Linux NewsWine 11.16 Adds VA-API Hardware Video Decoding, Mono 11.3
Wine 11.16 is out with VA-API hardware video decoding, Mono 11.3.0 with ARM64 support, improved ARM64EC exception handling, and 35 bug fixes.
Proton 11.0-2 Brings Support for AsteroidsHD, Portal Worlds, and Plain Sight
Proton 11.0-2 is now available with support for AsteroidsHD, Portal Worlds, Plain Sight, Warhammer: Dark Omen (Classic), Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 7, and many other Windows games.
No Ads, No Telemetry, No AI Agent: Orion Browser Does Linux
Kagi’s privacy-focused, WebKit-based browser arrives for Linux as a not quite completely open source beta -- with features galore and an opt-in user-funded business model. The post No Ads, No Telemetry, No AI Agent: Orion Browser Does Linux appeared first on FOSS Force.
NetworkManager 1.58.1 Improves Support for Private Connections and Fixes Bugs
NetworkManager 1.58.1 open-source network connection manager is now available for download with improved support for private connections and fixes various bugs.
NetworkManager 1.58.1 Released with WPA3, DNS, and Modem Fixes
NetworkManager 1.58.1 is out with fixes for WPA3 auto-connect, modem IPv4 forwarding, DNS handling, Bluetooth NAP connections, and multiple crashes.
The clones of Windows: 6 Linux distros that tried to copy Microsoft’s style
Whether you can’t bear to part with the Windows 11 look, or you’re trying to recreate the heady days of Windows XP, there’s a Linux distro to help.
AMD Posts Massive Patch Series For Enabling UALink In The Linux Kernel
Whether coincidental or intentional, AMD engineers tend to drop interesting, feature patches for the open-source/Linux space on Friday afternoons. Hitting the kernel mailing list minutes ago were two patch series sent out by AMDGPU maintainer Alex Deucher for introducing UALink infrastructure...
Canonical is Funding a PhD to Automate C to Rust Translation for Ubuntu
The three-year project aims to translate hundreds of thousands of lines of C into Rust.
Linux 7.3 Lands Improvements For Voodoo 3 / 4 / 5 & Vintage Atari Computers In 2026
At a time when Linux continues dropping older hardware drivers due to the influx of AI/LLM-generated bug reports and patches for hardware extremely unlikely to be used with modern versions of the mainline Linux kernel, Voodoo graphics cards and vintage Atari computers are seeing some reprieve with the upcoming Linux 7.3 kernel release...
[$] Considering the OpenMDW license
The open-source world has been struggling for a few years now to understand how to approach large language models (LLMs) and the licensing applied to them. What constitutes "freedom" with respect to a black box filled with numerical weights? The process taken by the Open Source Initiative (OSI) in the development of its Open AI Definition was controversial at best, as was its output. Now, the Linux Foundation's Mike Dolan has brought a new license to the OSI for approval. It is called the OpenMDW ("Open Model, Data, and Weights"), and it aims to clarify licensing for the distribution of LLMs and related materials, but consensus is proving hard to find for this license as well.
Security updates for Friday
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (ansible-core and pcp), Debian (chromium, libgit2, python-httplib2, and sabnzbdplus), Fedora (dokuwiki, domoticz, dotnet10.0, dotnet8.0, dotnet9.0, firefox, i2c-display, libgit2, lyx, ntpsec, openssh, perl-DBI, php-phpseclib3, python-alembic, python-asyncmy, python-sqlalchemy, python3.13, roundcubemail, trafficserver, wireshark, and wordpress), Red Hat (compat-openssl10, compat-openssl11, fence-agents, gnutls, kernel, kernel-rt, libarchive, libreswan, multiple packages, openssl, python-idna, python-pillow, qemu-kvm, resource-agents, rh-podman-desktop, ruby, unbound, and vim), SUSE (buildah, chromium, container-suseconnect, containerd, cosign, ctop, docker, firefox, forgejo-cli, gitea-tea, go1.25, go1.26, helm, kubernetes, kubernetes-old, kubevirt1.8, podman, python-pytest-html, python-unearth, python311, python313, rootlesskit, and rsync), and Ubuntu (linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.4, linux-azure, linux-bluefield, linux-fips, linux-gcp, lin
Framework Laptop 16 With GeForce RTX 5070 12GB, One-Piece Keyboard & Haptic Touchpad
While the past few weeks have been quite busy with the new Framework Laptop 13 Pro testing with that all-new laptop model and paired with Intel's Core Ultra Series 3 "Panther Lake", at the same time Framework Computer has begun shipping some updated components for the Framework Laptop 16 laptop. If looking for a bit more GPU compute power hor larger form factor than the 13-inch model, the Framework Laptop 16 can now be equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 GPU as well as a haptic touchpad and one-piece keyboard for improving the input experience.
Bazzite Linux 44 Lands with Kernel 7.2, New Gaming Stack, and GUI Updater
Fedora-based Bazzite Linux 44 is out with kernel 7.2, a new SteamOS-aligned gaming stack, graphical updater, redesigned Portal, and more.
I rebuilt my Linux workflow around Namespaces and never looked back
I noticed some performance issues with my Linux machine. So I used namespaces to shine some light on the problem.
Nginx Dark Mode Support For Error Pages Remains Elusive
In early 2025 I wrote about the upstream Nginx web server rejecting dark mode support for its error pages on the basis of wanting to keep the default error pages simple and developers arguing the extra HTML tag for the dark mode styling as superfluous. Following a lot of public backlash for being against offering native dark mode handling by default, Nginx stakeholders were polled and largely came out in favor of supporting the functionality but more than one year later it remains elusive from upstream Nginx...
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