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IPFire Linux Firewall Now Ships with Support for the WireGuard VPN Protocol
IPFire 2.29 Core Update 195 Linux firewall distribution is now available for download with support for the WireGuard VPN protocol and other updates. Here’s what’s new! The post IPFire Linux Firewall Now Ships with Support for the WireGuard VPN Pro...
2025-06-23 09:57
GIMP 3.1.2 Released As First Step Toward GIMP 3.2
GIMP 3.1.2 was just released as the first development version on the road toward GIMP 3.2 stable...
2025-06-23 09:05
Fair DRM Scheduler Looking Good For Better Fairness & Scheduling Of GPU Clients
Being worked on for a while has been a "Fair" DRM scheduler inspired by Linux's CFS scheduler and aiming for better performance and scheduling behavior between multiple GPU interactive clients sharing GPU resources...
2025-06-23 08:55
UEFI SBAT Support Coming Together Ahead Of Linux 6.17
Support for UEFI Secure Boot Advanced Targeting "SBAT" looks like it could be buttoned up in the mainline kernel for the upcoming Linux 6.17 cycle...
2025-06-23 08:40
System insights with command-line tools: free and vmstat
In this fifth article of the “System insights with command-line tools” series we explore free and vmstat, two small utilities that reveal a surprising amount about your Linux system’s health. free gives you an instant snapshot of how RAM and swap...
2025-06-23 08:00
RADV Driver Lands VK_EXT_shader_float8 Support
The Mesa Radeon Vulkan driver "RADV" is now the first Mesa in-tree driver supporting 8-bit floating point use within shaders via the new VK_EXT_shader_float8 extension...
2025-06-23 06:29
AMD GFX1250 Support Starts Being Built Up Within LLVM
Over the past three days the new AMD "GFX1250" GPU target has started being built out within the upstream LLVM compiler codebase for the AMDGPU LLVM shader compiler back-end...
2025-06-23 06:00
IceWM 3.8 Brings New Optimizations & Changes
For those preferring an X11-based desktop experience on Linux, IceWM 3.8 released on Sunday as the newest version of this lightweight X11 window manager focused on speed and simplicity...
2025-06-23 03:00
9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: June 22nd, 2025
The 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for June 22nd, 2025, brings news about KDE Plasma 6.4, postmarketOS 25.06, Darktable 5.2, Calibre 8.5, Qt Creator 17, fwupd 2.0.12, and more. The post 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: June 22nd, 2025 appeared first on 9to5Linux -...
2025-06-23 00:19
9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: June 23rd, 2025
The 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for June 23rd, 2025, brings news about KDE Plasma 6.4, postmarketOS 25.06, Darktable 5.2, Calibre 8.5, Qt Creator 17, fwupd 2.0.12, and more. The post 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: June 23rd, 2025 appeared first on 9to5Linux -...
2025-06-23 00:19
This Rubbish Icon Might Get a Makeover in Ubuntu 25.10
Ubuntu's trash icon may get a makeover in 25.10. Yaru icon theme designers are working on a new look to improve desktop consistency. You're reading This Rubbish Icon Might Get a Makeover in Ubuntu 25.10, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce e...
2025-06-22 22:59
postmarketOS 25.06 Linux Mobile OS Brings Support for New Devices and systemd
postmarketOS 25.06 mobile distribution is now available for download based on Alpine Linux 3.22 and featuring support for new devices, new features, updated components, and more. The post postmarketOS 25.06 Linux Mobile OS Brings Support for New Devic...
2025-06-22 21:47
Kubuntu 25.10 Drops X11 Session for Wayland-Only Install
Kubuntu 25.10 will not ship with an X11 desktop session on its ISO, following Ubuntu's lead. An X11 Plasma session will remain available for manual install. You're reading Kubuntu 25.10 Drops X11 Session for Wayland-Only Install, a blog post from OMG! ...
2025-06-22 17:14
Kubuntu 25.10 Won’t Include an X11 Session by Default
Kubuntu 25.10 will not ship with an X11 desktop session on its ISO, following Ubuntu's lead. An X11 Plasma session will remain available for manual install. You're reading Kubuntu 25.10 Won’t Include an X11 Session by Default, a blog post from OMG! U...
2025-06-22 17:14
Kubuntu 25.10 Won’t Come with a Plasma X11 Session
Kubuntu 25.10 will not ship with an X11 desktop session on its ISO, following Ubuntu's lead. An X11 Plasma session will remain available for manual install. You're reading Kubuntu 25.10 Won’t Come with a Plasma X11 Session, a blog post from OMG! Ubun...
2025-06-22 17:14
Linux 6.16-rc3 Released: Various Bug Fixes While Bcachefs Changes Not Pulled
Linus Torvalds just announced the release of Linux 6.16-rc3 in marching toward the Linux 6.16 kernel release due out around late July...
2025-06-22 16:52
More Intel TDX Code Merged For KVM In Linux 6.16
Merged minutes ago ahead of the Linux 6.16-rc3 release due out shortly was this week's batch of Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) updates. Beyond the usual KVM fixes merged for the week, a bit of feature code was pulled in by Linus Torvalds for this p...
2025-06-22 16:18
Disabling Intel Graphics Security Mitigations Can Boost GPU Compute Performance By 20%
While not talked about as much as the Intel CPU security mitigations, Intel graphics security mitigations have added up over time that if disabling Intel graphics security mitigations for their GPU compute stack for OpenCL and Level Zero can yield a 20...
2025-06-22 09:27
Darktable 5.2 Open-Source RAW Image Editor Released with New Features
Darktable 5.2 open-source RAW image editor is now available for download with new features, UI/UX improvements, and updated camera support. Here's what's news! The post Darktable 5.2 Open-Source RAW Image Editor Released with New Features appeared fir...
2025-06-21 12:49
ONLYOFFICE 9.0 Released with New Themes, AI Tools + More
A new version of open source productivity suite ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors is available, packed out with another round of welcome improvements. ONLYOFFICE 9.0 introduces two new theme options: Modern Light and Modern Dark. Both offer restyled UI elemen...
2025-06-20 14:39