Linux NewsImmich 3.3 Photo and Video Management Solution Adds People Sharing, Birthday Memories
Immich 3.3 introduces shared people management, birthday memories, automatic photo stacking, and improved image quality.
Ubuntu 26.10 Sticks To Using GCC 15 By Default
From a performance and enthusiast perspective, what I personally find most disappointing and puzzling with the imminent release of Ubuntu 26.10 comes down to its default compiler version...
Faster Zswap With Patches To Batch The Writeback I/O
For those making increased use of Linux's Zswap as a compressed RAM cache for swap pages amid these times of sky high RAM prices, a new patch series was posted providing some incremental performance gains for Zswap by batching the writeback I/O...
Calibre 9.16 E-Book Manager Adds Kokoro Voices, Improves PDF Support
Calibre 9.16 introduces Kokoro text-to-speech voices, better PDF handling, AVIF image support, and performance improvements for large libraries.
Ventoy 1.1.18 Adds Experimental SteamOS Support, Linux Boot Fixes
Ventoy 1.1.18 introduces experimental SteamOS recovery support, improves ISO partition mounting on Linux, and fixes several boot issues.
Linux Patches Finally Make Hibernation Possible In Secure Boot / Lockdown Mode
When booting the Linux kernel using UEFI SecureBoot, the kernel is put in the lockdown mode to restrict the ability to modify the running kernel image or leaking data from kernel memory. Kernel lockdown mode can also be manually enabled by the user/administrator. Among the limitations imposed in Linux's lockdown mode is no hibernation support. But that soon may be relieved with new patches proposed...
Boro: NVIDIA's Open-Source Effort For AI-Assisted Linux Kernel Development
Over the past few months NVIDIA has been developing Boro as a new AI-assisted kernel development CLI written in Rust and focused on local AI for enhancing efficiency for kernel development...
AMD Caps Off Linux 7.4 Graphics Driver Development With More HDMI 2.1 Fixes
AMD on Thursday sent out a final pull request of their feature work aiming to be submitted for the upcoming Linux 7.4 merge window. This round of "few last odds and ends" is mostly about landing some bug fixes but of which there are a few worth mentioning...
Ventoy 1.1.18 Adds Experimental Support for SteamOS Recovery Images
Ventoy 1.1.18 open-source bootable USB solution is now available for download with experimental support for SteamOS recovery images, improved Linux remount feature, and more.
HDR Support Coming For Qualcomm MSM Driver To Benefit Snapdragon X Laptops On Linux
For those making use of Qualcomm Snapdragon X laptops on Linux, one of the features coming to the MSM DRM kernel driver is static HDR support for DisplayPort outputs and eDP panels...
Calibre 9.16 E-Book Manager Improves Read Aloud, PDF Input, and Kobo Support
Calibre 9.16 open-source e-book manager is now available for download with support for high-quality Kokoro voices, support for reading images in the AVIF format, and many other changes.
Flathub Reverses AI-Generated App Ban, Now Requires Disclosure
Flathub reverses its ban on AI-generated apps, introducing mandatory disclosure requirements while keeping restrictions on automated submissions.
Rocky Linux Rescues OpenRadioss From Siemens’ Dumpster
The OpenRadioss fork is already drawing an impressive community as contributors help restore builds and missing components. The post Rocky Linux Rescues OpenRadioss From Siemens’ Dumpster appeared first on FOSS Force.
FOSS Weekly #26.41: Open Source Trouble, More Rust in Ubuntu, Adobe Photoshop's Linux Clone, Rich CLI Tool and More
Open Source projects are facing infrastructure trouble.
New AI Agent Resources Proposed For The Linux Kernel, AI Skills To Help Developers
The latest proposal for the upstream Linux kernel is introducing infrastructure for AI agent resources. Initially these agent resources would be for a skill so AI agents can automatically add a "Fixes: " tag on relevant patches for noting the first problematic Git commit automatically that a patch fixes...