Linux NewsLinux 7.2 Arrives With Cache Aware Scheduling After More Than a Year of Work
AMD's Radeon driver also picks up HDMI 2.1 support, and Apple M3 MacBooks can now boot the kernel.
OpenAltFinder Connects Users With FOSS Alternatives to Nonfree Apps
The website pairs proprietary programs with free and open-source replacements, then provides useful details to help users compare their options. The post OpenAltFinder Connects Users With FOSS Alternatives to Nonfree Apps appeared first on FOSS Force.
GNU Linux-Libre 7.2 Kernel Is Now Available for Software Freedom Lovers
GNU Linux-libre 7.2 kernel is now available for download based on Linux kernel 7.2 and targeted at those seeking 100% freedom for their PCs.
9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: August 16th, 2026
9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for August 16th 2026, brings news about Linux 7.2, Linux Mint 22.3 HWE, GNOME 51 beta, SparkyLinux 8.4, Flatpak 1.18.1, QEMU 11.1, Shelly 3.0.4, Wireshark 4.6.8, Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0.11, Bulletproof KDE Suite, KDE Frameworks 6.29, and more.
Linux 7.3 On PowerPC Now Supports In-Kernel Rust, Initial Power12 Enablement Begins
The PowerPC pull request has already been sent in for the now open Linux 7.3 merge window. The headline feature this cycle on the POWER side is Rust kernel support for PowerPC 32-bit PPC32BE big endian and PowerPC 64-bit PPC64LE little endian architectures...
NVIDIA’s GeForce NOW Native Linux App Now Stable, Offers Flatpak Support
NVIDIA's GeForce NOW native Linux app has graduated from beta and it's now available as a stable release with Flatpak and Ubuntu support.
ARM64 BBML3 Feature Ready With Linux 7.3, NVIDIA Olympus Workarounds
AI/LLM patch craziness hurt ARM64 development for the Linux 7.2 cycle that no real features landed for that kernel version on AArch64. Fortunately, the ARM Linux developers are more prepared now and for Linux 7.3 are introducing some new ARM64 features...
Linux Kernel 7.2 Released with Btrfs, Scheduler, and Networking Improvements
Linux Kernel 7.2 brings cache-aware scheduling, Btrfs large folios, Rust on s390, and broad networking and virtualization improvements.
GNU Linux-libre 7.2-gnu Released Following More Driver Cleaning
Following yesterday's release of the Linux 7.2 kernel, GNU Linux-libre 7.2-gnu is now available for this kernel downstream that strips out support for drivers depending upon non-free-software microcode/firmware, the ability to load closed-source kernel modules, and other restrictions in the name of software freedom...
The 7.2 kernel has been released
The 7.2 kernel has been released. Linus said: Well, this last week of the release was - once again - bigger than I would have wished for, but hey, with the whole "new normal" thing, if I delayed releases for that reason we'd probably never have a release at all. Significant features in this release include common attributes support in the bpf() system call, cache-aware load balancing for the CPU scheduler, large-folio support in the Btrfs filesystem, further swap subsystem improvements, improvements to the Landlock security module, support for block devices with inline encryption hardware via the dm-inlinecrypt device-mapper target, and much more. See the LWN merge window summaries (part 1, part 2) and the KernelNewbies 7.2 page for more information.
Linux 7.2 brings cache-aware scheduling, faster ext4 and Btrfs
Linux kernel 7.2 has been released, adding cache-aware scheduling, ext4 filesystem performance boosts and a slew of new and improved hardware drivers for laptops and peripherals. A merge-widow record was also set during the 9-week development cycle, with more than 2,100 individual contributors involved. AI, obviously, has helped. Commit-crunching by LWN found roughly 5% of commits in 7.2 have an ‘assisted-by’ tag, indicating AI usage. Not that the latest kernel update was all additions. More than 13,000 lines of code for legacy i486 CPU emulation were removed from Linux 7.2, as was a 40-year-old Hercules graphics card driver, AppleTalk networking […]
Linux Kernel 7.2 Officially Released, This Is What’s New
Linux kernel 7.2 is now available for download with new features, enhanced hardware support through new and updated drivers, improvements to filesystems and networking, and much more.
GIMP 3.4 Promises New Project File Format, PSD Support Improvements, and More
GIMP 3.4 open-source image editor is under development promising many new features and enhancements. Here’s what to expect!
Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 33, 2026 (August 10 – 16)
Catch up on the latest Linux news: Manjaro 26.1, Omarchy 4.0, GNOME 51 Beta, OpenSSH 10.5, Podman 6.1, KDE Plasma 6.6 gets three years of LTS support, and more.
Debian Turns 33 Years Old, Happy Birthday!
Today is Debian Day, and the Debian Project and Debian GNU/Linux operating system celebrate 33 years since it was founded by Ian Murdock in 1993.
Page 1 of 543
Next »