Open Source

NVIDIA Confirms 580 Linux Driver Is The Last For Maxwell / Pascal / Volta
NVIDIA previously warned CUDA users that CUDA 12.x is the last for Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta GPUs. NVIDIA overnight now officially confirmed that the Maxwell / Pascal / Volta GPU support is going to end in their Linux driver with the upcoming NVIDIA R...
2025-07-01 06:32
Framework 12, AMD Strix Halo & Linux Kernel Improvements Were Most Popular In June
Over the course of last month on Phoronix were 240 original news articles written by your's truly as well as another 24 Linux hardware reviews / multi-page featured benchmark articles. On top of that last month also marked the 21st birthday of Phoronix...
2025-07-01 06:17
digiKam 8.7 Released With AI Auto-Rotation Tool, OpenCV OpenCL + CUDA Support
The digiKam 8.7 professional photo management software has been released for this KDE/Qt-aligned open-source solution for digital photography...
2025-07-01 06:06
Update Livepatch Client for the newest kernel module signing certificate
The kernel engineering team at Canonical has generated a new module signing certificate on May 16, 2025, and it is embedded in all Ubuntu kernels published after that date. Livepatch Client version 10.11.2 published on June 13, 2025 includes this new c...
2025-07-01 04:48
Steam Client Now Enables Proton by Default for Games without Native Linux Builds
Valve released a new stable Steam Client update on June 30th, 2025, to further improve gaming on Linux for games without native Linux builds. The post Steam Client Now Enables Proton by Default for Games without Native Linux Builds appeared first on 9...
2025-06-30 23:00
Ubuntu 25.10 Raises RISC-V Profile Requirements
Canonical confirm a technical shift for Ubuntu on RISC-V. With Ubuntu 25.10, it will only support hardware meeting the RVA23 profile spec. You're reading Ubuntu 25.10 Raises RISC-V Profile Requirements, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce el...
2025-06-30 20:42
AerynOS Tooling Now Written In Rust Rather Than D, New Software Updates
Coincidentally after writing this morning wondering about what's going on with AerynOS (formerly known as Serpent OS), contributors "NomadicCore" and "Ermo" have issued a new project update outlining what's been going on the past few months...
2025-06-30 20:27
Intel's FFmpeg Cartwheel Brings Experimental Panther Lake Support
While Q2 is drawing to an end in the coming hours, Intel software engineers this evening just released the Intel FFmpeg Cartwheel 2025Q1 update that provides all of their latest patches around Intel GPU/video acceleration for this widely-used, open-sou...
2025-06-30 19:24
digiKam 8.7 Adds New Tool to Perform Auto-Rotation Based on Content Analysis
digiKam 8.7 open-source professional photo management software is now available for download with various new features and improvements. Here's what's new! The post digiKam 8.7 Adds New Tool to Perform Auto-Rotation Based on Content Analysis appeared ...
2025-06-30 14:39
New Chromebooks and tools for even better teaching and learning
The classroom’s getting an upgrade this school year with new software like Class tools and hardware like Chromebooks, Chromebook Plus and Chromebox OPS.
2025-06-30 13:00
How to get a job at Canonical
If you’re interested in applying for a role at Canonical, it can help to have some insider guidance. A lot has been written on social media about Canonical and our hiring processes. Some of it is even true. I share responsibility for what we do, beca...
2025-06-30 11:57
Ubuntu Debcrafters Team Formed To Help Ensure The Health Of The Ubuntu Archive
Jon Seager as the VP of Engineering at Canonical today publicly announced the formation of their "Debcrafters" global team to help ensure the health of the Ubuntu Archive...
2025-06-30 11:56
The Best Boring Benchmarks: Rocky Linux 10 & AlmaLinux 10 Performance Against RHEL 10
AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux remain two of the most popular Red Hat Enterprise Linux derivatives that are maintained by the open-source community. With the recent Rocky Linux 10 GA release that followed the recent AlmaLinux 10 release for re-basing agains...
2025-06-30 10:20
Three steps to boost Amazon S3 data security
The amount of data in modern systems has skyrocketed beyond what traditional security tools can handle. As organizations embrace AI to boost productivity, security teams face mounting pressure to protect sensitive information across sprawling cloud in...
2025-06-30 09:00