Linux NewsNginx Proxy Manager 2.13.6 Released With Built-In Two-Factor Authentication
The Nginx Proxy Manager 2.13.6 release adds TOTP-based 2FA and lets users choose between RSA and ECDSA certificates.
GNOME Mutter 50 Alpha Released With X11 Backend Removed
In preparing for the GNOME 50 Alpha release, the "50.alpha" tags just occurred for the Mutter compositor and GNOME Shell. Most notable with GNOME Mutter 50 Alpha is the X11 back-end indeed being removed to focus exclusively on the Wayland session...
Linux 7.0 To Focus Just On Full & Lazy Preemption Models For Up-To-Date CPU Archs
A Linux scheduler patch queued up into a TIP branch this past week further restrict is the preemption modes that will be advertised. With it hitting the "sched/core" branch, it will likely be submitted for the upcoming Linux 7.0 (or alternatively, what could be known as Linux 6.20 instead)...
Intel Panther Lake GSC Firmware Published Ahead Of Laptop Availability
While Intel has been upstreaming various Panther Lake firmware bits to linux-firmware.git for pairing with their open-source kernel drivers ahead of Core Ultra Series 3 laptops shipping, one piece of the puzzle only published today is the GSC firmware for the Panther Lake graphics...
Intel Compute Runtime Updated With Initial Crescent Island & Nova Lake S Support
The Intel Compute Runtime 26.01.36711.4 was published today as their first release of 2026 for this open-source GPU compute stack providing Level Zero and OpenCL support across their range of graphics hardware going back to Tiger Lake. Notable with this new Compute Runtime release is having now production-ready Panther Lake support while also introducing early support for next-generation hardware...
XWayland RandR Improvements Merged For Kicking Off 2026 X.Org Server Activity
Michel Dänzer of Red Hat has kicked off 2026 xorg-server activity with landing a patch series enhancing the Resize and Rotate (RandR) extension support under XWayland for improving mode handling by X11 clients...
New "Thames" Linux Accelerator Driver Posted Along With Companion Gallium3D Driver
Tomeu Vizoso as the open-source developer behind the "Rocket" driver for reverse-engineered Rockchip NPU support, Teflon as a Mesa framework for TensorFlow Lite and NPU uses, and various Etnaviv driver work, has announced his newest creation: Thames...
Ubuntu 26.04 Sees ‘Mass Rebuild’ of All Packages in the Archive – But Why?
If you run Ubuntu 26.04 development builds as your daily driver and have noticed a glut of updates in recent days, don’t get excited: there aren’t reams of new features heading your way – at least, not ones you can see. Ubuntu engineers recently began a “mass rebuild of all source packages”, re-compiling them from scratch to ensure that they have the right tooling and hardware compatibility features enabled. This wholesale task ensures that the majority of apps, libraries and tools spanning the entire resolute archive are using the distro’s preferred baselines where applicable – yup, even those dusty libraries […]
Exploring Dash to Dock: (Probably) The Most Downloaded GNOME Extension
Considering the vast configuration options it offers, you can guess why so many Linux users prefer Dash to Dock over others.
ZLUDA Boasts Full Llama.cpp Support, Better Windows Handling For CUDA On Non-NVIDIA GPUs
The open-source ZLUDA project for bringing CUDA to non-NVIDIA hardware that can run unmodified is out with a new progress report. ZLUDA had a productive fourth quarter with now enjoying better Microsoft Windows support, full support for running Llama.cpp atop ZLUDA, AMD ROCm 7 support, and other enhancements...
Unraid Plans Internal Boot Support and Multiple Arrays for 2026
Unraid’s 2026 plans include booting without USB flash drives, expanded storage arrays, and a modernized web interface.
Hangover 11.0 Released: Wine + FEX/Box64 Pairing For Windows x86 Apps On ARM64 Linux
Building off today's release of Wine 11.0 for enabling countless Windows applications and games to run well under Linux and being the basis of Valve's Proton for Steam Play, Hangover 11.0 is now available. Hangover is the open-source project that pairs Wine with either the FEX-Emu or Box64 emulators for enabling x86 32-bit and 64-bit Windows games/apps to run on native ARM64 Linux systems...
Thunderbird 147 Adds “Show Full Path” Folder Pane Option for Compact View Modes
Mozilla Thunderbird 147 open-source email client is now available for download with new options, improvements, and bug fixes. Here's what's new!
Mozilla Thunderbird 147 Released With New Folder Path View
Mozilla Thunderbird 147 open-source email client is out with a new full folder path option, improved localization, performance fixes, and more.
[$] A high-level quality-of-service interface
Quality-of-service (QoS) mechanisms attempt to prioritize some processes (or network traffic, disk I/O, etc.) over others in order to meet a system's performance goals. This is a difficult topic to handle in the world of Linux, where workloads, hardware, and user expectations vary wildly. Qais Yousef spoke at the 2025 Linux Plumbers Conference, alongside his collaborators John Stultz, Steven Rostedt, and Vincent Guittot, about their plans for introducing a high-level QoS API for Linux in a way that leaves end users in control of its configuration. The talk focused specifically on a QoS mechanism for the scheduler, to prioritize access to CPU resources differently for different kinds of process. (slides; video)