is Changing the Way it Boots on Raspberry Pi
Ubuntu will use an A/B boot approach on Raspberry Pi devices to improve reliability and boot failures, albeit with a minor drawback for users. You're reading Ubuntu is Changing the Way it Boots on Raspberry Pi, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not repr...
2025-07-09 20:56
Wayback Is Now Hosted On FreeDesktop.org
Wayback began recently as an experimental X11 compatibility layer for non-Wayland desktop environments to leverage Wayland components. While still in early form, the project has already taken off from being a personal GitHub project to now being hosted...
2025-07-09 20:29
Mesa 25.2 Drops Legacy DRI2 Code With A Bonfire To Pre-DMABUF Winsys Support
A big merge today to Mesa Git ahead of next week's Mesa 25.2 code branching is removing the pre-DMA-BUF winsys support and as part of that clearing out all of the old DRI2 driver support...
2025-07-09 15:44
Amarok 3.3 Released Using Qt 6, GStreamer Audio Engine
A new version of iconic Qt music player Amarok has been released, the first to be based on Qt6 and KDE Frameworks 6. Amarok 3.3 (codenamed ‘Far Above the Clouds’, a reference a song by progressive rock musician Mike Oldfield) picks up a glut of imp...
2025-07-09 14:47
Amarok 3.3 Released with Qt 6, GStreamer Audio Engine
A new version of free music player Amarok has been released, ported to Qt 6 and no longer using the Phonon audio backend. Details on what's new inside. You're reading Amarok 3.3 Released with Qt 6, GStreamer Audio Engine, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. ...
2025-07-09 14:47
New ZLUDA 5 Preview Released For CUDA On Non-NVIDIA GPUs
ZLUDA Version 5-preview.43 was released today as this open-source CUDA implementation for use on non-NVIDIA GPUs, with one of the current focuses being on enabling CUDA on AMD Radeon GPUs with ROCm...
2025-07-09 12:55
AMD's Epic Performance Gains From The Original EPYC 7601 To EPYC 9755 / EPYC 9965
Last week I published fresh benchmarks showing how AMD's EPYC 4005 series for budget servers can outperform the original EPYC 7601 flagship processor when EPYC first launched during the Zen 1 period. Even with lower core counts and fewer memory channel...
2025-07-09 11:30
Red Hat Announces No-Cost RHEL For Business Developers
Red Hat this morning went public with RHEL for Business Developers, an expansion of their RHEL Developer Program to make it easier for business developers to make use of Red Hat Enterprise Linux at no-cost for their development efforts...
2025-07-09 10:06
Miracle-WM 0.6 Brings Many Improvements For This Mir-Based Wayland Compositor
Miracle-WM 0.6 is out today as a mega release for this Mir-based Wayland compositor by Canonical/Ubuntu developer Matthew Kosarek. Miracle-WM provides tiling window manager support inspired by i3 and Sway while being one of the most pronounced users of...
2025-07-09 09:54
Raising the bar for automotive cybersecurity in open source – Canonical’s ISO/SAE 21434 certification
Cybersecurity in the automotive world isn’t just a best practice anymore – it’s a regulatory imperative. With vehicles becoming software-defined platforms, connected to everything from mobile phones to cloud services, the attack surface has expan...
2025-07-09 09:36
Intel SR-IOV Support Ready For Panther Lake Graphics But Some Current Platforms Left Behind
Intel discontinued Graphics Virtualization Technology (GVT-G) support several generations ago in favor of supporting SR-IOV for graphics virtualization with Iris Xe and newer integrated/discrete graphics hardware. But with the transition as well from t...
2025-07-09 08:58
PowerVR Vulkan Driver Enhancements Merged Ahead Of Mesa 25.2
The Mesa 25.2 code is expected to be branched next week to kick off the release process for this quarter's iteration of open-source OpenGL and Vulkan drivers. As such, there's going to be a mad dash over the next week to land lingering features and oth...
2025-07-09 06:57