Linux NewsProton 11.0-2 Improves Helldivers 2, Diablo IV, Marvel Rivals, and More
Valve releases Proton 11.0-2 with fixes for Helldivers 2, Diablo IV, Marvel Rivals, Forza Horizon, Crysis 2 Remastered, and more.
Wine 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.
KDE Plasma 6.8 Lands Some Enticing Performance Optimizations This Week
This Week in Plasma is out with its latest issue to highlight interesting developments in the trek towards Plasma 6.8...
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.
OpenZFS 2.4.4 Released With Linux 7.2 Support, Dozens Of Fixes
OpenZFS 2.4.4 is out today as the newest stable point release for this ZFS file-system implementation for Linux and FreeBSD systems...
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.
Wine 11.16 Released With VA-API Hardware Decoding, Better ARM64 Support
Wine 11.16 is out today as the newest bi-weekly development release for this software enabling Windows games and applications to run on Linux and other platforms...
Proton 11.0-2 Enables More Titles With Steam Play / Linux Gaming
Just in time for those that enjoy their Linux / Steam Play gaming on weekends, Valve and CodeWeavers today released Proton 11.0-2 as the newest stable release of this Wine 11.0 downstream that powers Steam Play for running Windows games gracefully on Linux...
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.